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BA 05, 680 (P394964)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 680 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394964 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | I am the lord of Ningublaga |
| 16' | son of er-mlla, the father who begot him |
| 4' | at the border of battle |
| 8' | who makes the young woman happy, who provides well-being |
| 7' | For Utu'ana, you will strength |
| 17' | to ulaga’ana, the strength |
| 12' | The beautiful lady, who speaks a lot |
| 6' | Judge of the Land, beer to the border of Sumer |
| 11' | the lady of the Eanna temple, you have given strength. |
| 13' | To Babu, the lady of the house, we shall speak the strength |
| 2' | it is a true... |
| 9' | to Sudag, the beautiful woman, I will give you strength |
| 1' | I will strengthen the strength of the land |
| 14' | Your mouth (is) a thing that makes the sea tremble |
| 18' | who perfects the seven dining halls |
| 3' | I will give strength and strength to the good... |
| 10' | Gibil, in battle, in battle |
| 15' | to Igalima |
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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