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K 03327 + K 04655 (P394944)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 03327 + K 04655
IDP394944
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 1the sister of the city, the festival of abundance
reverse 4... in our city... the land...
reverse 12... in all the lords,... in all the lords, my lord.
reverse 2... there is a dispute in the city. What is it that...?
reverse 14Gilgame, the lord
reverse 18From Dumuzi to his brother’s place he brought in.
reverse 7The festival of Dumuzi, the divine powers of Nippur
reverse 11My brother, do not... on behalf of him
reverse 3In my uruga, the festival of the divine powers, in the month Abe,
reverse 9... the one who loves me, I am a widow.
reverse 15lord of the earth(?)
reverse 8I am the guarantor of my brother, who provides food for me
reverse 13My brother Dumuzi, the en-priest
reverse 16with Umun-muzida... he smote.
reverse 10he entrusted to Dumuzi
obverse 4'My young woman... its young woman(?)
obverse 2'he established
reverse 6My brother...
obverse 1'Now he has made a supplication.
obverse 3'My heart has been satisfied with my mood.
reverse 17In the course of...
reverse 5The festival of my brother, the month ebtu
obverse 5''Let them be taken away, let them be taken away!'

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