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K 04937 (P395797)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04937 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395797 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 24' | ... he brought him in for a month |
| 21' | When he speaks to him, what is my voice? |
| 9' | the house of the great gods and the house of the evildoer |
| 2' | I go to the tubqû-vessel and the tubqû-vessel... |
| 11' | the city built and the cult centers of evil |
| 3' | to the side of the water, to the side that does not cross |
| 5' | When I enter the street, my head |
| 15' | My mother, you have taken care of(?) my wagon |
| 23' | ... daily |
| 12' | I built a city and a king's city |
| 14' | I strew a thorny... and a sarû-vessel. |
| 8' | I am afraid, I am afraid. |
| 6' | ..... |
| 18' | which he brought back, he brought back |
| 1' | to the west, he will not cross over(?) |
| 17' | he entered, he entered |
| 13' | my oxen and sheepfolds that have been brought to an end |
| 7' | My barley rations are piled up in the street. |
| 19' | May my house be filled with awe |
| 16' | In my awe-inspiring radiance...... |
| 4' | I went to the other side, the other side did not... |
| 10' | I built a house and the house of kings |
| 20' | who entered my house... returned |
| 22' | What has he done for me? |
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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