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BL 136 (P394999)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394999 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 5' | mother, hero(?) and lady of the wine |
| reverse 11 | I am the righteous princess, the lady of the throne. |
| reverse 26 | The ubu-flour(?) has ceased there, the... has not ceased |
| reverse 35 | My house, the one who enters and dwells(?) |
| obverse 11' | May you not abandon the Ki'ur temple and the Enamtila temple, may you not speak aloud to you. |
| obverse 13' | May you not abandon your city Babylon, may your supplication be heard! |
| obverse 16' | May you not abandon the E-temenanki, may your supplication be heard! |
| reverse 13 | ...... |
| obverse 10' | May you not abandon Nippur, the Ekur, and your supplications! |
| reverse 34 | who enters..., |
| reverse 8 | faithful princess, lady of the dais |
| reverse 22 | (Possessor of) a reddish ebony, a reddish plow |
| reverse 17 | Its en(-priestess) is..., he goes |
| obverse 9' | May you not abandon your city, may you not speak aloud, may you speak aloud |
| obverse 15' | Do not abandon Ezida, Emahtila, and your supplications! |
| reverse 25 | ...... evil-doer |
| obverse 21' | ... Erabbe, supplication, |
| reverse 2 | ... reeds... reeds... reeds... reeds... reeds |
| reverse 21 | you live a long life |
| reverse 7 | Arua, lady of the Abzu |
| reverse 30 | my built house and the house of the evildoer |
| reverse 19 | ... I am the lady(?) who is evil |
| reverse 9 | esheshu-priest and son of Ura-agn |
| reverse 27 | ......... |
| reverse 23 | Like the plain, I have gone to weeping |
| reverse 32 | my left ox or tumuli |
| reverse 6 | lady of the Earra temple, lady of Eridu |
| obverse 7' | May the lord of the adal and the lord of Ura speak kindly |
| reverse 15 | ... the enemy...... |
| reverse 33 | he created for me the... of my wagon |
| obverse 14' | May you not abandon Esagil and Badsiab, and may you not speak aloud to you. |
| reverse 24 | the temple that is fashioned and weeping |
| reverse 29 | My barley rations piled up in the street |
| reverse 20 | destroys..., destroys... |
| reverse 4 | The mother of the house and mother of Esagil |
| reverse 12 | The princess, my lady Nanaya, |
| obverse 6' | May great hero Dikuma speak a word to you |
| obverse 3' | the adgi priestess and lady of the ud prayer |
| reverse 3 | the door of URU-ma, the lady of Babylon |
| reverse 1 | he recited to him |
| reverse 5 | the wife of the great hero Pnunnakg |
| obverse 19' | May your shepherd come out, may he speak aloud to you. |
| obverse 2' | the adgi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gala |
| reverse 14 | ... Enlil-gen |
| reverse 28 | ... my esir net |
| obverse 1' | the hero who makes perfect the rites |
| obverse 8' | May the utterance of heaven and earth be appeased. |
| reverse 31 | my city that I built, and the city that I built, |
| obverse 20' | May he speak a word to you. |
| reverse 10 | son of Ea and son of E-ibbi-Anum-gen |
| obverse 18' | You, O lord, come, O lord, may your supplication be heard! |
| obverse 12' | May you not abandon Sippar, the Ebabbar, and your cultic rites! |
| reverse 16 | ... you go to E’egaga |
| obverse 4' | whose utterances are pleasing |
| obverse 17' | May you not abandon the Edara temple, may your supplication be heard! |
| reverse 18 | ............ |
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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