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4R2 26, 3 (P393795)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 26, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393795 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4 | the minister of Nippur, with a furious heart, the one who makes the great decisions |
| obverse 5 | Temple of the divine radiance of An, whose midst is full of radiance, who makes great the great radiance |
| obverse 15 | ... of the mouth of Nii, who hears prayer, |
| obverse 2 | O lord, exalted one, wise one of the great gods, |
| obverse 21 | Who gives a firm positive answer to what is great, |
| obverse 6 | he raised the head of Mubara, he raised the blood. |
| obverse 14 | The siskur-offerings, its arazu offerings, you give. |
| obverse 12 | a reed mat made with a reed mat and a kukuga stone |
| obverse 9 | Whose brilliance and radiance are enraged with radiance. |
| obverse 1 | the lord of the midst, the one who soothes the heart, the one who makes the great decisions |
| obverse 10 | Enlil made the great floods of all the lands bow down at the command of Mubar. |
| obverse 18 | the reed-beds, the reeds of the judges, the regular offerings of the people |
| obverse 11 | O Girra, fierce one, the one of the mountain, exalted |
| obverse 25 | all the lands |
| obverse 23 | the great sculptors |
| obverse 17 | ......... a word of greatness,...,...,..., whose heart rejoices, |
| obverse 16 | The stars of the sky have risen up for you, they have sat down with joy. |
| obverse 8 | He made the rites of heaven and earth rise up. |
| obverse 24 | May the great gods... |
| edge 2' | Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| obverse 3 | Nusku, the one who soothes the heart, the one who illuminates the great deeds |
| obverse 13 | ... the one who enlarges the diparû-demon and the one who illuminates the darkness. |
| obverse 7 | O Enlil, exalted one, lord of warriors |
| obverse 20 | who makes great the divine plans |
| edge 1' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse 19 | ... the one who constantly seeks out the sanctuaries of the people, |
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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