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SBH 90 (P394436)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 90 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394436 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 2 24' | the lord of Enlil, who knows |
| obverse col 1 19' | Mother Babu, your lord of the urub shrine |
| reverse col 2 20' | he is seated, he is seated |
| obverse col 1 13' | the beautiful Kalkal, the gatekeeper of the Ekur |
| reverse col 2 8' | On account of this, her city which was plundered |
| reverse col 2 29' | esheshese |
| obverse col 1 20' | The mother ditto, lord of... |
| reverse col 2 19' | they sat on the necks of the marsh. |
| obverse col 1 14' | (If) ditto (and) he is sick... |
| obverse col 1 11' | Umun-muduru and Belet-meudu |
| obverse col 1 9' | for Ennugi and son of Enlil |
| reverse col 2 27' | I said to him: "Ditto to the one who is well, to the one who is well, |
| reverse col 2 15' | he screamed at the temple |
| reverse col 2 4' | O U, the holy city of me, |
| reverse col 2 12' | My city, my city, my house, by the command of my lord. |
| reverse col 2 3' | I am the lamma protective deity of the inner house |
| obverse col 1 1' | to the Euphrates River |
| obverse col 1 21' | great mother Abû, princely son |
| obverse col 1 4' | the mother of the Eshmah shrine and Damgalnuna |
| reverse col 2 9' | my door-jamb, the fate of his house |
| reverse col 2 31' | The evil of my city, his lament is bitter, his lament is bitter |
| obverse col 1 10' | ditto and ditto |
| reverse col 2 14' | 'I have sinned against my husband, I have sinned against my brother.' |
| obverse col 1 16' | Ninsar.... |
| obverse col 1 17' | the righteous shepherd of Umun-amakug |
| obverse col 1 18' | True shepherd, lord of... |
| reverse col 2 13' | After the water of my wife and the water of my child had been poured |
| reverse col 2 22' | he gave me a substantial payment at his expense. |
| reverse col 2 17' | he will dig it. : he will dig it. |
| obverse col 1 8' | eeu-priest of Ura |
| obverse col 1 15' | For the goddess Belet-eri, the lady of the Ekur temple |
| reverse col 2 23' | the mountain of the great mountain |
| obverse col 1 2' | You pound... |
| reverse col 2 2' | the holy child of the lady of the netherworld |
| reverse col 2 28' | The destruction of my house... weeping |
| reverse col 2 38' | May your heart rejoice, may your liver be soothed. |
| reverse col 2 11' | from the water of my city and the water of my son he had spoken |
| reverse col 2 6' | edenbar of Laga, my land |
| obverse col 1 12' | Nusku and |
| reverse col 2 1' | I am the great princess who goes at the fore |
| obverse col 1 22' | The great mother, who ditto (is) the mother of the prince |
| reverse col 2 32' | Its destroyed cattle-pen, its ruined cattle-pen, its midst is swollen |
| reverse col 2 21' | The eshelum priestess has accepted |
| reverse col 2 33' | Its sheepfold is a weeping, it is awe-inspiring womb. |
| obverse col 1 7' | the city |
| reverse col 2 5' | the shrine Eninnu |
| obverse col 1 3' | of Enki and the city of Zeb |
| obverse col 1 5' | Asalluhi and the ruler of Babylon |
| reverse col 2 16' | in a house and in the night... |
| reverse col 2 18' | ......... |
| obverse col 1 6' | his lord Panunanki |
| reverse col 2 7' | My city that has been ruined with bitumen |
| reverse col 2 30' | He brought the btu-offering, he brought the btu-offering, and he brought his heart to an end. |
| reverse col 2 10' | In the evening, concerning her house... |
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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