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OECT 06, pl. 30, K 05159 (P384983)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 30, K 05159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384983 |
| 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 9 | from the... which he had seized |
| obverse 10' | ... who goes at his side. |
| reverse 14 | ......... |
| reverse 5 | After he had set foot on the ground |
| obverse 5' | after he had spent the day, |
| obverse 6' | ... he swore his own name. |
| reverse 4 | ........ |
| reverse 6 | ... he will become a widow. |
| reverse 2 | ... they have been killed. |
| reverse 1 | which he had abandoned |
| reverse 12 | ....... |
| obverse 12' | ... he smote. |
| obverse 2' | ... they said? |
| reverse 11 | when they have been seized |
| obverse 9' | After he had sat down in a reed bed |
| obverse 4' | ... they will be raised. |
| reverse 13 | When he had spoken to him |
| obverse 7' | from the... rations to the levy |
| reverse 10 | ................... |
| obverse 1' | from the utterances |
| obverse 14' | ... with him. |
| obverse 3' | after he had cut off the... |
| obverse 11' | after he had sat down in the street |
| reverse 3 | after he had sworn it |
| obverse 13' | After he had spoken to..., |
| obverse 8' | .... a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, |
| reverse 8 | ...... he entered. |
| reverse 7 | from the... which he had seen |
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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