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4R2 20, 3 (P394824)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 20, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394824 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations |
| 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 7 | ... in his... |
| obverse 2' | heavy, lord of Borsippa |
| obverse 17' | "He does not keep alive" = Shumma alu 25 unknown. |
| reverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 6 | ..., |
| obverse 6' | My lord does not agree with your army and army. |
| obverse 19' | Your command is as firm as the heavens. You are exalted in the heavens. |
| obverse 11' | Your city wall of Dur-Sibba is not a city for you. |
| reverse 2 | You...... the lord of the lands |
| obverse 8' | Nabû does not agree with your army the army. |
| obverse 9' | Your house, the Ezida temple, does not have a house |
| obverse 15' | so that he does not smite your weapon with its mouth (i.e., your weapon) |
| obverse 7' | Towards/on behalf of(?) Muebbasa, you do not exert your power |
| reverse 5 | ... and |
| obverse 1' | The city ruler of Dr-Sibba |
| obverse 16' | The uumgallu-plant, which from his mouth has been swollen, does not sleep. |
| obverse 13' | Your field, which was not grown in Babylon, |
| obverse 4' | Who provides for Ezida, son of Esagil, |
| obverse 12' | with your city Borsippa, the city has not been established. |
| obverse 14' | With your supplication, a supplication will not be made. |
| obverse 3' | the wall of Ezida, heir of Esagila |
| obverse 5' | ... does not have the power of your arm |
| reverse 1 | your decision... the lord of the lands |
| reverse 3 | ... a decision |
| reverse 4 | ... he will be able to(?)... |
| obverse 10' | He will not give it to you with your house, the Ezida temple. |
| obverse 18' | You are the one who does not change your command like heaven |
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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