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K 03857 (P395271)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03857 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395271 |
| 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 4' | The egima priestess of Aruru, his seven times seven, his seven times seven |
| reverse 7' | May he restore it to its place for the life |
| reverse 9' | May your heart be restored to its place for me. |
| reverse 1' | The princess, the lady of the cattlepen of the Land, her seven times seven, her seven times seven |
| reverse 8' | Say to him: "Speak kindly with him!" |
| reverse 11' | It is the erahuga shrine, its name is Innin |
| reverse 2' | The princess of Nintintir, her seven times seven, her seven times seven, |
| reverse 10' | As if (it were) a birth mother, a father who was born to me, |
| reverse 5' | (As for) Ninigizibarau, he restored it to its place. |
| reverse 6' | ... with him, may he speak well. |
| reverse 3' | The princess, my lady, her seven times seven, her seven times seven, |
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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