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ASJ 07, 078 (P393733)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ASJ 07, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393733 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | the shrine Ebabbar and the Edikukalam temple |
| obverse 32' | my abundance of the lands |
| reverse 2' | Its divine powers stood in prayer and prayer. |
| obverse 19' | My dining hall, my uba stone |
| obverse 6' | The brickwork of the Ki'ur, my place, and the shrine Enamtila |
| reverse 11' | a tavern |
| obverse 21' | my house of lady who sits down |
| obverse 10' | brickwork of Esagila and the shrine Tl-kalam |
| obverse 1' | reeds |
| reverse 3' | its rites |
| reverse 12' | (a kind of insect) |
| obverse 12' | from the brickwork of Ezida to the shrine Ematila |
| obverse 5' | My brickwork of the Ekur temple, my good house, my brickwork of the Ekur temple |
| reverse 10' | a woodworker |
| reverse 1' | The divine powers of the temple are rejoicing |
| obverse 31' | my awe-inspiring splendor |
| reverse 9' | of the Earra temple |
| obverse 2' | Whose father, as long as he lives, |
| reverse 6' | ewes |
| reverse 8' | ewes |
| obverse 30' | from the gate of my udi shrine |
| obverse 26' | my house, like a cattlepen and sheepfold |
| obverse 27' | Like the sheepfold, like the sheepfold, my lord |
| obverse 14' | the brickwork of Uruk, my good house, the brick of Uruk |
| obverse 24' | I raised my head in all the lands |
| obverse 29' | whose design and stone have been fashioned |
| obverse 25' | of the Anuna gods |
| obverse 20' | the house of the skilled craftsman who stands in the cloister |
| obverse 17' | I am the one who has no rival |
| obverse 28' | my... bowl |
| obverse 15' | from the brickwork of Eanna and my gipar temple |
| obverse 18' | my great shrine and great temple |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 14' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | the temple |
| obverse 22' | My house of drinking and drinking |
| obverse 23' | ... of all the lands |
| obverse 7' | my brickwork, my brickwork, my brickwork, my brickwork |
| obverse 9' | the brickwork of my city, my good house, the brickwork of my city |
| reverse 4' | my house |
| reverse 5' | my house |
| obverse 34' | the city that I have built for me |
| obverse 11' | My brick-built wall, my good house, brick-built wall, |
| obverse 13' | brickwork of Etemenanki and the shrine Edara’ana |
| obverse 33' | my Emamuda temple |
| obverse 16' | of the lands that are not my |
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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