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4R2 28*, 4 (P394133)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation4R2 28*, 4
IDP394133
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

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obverse 10my mother, the Egalmah temple and the outer wall
obverse 36he brought the reed mat into the reedbeds, the cosmic powers and the lilû-demon
reverse 31From the barley rations of Isin to the totality of your city I want to eat
reverse 34the alû-demon which they have made known : to slander his body
obverse 11Ashtaku received from Anu's house.
obverse 38My brick-built Isin is filled with joy.
reverse 36That which is evil and unceasing,
reverse 60The small Nippur is coming out, the supreme and supreme one is coming out
obverse 50he strews... eagles
reverse 24In order to grow awe in Sippar, in order to cultivate your city
obverse 4When he has arrived at the house of a man
reverse 30brickwork of Etemenanki and the shrine Edarana
obverse 18My balagdi drum, my enemy, and the awe-inspiring splendor
obverse 7Insu of her city has returned to the border.
obverse 62Lady, the outside of the city, the city of
obverse 82Hero ama-ulu, the one who knows how to live,
obverse 12my house, the house of Larak
obverse 44to the... of the evildoer
obverse 55Enlil, my uru, the righteous city, the lamentation singer(?)
reverse 12So that your city is surrounded by a rainbow(?) and awe-inspiring radiance
obverse 67Its horns do not drink water
obverse 15The city which my lord gave to me
reverse 58The small one is going out, the great one is going out
obverse 34I bind the door with its horns and outer horns
reverse 17I want to smite the lord Enbilulu and the whole of your city
obverse 84Your greatness and splendor are unceasing
obverse 25.... he has given birth to supplications.
reverse 37Your city that irrigates the water
obverse 27May... be reconciled... like the mother of the temple...
reverse 13I am the one who makes the troops bow down at the horizon and reaches your city
reverse 57Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint
reverse 53Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of a god?
obverse 78Hero Asalluhi, the one who knows how to live,
reverse 39city whose water is watered(?)
reverse 41city whose water is watered(?)
reverse 74Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria.
obverse 60May the canal which gladdens the heart, which destroys the evil
obverse 1In the city, a small cult center, I filled it with barley.
obverse 43... he will see.
obverse 6After the city had been returned to its place
reverse 11I want to eat the black-headed shepherd in your city
reverse 48he who is her husband is a young man, he says:
reverse 26I want to eat and drink from the barley of Babylon, the abundance of your city
obverse 74Who carries out your divine powers, who carries out your divine powers,
obverse 59a barge with a barge with a barge
obverse 46O lord, ditto, to the zaqiqi-festival they returned.
reverse 21To the lord of Ura, I want to eat the ninda offerings of your city
reverse 59The young man is afraid, the young man is afraid.
obverse 14Larak, the city that has been abandoned by the master
reverse 44the city that they have seized, and the utu-disease they have imposed upon him.
reverse 54the child of the banda offering of my father
obverse 20Its walls were destroyed and its nest was scattered.
obverse 64Their people were destroyed by my enemy;
reverse 8I want to... the lord of all the lands
obverse 23... he is ill, there is no place of refuge.
reverse 27barley rations of Esagila and the shrine Tl-kalam
obverse 47The one who removes the ka-na-ga-na-g-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-
obverse 56my Eaula temple, the lament of...
reverse 19May the lord Dikumah, the great lord, make your city rejoice!
obverse 65I am the lady, I have given and I have no rival
obverse 68esoteric ritual, esoteric ritual
obverse 72Enlil, the father who engendered you, has no rival
obverse 58the temple that eats food he set up
reverse 7220 gur of wine, woman who makes a firm promise
reverse 14I want to eat and drink awe-inspiring ritual in your city
obverse 31Its hurdushu-offerings are like that of the middle of the heart....
reverse 69whose bitumen is not returned
obverse 17He smote it like a lion, then he smote it like a lion.
reverse 52The city of my mother and my son speak
reverse 22So that your city Nippur is surrounded by a rainbow, so that your city is beautiful
obverse 80Hero Muebbasa, the one who knows how to live,
reverse 43the city where the barley is cut,
reverse 3he has finished his command.
reverse 66He made his saphushu and sabarû-disease manifest.
reverse 73Written and collated according to its original.
obverse 5The other side of the house is the zaqiqi of the uqammu-house.
obverse 26The barley rations of the right and left are weeping like the weeping mother.
reverse 68He has paid attention to his heroic deeds.
obverse 66it does not eat grass
reverse 55"The Amorite lord and my father will say."
obverse 13... a house, and a house will be built.
obverse 52The Umuna, the exalted dining hall, was entrusted with
obverse 77The lord of Enki, the one who knows (how to do it)(?)
reverse 71The egis-priests, the reed-beds, and the city have sounded.
reverse 32brickwork of Egalmah and shrine Erabrri
obverse 49His black-headed people are stricken with sorrow.
obverse 83For the lord Ura, the one who knows how to smite (his) word,
obverse 21... they have sinned, his body has been seized.
obverse 35He binds the bolt, the bolt, and the barley
reverse 47The young wife and my wife say:
obverse 48Whoever breaks the contract of the land, shall pay back the silver tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
obverse 9By means of ditto and awe-inspiring brilliance, the heavens and earth
reverse 15May the lord of Enki, the lord of all, be praised in your city!
reverse 4Towards Enlil there are great floods, your eyes are swollen.
reverse 5So that Dilmun, your city, is full of abundance
reverse 40of Babylon, whose water is watered by the sea
obverse 75The wild bulls and equids, who have no rival,
reverse 18I want to eat the ursag offering of Muzebbasa in your city
reverse 63Its sallabs and dogs have been seized.
reverse 61The small Babylon is going out, the supreme and supreme
obverse 63My uli priestess was destroyed,... was destroyed
obverse 39my Egalmah temple
obverse 40my Erabriria temple
obverse 30The reedbeds of its young men, like a one with a bitter heart, are torn out.
reverse 10Enlil, the father who engendered me, I want to go to your city
obverse 37I am the one who brings out the temples of my head and souls
reverse 45The one who does not eat food, the day is long
obverse 86(If) he is ill and he is ill for long and he is ill.
reverse 2the goats, the right goats, and the foreign lands will be seized.
reverse 38Sippar, whose water is watered by the sea
obverse 41my holy forest
reverse 56Those who stand in the street
obverse 22he did not have the access way of the gate.
obverse 45The lord Enlil enters with a frightened gaze
reverse 25shrine Ebabbar, temple of the judge of the land
reverse 70Relentless one, who is ill for long and ill.
reverse 9So that your city is surrounded by a true scepter and full of radiance
reverse 64...............
reverse 28From the barley rations of Dr-Sibba to the totality of your city I want to eat
reverse 65Its top is a..., it is a reed fence.
reverse 46I have sworn by not being able to go out and set out.
reverse 62In Isin, it is a small cult center, it is a great cult center
obverse 71The lord who knows the commands, the one who knows the destinies,
obverse 42The... bird sat on a throne
obverse 16my destruction to the east, to the east
obverse 33Like a teeming teeming teeming teeming teeming teeming teeming teeming
reverse 6Enlil is merciful and you return to your city.
obverse 69The elu priestess, the lord of wisdom and wisdom, has no rival
reverse 67It is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (the case that) it is (
reverse 49The young child says: "My child!"
obverse 54he imposed upon me the burden of my house and the Ezida temple.
reverse 33Your city that irrigates the water
reverse 29from the brickwork of Ezida and the shrine Ematila
obverse 73shepherd of the black-headed people,
reverse 23from the barley ration of the Ekur temple to the threshing floor of the Enamtila temple
obverse 19In the middle of the night, he has set out to the enemy.
obverse 70The lord of all the lands, the one who knows how to smite,
obverse 57My house, the one who listens to you, the... of E
obverse 51My city has been made into a reed fence
obverse 24They sat down in the day like a man with its yoke.
obverse 53He seized the shrines of my house, he took away from it
obverse 8my house, Isin, and the brickwork of my heaven and earth
obverse 28Its gisal(-vessel) is loved like wool.
reverse 7So that Dilmun is full of abundance, so that your city is full of abundance
obverse 79Lord Enbilulu, the one who knows how to live,
reverse 20I want to eat the ursag offering of Utu and the totality of your city
obverse 3From the outskirts of the city, the outskirts of the city, he poured out the barley.
reverse 50My maid, my brother
reverse 16Hero Asalluhi, I want to praise your city
obverse 29his scepter like a king, a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, a scepter,
reverse 1The ewes, the righteous lambs, were brought to an end.
obverse 85Your neck is not returned to the ground.
obverse 61The princes of the midst of the city destroyed his city.
reverse 42of Isin, water poured from the marshes
obverse 32Its ziggurrat, like a dalû-bird, is smitten by a raging mound.
reverse 35In Nippur, where water is poured from the marshes
reverse 51... he will say.
obverse 76(As for) the one who is to smite and smite a liar,
obverse 2They will be sat in the street of the city; they will be sated with rejoicing.
obverse 81The lord Dikuma, the one who knows how to smite (them)

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