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OECT 06, p. 31-32, K 04614 (P384987)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 31-32, K 04614 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384987 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6 | ......... |
| obverse 20 | They sat on the ground in the temples of the earth. |
| obverse 11 | Adad will strike him in battle and battle. |
| obverse 27 | ...... |
| reverse 4' | Holy Ea, the supreme scepter, the sage, |
| obverse 1 | to stand(?) |
| obverse 15 | to his supplication and to his rebellion |
| obverse 24 | to Nanna's throne |
| reverse 10' | (Property) of Assurbanipal, the foremost heir, who reveres your divinity, daily |
| obverse 14 | by means of its broken bones and weakened bones |
| obverse 9 | O lord, in his supplication, he constantly seeks him out. |
| reverse 7' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 2 | a kind of profession |
| obverse 19 | The gods of heaven and earth have gone up to heaven. |
| reverse 6' | When the tablets (and) copies of Assyria and the land Akkad |
| obverse 23 | ama, in the midst of heaven and earth, |
| obverse 18 | The utterance of heaven and earth came forth. |
| obverse 12 | The great mountain ranges and midst of them |
| obverse 16 | from the brickwork of its reeds to the brickwork of its midst |
| reverse 5' | who is attentive to the hearts of the great gods, |
| reverse 3' | The awe-inspiring radiance of his awe-inspiring brilliance overwhelms him. |
| top 1 | ... they did not stand by him. |
| obverse 7 | ......, |
| obverse 10 | Ikur, your lord, will have mercy on you. |
| obverse 8 | he made it shine like the sun. |
| obverse 21 | The gods of the netherworld entered the netherworld. |
| obverse 25 | (If) the moon rises in the midst of heaven |
| obverse 3 | the lord of the fathers |
| reverse 11' | Be present in this ram, place in it a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see them. |
| reverse 2' | The foundation of the throne of his royal throne is heard, his lips are heard. |
| reverse 8' | On the bank of the Ezida, the temple of Nabû that is in Nippur, my lord, I established. |
| obverse 5 | scepter of wisdom |
| reverse 9' | On account of this, Nabû, king of the world, king of heaven and netherworld, recited with a firm positive answer. |
| obverse 22 | ama in the horizon and the horizon |
| obverse 13 | great supplications and rejoicing |
| reverse 1' | For his life, the life of his days, the well-being of his seed |
| obverse 4 | ... Immer |
| obverse 17 | for his supplication and for his own sake |
| obverse 26 | ......, who is good from heaven? |
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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