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K 02701b (P394615)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02701b |
|---|---|
| ID | P394615 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; 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 1' | May you not abandon Nippur! May your supplication be heard! |
| obverse 20 | who weeps bitterly in large bowls |
| reverse 3' | Erema, his prayer, the god, the god |
| obverse 3 | the E-ki-ur temple and the temple of Ninlil |
| obverse 5 | Emutummal and the temple of Ninlil |
| obverse 12 | He carries the lament in the netherworld and the lament |
| obverse 18 | She sat weeping in the house like a reed bed. |
| reverse 5' | When he is five times angry, he is a liar, he is a liar |
| obverse 7 | house of Engurninnu and house of Enlil |
| obverse 16 | lamenting in the mountain like rain |
| obverse 4 | the Enamtila and the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 6 | in the Edima and the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 13 | may he not pass his joyous celebration. |
| obverse 15 | .................. |
| reverse 7' | Palace of Ashurbanipal(?)... king of Assyria |
| obverse 8 | the Great Gate and the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 1 | barley of the Ekur temple and barley of the Ekur temple |
| obverse 17 | who dwells in the mountain like rain |
| obverse 19 | Like a sick person living in the house, what is it to me? |
| obverse 11 | he carries out the rites of the house in harmony with it. |
| reverse 6' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| reverse 4' | Analu |
| obverse 10 | The city gate and the city of Ur |
| obverse 14 | he did not pass by a man’s hand. |
| obverse 2 | of the Ekur and the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 9 | Gate and place of ama-eari |
| reverse 2' | the shrine Erema of Enlil |
| edge 1 | I am the one who destroys the Ekur, I am the one who destroys the Ekur |
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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