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Canonical Lamentations, pp 253-62, 814 (P296654)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Canonical Lamentations, pp 253-62, 814 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296654 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02076 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 13' | as its fate, the water of the house is not present, the water of the house is not present |
| reverse 3 | E-ursina, my extra house |
| reverse 25' | ... Enlil |
| obverse 11' | When you have destroyed the great palace, my place of relaxation |
| reverse 8' | He said: "My city has come out from the water, no one can know the water." |
| reverse 27' | The lord of all the lands, like beer and jug |
| obverse 22' | of the Enambaranuna temple, my base |
| reverse 2 | my righteous gate |
| obverse 21' | my E-me-ana and my u-dea |
| obverse 7' | of the lady of the lady of larak |
| reverse 11' | My enemy sat down on a river like a swamp. |
| reverse 18' | He decrees the fates, he decrees the fates |
| reverse 10' | My mother heaped up soil, heaped up soil |
| obverse 13' | My mother, the brickwork of Isin has been destroyed |
| obverse 14' | My enemy's hand, the shrine, my supreme palace, has been destroyed |
| reverse 30' | a good thing |
| reverse 5 | When I have returned to my old house |
| obverse 26'a | my Eate temple and the Elarak temple |
| obverse 10' | My enemy's shrine Erabriria, the pure place, is greeted with praise. |
| obverse 24' | the E-Isin, the... of my universe |
| reverse 6 | the mother(?) whose charms have not finished(?) |
| obverse 15' | the E-uri-sag-ga, my harp drum |
| reverse 9' | He said: "My city, no one could know it." |
| reverse 15' | He decreed the destinies of the house, the wild bull, and the wild bull. |
| obverse 26'b | my Esabad, the house of the lamentation singer |
| reverse 22' | Your city has been built for you, you have been built for you |
| obverse 2' | the son of the house of the lady of Gunu |
| reverse 7' | He said: "My city has gone out from a dog, no one can know how to escape." |
| reverse 20' | Enlil does not change his word |
| obverse 29' | the palace of the gods, my beautiful dais |
| obverse 1' | the chief surveyor of the lady of Isin |
| reverse 14' | ... weapon |
| obverse 27' | my place of relaxation, where I have built |
| obverse 9' | The hand of a pigeon, the shrine of my great palace, is to be greeted with delight. |
| obverse 19' | my Esabad temple with tears of lamentation |
| reverse 24' | the lord who the gates |
| obverse 30' | My house, the work of the evening, the work of my drinking |
| reverse 26' | The equid, the lord Enlil |
| obverse 20' | my Esagila, the temple of the Anunna gods |
| reverse 1 | my great destroyed Ki |
| reverse 28' | The lord of the lands, as if it were a man of life, gave to you |
| reverse 16' | Who determines the wild bulls, who determines the destinies of An? |
| reverse 12' | Towards the... of the mother of Esagila, the bitter me he sat down. |
| reverse 19' | He determines what he orders, he determines what he orders |
| obverse 17' | of Arali, my princely ox |
| obverse 25' | my Egalmah temple and Eanna temple |
| reverse 17' | He decrees the fates (and) decrees the fates |
| obverse 3' | Holy hand of the mother of the inner house |
| obverse 8' | the mother of the house, Ezina and Kusu |
| obverse 12' | When you have destroyed the E-rabri (temple) of Enamna |
| obverse 5' | lady of the great palace, lady of the Erabri temple |
| obverse 4' | Hand of Enanuna, the holy mother |
| reverse 21' | He set up the foundation of your temple for you |
| obverse 28' | my E-ni-amar and my E-dubbu-a-priest |
| reverse 31' | ... barley |
| obverse 16' | my E-ergig, the house of lamentation and lamentation |
| obverse 23' | the border of my holy forest |
| reverse 23' | Like a storm that has smeared the people |
| obverse 18' | The balag drum of my princely harp |
| reverse 4 | When I go out from the side (of the river) (and) enters my palace |
| obverse 6' | lady of the Enimar temple, the holy lady |
| reverse 29' | May my heart be sated like a flood. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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