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OECT 06, pl. 27, K 03301 (P384980)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 27, K 03301 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384980 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ |
| 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 17 | At its opening a man |
| obverse 6' | : his word is a day of rejoicing, his word is a day of thirst. |
| reverse 3 | to do obeisance to a man |
| obverse 16' | is established, is established, is not established, is not established |
| reverse 11 | The fish does not come out from its canal |
| obverse 2' | The Anuna gods will be surpassing for him |
| obverse 12' | the word of Enbilulu, the lord |
| obverse 3' | I am to the Anunna gods |
| reverse 8 | Guarding in the face of the merciful utterance. |
| reverse 1 | he should not impose a burden on the cattlepen, |
| obverse 7' | My akkila priestess, my city is surrounded by a city. |
| obverse 11' | The word of Asalluhi, the exalted one |
| obverse 10' | the oath of Damgalnuna, |
| reverse 12 | he has not yet arrived at her arrival. |
| reverse 15 | who knows how to live |
| obverse 4' | The storm that afflicts the Ekur, the storm that afflicts the Ekur |
| reverse 5 | to bring out the evil reeds |
| reverse 14 | They will take it as a loan. |
| reverse 10 | a sabaru-vessel which is turned into a sea, |
| obverse 8' | he defeated, and which... the city became frightened, in ruins. |
| obverse 5' | His word is a lion in the Ekur, his word is a burden which is placed in the womb. |
| obverse 14' | The word of Muzebbasa, the lord |
| obverse 9' | The oath of Amankiga, the one who resides in the Ekur |
| reverse 16 | In his journey, no one shall take away anything. |
| reverse 2 | The word of a man is favourable. |
| reverse 9 | the sabar net of the sea |
| reverse 13 | esophagus with calf |
| obverse 15' | The word of Dikuma is supreme |
| reverse 4 | The word of a qaqipu-demon that a man does not do |
| obverse 1' | ... their |
| obverse 13' | The word of Sukkalma is supreme |
| obverse 17' | I am devoted to truth and truth, I am not devoted to truth. |
| reverse 6 | It is a tumuli that is present in the night. |
| reverse 7 | (As for) the one who built the border of the forest |
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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