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Smith Misc. Assyr. Texts 11-12 (P395315)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Smith Misc. Assyr. Texts 11-12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395315 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 9 | An and Ura |
| obverse 14' | Its outside is a pile of bricks. |
| obverse 15' | he destroys its midst. |
| obverse 3' | ... did not establish |
| obverse 18' | he destroys the true temple |
| obverse 20' | the righteous house of Ur |
| obverse 17' | He has no rival, no rival |
| obverse 6' | He does not set his supplication/prayer(?) on the earth(?) |
| reverse 12 | of Endukuga and Nindukuga |
| reverse 8 | When heaven and earth were together |
| reverse 17 | ......, finished |
| reverse 13 | of Enutila and Enmearra |
| reverse 1 | of Ur, the E-mud-kura |
| obverse 5' | ... did not satisfy him |
| reverse 4 | from heaven and earth, |
| reverse 14 | egizi'ana, lady of the mountain range |
| obverse 8' | he will spend the night there. |
| reverse 18 | ... written and collated. |
| reverse 15 | May the brickwork of the Ekinugal temple be restored. |
| reverse 2 | of the Ekinugal temple of Nanna |
| obverse 9' | The storm roared at night, the god |
| obverse 10' | to rescind the rites of Gudea in the daytime, |
| obverse 19' | When the day reaches, what is it to me? |
| reverse 11 | of Endaurima and Nindaurima |
| obverse 16' | whose limbs are full of allure |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 12' | the house of the en priest(ess) in silver, its sealed documents he shall break. |
| obverse 11' | the great lady sat in a different place |
| reverse 3 | May heaven and earth rejoice over you |
| obverse 7' | he fashioned a song for him, together with |
| reverse 5 | Father Nanna, the ruler of Ur |
| obverse 4' | holy... snake |
| reverse 10 | Enki, Ninki, Enul, Ninul |
| reverse 16 | It is the place of relaxation that is Sîn. |
| reverse 6 | chief lady of the Ekinugal temple |
| obverse 1' | who has |
| reverse 7 | to deprive |
| obverse 13' | The lady does not calm the bitter water |
| obverse 21' | the steadfast house of the Ekinugal temple |
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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