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BL 071 (P394462)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394462 |
| 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 40 | Like a frightened eagle, I am a frightened man |
| obverse 58 | O my heart, O my heart, O my heart, O my heart, O my liver, O my liver, O my liver, O my liver, O my liver, O my liver. |
| obverse 3 | He shouted, he shouted, he restored it |
| obverse 49 | How is he destroyed? How is he destroyed? How is he destroyed? How is he destroyed? |
| obverse 30 | he put his hands on him, he brought his fear. |
| obverse 59 | "Ahula, her stomach, ditto, Ahula, her face, |
| obverse 61 | the destroyed mountain, the lady of the Eanna temple |
| obverse 65 | the mother of the house of Dada, the beautiful woman |
| obverse 63 | beloved of the lady of the Eanna temple |
| obverse 38 | I have built a house, and I have built a wall. |
| obverse 9 | of Lil-ena, the lady of the cattlepen |
| obverse 23 | his unceasing hand |
| obverse 6 | the destroyed mountain, the lady of the Eanna temple |
| reverse 2 | my... tablet |
| obverse 26 | The one who smote me, my... boat |
| obverse 34 | He decreed the fates of the dogs and his sons. |
| obverse 21 | ... my tree |
| obverse 13 | The slander of heaven and earth |
| obverse 16 | I am the one who swore by me |
| obverse 1 | he fought with him and struck him like a lion. |
| reverse 1 | of Nanaya and the first-born son of Ea |
| obverse 42 | I slew like a bird in my city |
| obverse 11 | Nanaya and the son of the head of the temple |
| obverse 55 | He has made the rulers of all the lands bow down at my side |
| obverse 48 | He said to me: "It is good for you!" |
| obverse 5 | Mugigana and the lady of heaven |
| obverse 15 | he is a lion |
| obverse 46 | May the divine powers of my city not come to an end, may they not come to an end like me. |
| obverse 62 | The lady of the Egipar temple |
| obverse 36 | Who makes the decision for the earth with my own understanding |
| obverse 54 | Lord of the great heaven, he has sworn by my father |
| obverse 24 | ... leather straps |
| obverse 64 | of Lil-ena, the lady of the sheepfold |
| obverse 2 | he was speaking to me, he was able to(?) establish its place |
| obverse 51 | Your fear/disdain is a stranger, he is a stranger, he is a stranger |
| obverse 7 | The lady of the Egipar temple |
| obverse 39 | Like a tu bird with a fearsome name, the day passed |
| reverse 3 | my liar |
| obverse 35 | that they should set up their standing-place |
| reverse 5 | my destroyed |
| obverse 41 | I have squandered the house like a bird |
| obverse 22 | my young woman |
| obverse 14 | of Enlil |
| obverse 8 | the good place of the lady of the Eanna temple |
| obverse 12 | When I am the one who speaks to me |
| obverse 37 | At that time, fear came forth |
| obverse 25 | a risen adze |
| obverse 52 | How does a stranger come to him? |
| obverse 53 | He does not fear the divine powers of my father. |
| obverse 44 | The lady speaks to the rear of my city |
| obverse 43 | He shouts after me in my city |
| obverse 31 | He entrusted me with the lion's hand, he entrusted me with the fearsomeness. |
| obverse 50 | Lady, your mother, like you, destroys your fear, like you. |
| obverse 57 | At that time, there was no one to take care of it, at that time, |
| reverse 4 | ... the great mother |
| obverse 56 | he has made the utterances of my father flourish. |
| obverse 17 | my house |
| obverse 32 | The divine powers were imposed upon me, the divine powers were imposed upon me |
| obverse 27 | I am the lady of the rear boat(?) |
| obverse 29 | He made the unuab temples tremble in the land. |
| obverse 4 | He spoke to me like a storm-storm |
| obverse 20 | my boat |
| obverse 28 | The dogs smote me with a leather strap and my mother |
| obverse 18 | the road to the land |
| obverse 60 | Mugigana and lady of heaven |
| obverse 10 | mother of the house and Dada, beautiful woman |
| obverse 19 | my boat |
| obverse 45 | he gave to him the divine powers of my house, as if it were not my house |
| obverse 33 | His wife brought his garment to him. |
| obverse 47 | He eats(?)..., he eats(?)..., |
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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