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CT 44, 17 (P345526)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Hellenistic, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345526 |
| Museum no. | BM 078239 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 27 | ... rejoices |
| obverse 5 | the first-born son of E-ibbi-Anum |
| obverse 26 | ... you will... |
| obverse 14 | Your holy rites are surpassing in heaven, your fearsomeness is surpassing |
| obverse 13 | to earth, to earth reeds |
| obverse 17 | Father Nanna, lord of the numerous heavens |
| reverse 13' | in the plain he smote the barley. |
| reverse 11' | (If) you are a thief, you will know (what you are) |
| reverse 12' | Who knows your omens? |
| obverse 20 | Your city, Nippur, the evildoer, and your city, the lamentation priest, the lamentation priest |
| reverse 4' | chief hero, lord of Enlil |
| obverse 11 | to your son, to your son |
| obverse 24 | their... grew like birds |
| obverse 1 | The shrines of theegis are roaring, the city is roaring. |
| obverse 15 | You are a pure nannaru, the pure one of heaven, who loves him. |
| obverse 23 | The people of your city have escaped to your city |
| reverse 8' | the sukkalmadi priest of Nusku |
| reverse 6' | great hero, lord of the Eumea temple |
| obverse 10 | to your spouse and your spouse |
| obverse 2 | O my lady, the good food and the good food |
| reverse 35' | son of Iddin-Papsukkal, reverent one who reveres Nabû, does not set up a sartu-shrine or does not set up a sartu-shrine. |
| reverse 34' | Copy of Borsippa, written and collated. |
| obverse 6 | of the Lady-of-Gateasi |
| reverse 23' | It is the 36th year, its eponym year. |
| obverse 4 | first-born son of Ura |
| reverse 17' | Princess of Isin in the steppe |
| reverse 20' | For Babu, the beautiful woman of the steppe |
| top 1 | “The prince ditto, the side of the city will be divided. |
| obverse 8 | to your house and your house |
| obverse 3 | house of the Esagila temple |
| obverse 25 | ... he destroyed |
| obverse 19 | Your city, the one who strives after the great divinity of a stranger, is the one who strives after you |
| obverse 21 | Your strength reaches the land |
| obverse 9 | to your city, to your city |
| reverse 7' | lord of the Ea-ma temple and lord of the E-ibbi-ugalam temple |
| reverse 22' | elu-disease, elu-disease, |
| obverse 22 | The people of your land have been frightened. |
| reverse 18' | princess of the mother of the holy Dukuga temple |
| reverse 3' | the great hero |
| obverse 28 | ... rejoice, joy |
| reverse 2' | Who is a qarrû-priestess who is a sage of the land? |
| obverse 18 | Lord Nanna and Lord Aimbabbar |
| reverse 10' | Who knows your commands, who knows your commands? |
| obverse 7 | my lady, Nanaya, |
| obverse 29 | to the... barley of Babylon |
| top 2 | By the command of Nabû may it go well. |
| reverse 14' | the mother of the lady of the steppe |
| reverse 1' | Who knows the oxen of the mountain, |
| reverse 19' | princess, mother of the ualbi priestess, |
| reverse 16' | theegi of the lady of the steppe |
| reverse 9' | of the Twin Gods and Lugalgira |
| reverse 21' | shrine Erabri, lord Dikumah, in the steppe |
| obverse 16 | Father Nanna, the pure scepter of heaven, who is enraged with you, |
| reverse 15' | princess of the lady of the steppe |
| obverse 12 | to threshing floor, to threshing floor |
| reverse 5' | the Alima and heirs of the Ekur |
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- 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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