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OECT 06, pl. 16, K 05231 (P384955)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 16, K 05231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384955 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 14 | O lady, for the one who... |
| reverse 3 | May your weeping and your heart rejoice! |
| obverse 6' | ...... |
| reverse 1 | he raised up... in the pastures. |
| obverse 7' | fear |
| reverse 16 | ... to one who does not seize... |
| reverse 11 | he will give him life, he will give him life. |
| reverse 6 | He said to you: "May your mood be appeased! |
| obverse 14' | ... |
| obverse 3' | ag-ad-ze |
| obverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 7 | he shall put in order the weeping of the heart and the arazu |
| reverse 12 | he gave him life, and his life he gave him. |
| reverse 17 | My lady, your erizu offering |
| obverse 2' | to strew |
| reverse 2 | ... in the morning?.... he sat. |
| reverse 10 | This is his punishment, his punishment and his punishment. |
| obverse 5' | the fathers |
| reverse 9 | Its ritual: you pour out a libation bowl and a libation bowl |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 9' | ...... |
| reverse 15 | The one who does not smite(?) the oath |
| reverse 13 | My lady, what is it that you have to do? |
| reverse 4 | May your heart rejoice over you. |
| obverse 4' | This... |
| obverse 12' | ...... |
| obverse 10' | before |
| obverse 11' | before |
| reverse 8 | ... in Ershaneshakki and his companionship, |
| obverse 15' | .... |
| obverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 5 | In order to strew siskur-offerings for you, in order to calm your liver |
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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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