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ASKT 182 (P394825)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ASKT 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394825 |
| 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 11' | the lady to her city |
| obverse 1' | Who will be seized by your supplications? |
| obverse 6' | he made abundantly abundant for the sea and that sea. |
| obverse 7' | The reed mat is the reed mat, the reed mat is the reed mat. |
| obverse 21' | You are the lord of battle |
| obverse 17' | Hero, you are a lord, you are a lord |
| obverse 8' | he made it shine like daylight, and he made it shine like daylight. |
| reverse 18' | My house, my righteous house, has destroyed it |
| obverse 14' | O lord, you are exalted, who will give you advice? |
| reverse 13' | He erected a temple in the sanctuaries. |
| obverse 9' | The aga canal of the Euphrates |
| reverse 10' | The lady... to her house(?) |
| obverse 2' | Who will be imprisoned by your utterance? |
| obverse 5' | the sea, the sea, the sea, the sea |
| obverse 11' | The word of Asalluhi and its irrigated area is a waste land |
| reverse 19' | may he build for him a house of a month of abundance |
| obverse 23' | in battle |
| obverse 12' | The word of Marduk and the asurrakku-demon will be uttered. |
| obverse 3' | Your great sabar net(?) is poured out from heaven and earth |
| reverse 5' | he swore |
| reverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 2' | ... |
| reverse 21' | ... |
| reverse 22' | ... |
| reverse 3' | ... |
| reverse 4' | ... |
| obverse 4' | Your word is a pure sabar net that is set towards heaven and underworld. |
| obverse 15' | Asalluhi, you are the judge who makes the name surpassing, |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| reverse 14' | The city's pure plans were brought to an end. |
| reverse 12' | The city that has not been restored(?) |
| reverse 8' | The lady screamed at the day and went out from the house |
| reverse 17' | to Babylon he spoke to me |
| obverse 13' | I am the supreme lord of the Abag gods. |
| obverse 16' | Marduk among all the gods, as many as there are, I have been afraid. |
| obverse 19' | You are Asalluhi, the enemy |
| obverse 22' | O lord... |
| reverse 15' | Afterwards, Pnunanki dwelled in the dust |
| reverse 9' | When Pnunanki screamed, he went out from the house |
| reverse 7' | he roared bitterly from..., |
| reverse 16' | He spoke to me about the well-being of his city |
| obverse 18' | among the gods of the land... |
| reverse 20' | may he build for him. |
| obverse 10' | to the crown of the crown he made shine, and |
| obverse 20' | ... the enemy... |
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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