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4R2 18, 2 (P395796)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 18, 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395796 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal) |
| 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 10' | May your city be purified, may your house be purified. |
| obverse 17' | egi2 uru priestess, mother of the great mother Ninlil, whose powers |
| obverse 16' | the great one, father of ditto and the land |
| reverse 8' | 'Let me take care of the bablilu-priestess, the prefect of the ditto temple, the seat of the ditto priestess, to his place. |
| obverse 11' | May he bring the hirelings of Babylon to you and your house |
| reverse 4' | Your house is filled with splendor, your city is filled with splendor. |
| obverse 23' | youthful Utu, son of Ningal, whose powers |
| obverse 12' | May he speak awe-inspiring radiance to you. |
| reverse 9' | May the divine plans of heaven and earth be praised for you. |
| obverse 4' | O lord of the house, your house |
| reverse 11' | As for Aur-ban-apli, the subordinate of your provider, he entrusted it to you. |
| obverse 7' | Esagil, your house of abundance, your house |
| reverse 13' | The foundations of the atu-tree were piled up, and the people wailed (with it) for a long time |
| obverse 24' | ama, guardian of the son of Ningal and the land |
| reverse 1' | May you not abandon Babylon, your joyous city! |
| reverse 14' | May the throne of his royal throne be pleasing, may it be full of rejoicing for all time. |
| obverse 3' | Lord of Ezida and Ezu |
| obverse 1' | Lord of Esagila and your temple |
| reverse 10' | May the gods of heaven and earth, the lord of abundance, say to you: |
| reverse 7' | to restore the brickwork of Babylon and to restore the brickwork of Ezida |
| reverse 5' | of Tintir, Esagila, your lord, the hireling |
| obverse 8' | Your lordly house and your house |
| obverse 5' | Lord of Emahtila and your temple |
| obverse 9' | May he make your city rejoice and your house rejoice. |
| obverse 22' | Sin, watcher of heaven and underworld, king of the land |
| obverse 20' | Ninurta, foremost one of Enlil, exalted strength of Anu and the land |
| obverse 2' | Unfavorable, lord of your house |
| reverse 12' | (As for) ditto, merciful shepherd, who provides for you, who hears his prayers, |
| reverse 2' | You give your tribute and the lord of abundance. |
| obverse 15' | the Great Mountain, father Enlil, and the lands |
| obverse 21' | Nanna, the storm of heaven and earth, |
| obverse 19' | The young man, the first-born son of Enlil, the supreme one of heaven and earth |
| obverse 14' | May Anu, the great one, father of the gods, and the land, speak to you! |
| obverse 18' | (If) the city and the house of the great mother ditto and the land |
| obverse 13' | May An, the great one, the father who begot me, be present in my presence. |
| obverse 6' | O lord of the house and your house, |
| reverse 15' | of the u'illakku-priest of Marduk |
| reverse 6' | ............ |
| reverse 3' | Temple, sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset, eponymy of the hireling |
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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