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VS 24, 029 (P347148)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VS 24, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347148 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17229 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > School Tablet |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 13 | in Dilmun a reed bed |
| obverse 7 | May he determine a good destiny for the long days. |
| obverse 11 | the cattlepen of the calf of Nijenna |
| obverse 2 | The good crown, the joy of the heart, the... of the sea, |
| obverse 8b | ... the city that he built, the city that he enlarged to its former place |
| obverse 9 | ... he will be satisfied. |
| obverse 14 | fisherman of the marshes and boat of Nienna |
| obverse 6 | may they determine for you a long-fleeced ebony |
| obverse 1 | The lady..., the lord, the lord, the lord |
| obverse 5 | By the command of the ditto (temple), may he establish a pleasant dwelling, and |
| obverse 3 | In happiness, happiness, and rejoicing, |
| obverse 8a | the city built and its place erected |
| obverse 10 | When you bring the ox to the yoke |
| obverse 12 | O lady, you are the one who makes the messengers enter the city |
| obverse 4 | The brickwork of the Ebabbar temple is gathered together at the place of Abanmar |
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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