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OECT 06, p. 33-34, K 05332 (P384989)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 33-34, K 05332 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384989 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 13' | Eelemzu, the smiter of the enemy, |
| reverse 5 | May Martu, the lord of the mountains, give advice |
| reverse 9 | Asalluhi, the ruler of Babylon, will provide you with offerings. |
| obverse 7' | Like the sea, you have built it |
| reverse 2 | May the greatness of your praise be given to you. |
| obverse 2' | ... of evil... |
| reverse 12 | May the Egi'a, the first-born son of Ura, speak! |
| obverse 1' | the enemy |
| obverse 12' | You set up a ritual assemblage, but no one can do it. |
| obverse 6' | Exalted and great, of his city, surrounded by a halo of reddish clouds. |
| reverse 6 | When you speak to Gubara, the lady of the Gu'edena |
| reverse 7 | May Enki, the wild bull of Eridu, give you a sacrifice! |
| obverse 10' | The totality of his fathers and his sons is complete. |
| reverse 11 | When you speak to the alim priest Muzebbasa |
| obverse 9' | Among all the lands, Uda was seen. |
| obverse 11' | To the hero of the rebel land, the divine powers were seen, no one could pass by |
| obverse 3' | Its horns |
| reverse 4 | May my mother, the one of your supplication, speak your supplication |
| reverse 10 | May the Anuna gods, the lords of heaven and earth, speak a word to you |
| reverse 8 | May the mother of the Eshmah shrine, Damgalnuna, speak a word to you |
| obverse 4' | ... his battle... |
| reverse 3 | When you speak to my intellect, the one who performs the siskur prayer |
| obverse 14' | O melammikku, the fierce one of the land, the enemy, |
| obverse 8' | It is his case that he is well; he is well. |
| obverse 5' | He surrounded the plain with a great cult center |
| reverse 1 | The great deeds, the one who overwhelms the people, are well. |
| reverse 13 | When you speak to the righteous princess, the lady of prayer |
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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