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K 03457 + K 08195 + K 10632 (P395028)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03457 + K 08195 + K 10632 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395028 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 8 | Afterwards, he built a 'weapon'-mark of a qaqullu-tree. |
| reverse 16' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| reverse 15' | When the king became frightened with his enemy and performed a ritual |
| reverse 3' | ... eremma |
| obverse 15 | ... eremma |
| obverse 5 | During the night, you sprinkle pure water. You recite one erahua prayer to Enlil. |
| obverse 17 | ... you set up. |
| reverse 2' | You libate... sheep. |
| obverse 4 | (If) his name is written upon him (and) placed (there): the land will not prosper. |
| reverse 5' | ... you do. |
| obverse 22 | You write... |
| obverse 14 | ... sheep |
| obverse 11 | You libate a sheep offering. You recite the incantation 'Do not abandon me' |
| obverse 21 | ... their... |
| obverse 12 | The lamentation singer... lamentation |
| reverse 1' | You set up... |
| reverse 12' | ... of the gods, with him, is well. |
| obverse 13 | After that, you set out the rites of Ea |
| obverse 7 | Hero, from the Abzu eremma ritual |
| obverse 20 | ... erahua. |
| reverse 13' | ... his weapons will be made against his enemy. |
| obverse 19 | ... eremma |
| reverse 14' | the ritual of the hands of the chief scribal art |
| reverse 11' | ... of Marduk and the great gods. |
| obverse 3 | In a favorable month, on a propitious day, you send (them) and perform one of the 'weapons' (of the 'weapons'). |
| reverse 4' | ... erahua ritual |
| reverse 8' | ... unrivaled..., placed in his face. |
| reverse 6' | ... he will not reach. |
| reverse 17' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 9' | ... the erahua offerings |
| reverse 7' | ... the chief judge |
| obverse 23 | ...... |
| reverse 10' | ... black in the fires |
| obverse 1 | When the enemy’s attack or the enemy’s attack on the right of your land does not approach |
| obverse 16 | ... erahua. |
| obverse 6 | You set up the weapon in front of the ritual assemblage. You libate a sheep offering. |
| obverse 18 | ... wept |
| obverse 9 | (As for) the one who smites all the evil (deeds), the name of the weapon of Marduk is this. |
| obverse 2 | Its right side is unrivaled. |
| obverse 10 | You set up one erahua-vessel for Marduk. |
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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