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OECT 06, p. 15-17, K 04898 (P384985)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 15-17, K 04898 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384985 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal) |
| 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 5 | as if it were a wild bull standing in the wild bull |
| reverse 23 | you are lord |
| reverse 29 | NIR.GAL.ZU is not recited by UR |
| reverse 22 | the u’ila (rites) of Enlil |
| reverse 7 | like the horns of the sun sun |
| reverse 21 | May... the gods of heaven and earth, the gods of the underworld, be at peace with you. |
| reverse 18 | May your heart rejoice over you, may your liver be soothed. |
| reverse 10 | Like a snare of the heavens, the awe-inspiring radiance of the sky |
| reverse 9 | like a star of heaven standing alone in a wall |
| reverse 19 | May your heart rejoice over me, may your mood be appeased. |
| reverse 24 | ... who created |
| reverse 8 | his hero, like a arur creature of ama, he constantly seeks out |
| reverse 27 | Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 17 | May ditto and his people speak to you |
| reverse 28 | who trusts in Sin and Ningal |
| reverse 25 | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 26 | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 11 | Great mother Ninlil, who loves the E-ara, allure of the E-kur, heir of the E-ki'ur temple |
| obverse 1' | ... to the command of... |
| reverse 15 | Let them send you. Let them send you! |
| reverse 14 | Do not shout, do not roar, do not roar! |
| reverse 6 | In all the lands, like a wild bull, it is a wild bull. |
| reverse 20 | May your heart rejoice over you, may your heart rejoice over you. |
| reverse 16 | May the water of the city of Nippur be poured for you. |
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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