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K 04983 (P395821)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04983 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395821 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6 | I want to make his supplications sweet, |
| reverse 9' | to the... heart |
| obverse 28 | ... they shaved... |
| reverse 17' | he saw |
| reverse 19' | he saw |
| obverse 15 | His utterance is surpassing in heaven, the mountain is indeed a reed |
| reverse 13' | the egizida priestess of the lady of the dais |
| reverse 3' | You bring... to the unsubmissive land of your father. |
| obverse 14 | He makes the people rejoice, he makes the people rejoice. |
| reverse 6' | The enemy land, like a single reed, smeared it for him. |
| obverse 19 | “Alas, my lady, give me my enemy! |
| obverse 34 | ... the temple of ama does not know |
| obverse 4 | Enlil's word |
| obverse 21 | Father Enlil in his city Nippur |
| obverse 31 | (As for) the Eigidimdimdim temple, its smoke does not cease(?) |
| obverse 13 | whose utterances are pleasing to the heart, |
| obverse 5 | May his words be uttered to me, may his words be uttered to me. |
| reverse 12' | my lady and Pa-nun-anki |
| reverse 18' | he swore |
| reverse 22' | he swore |
| reverse 5' | You slew, and to the land of Abatu |
| obverse 12 | whose utterances cannot be changed, its outside he smote. |
| obverse 20 | Why does my mistress ask her about her fate? |
| reverse 14' | Egia and the first-born son of Ura |
| obverse 7 | he swore by An: he swore this barley. |
| obverse 17 | He brought out his praises daily from the 5th house. |
| obverse 32 | ... to the... house |
| obverse 1 | When An prayed to him in the pure heavens |
| obverse 10 | whose great deeds are the foundation of the Eanna temple |
| obverse 24 | ... to the Ekur, you(?), your heart(?) |
| obverse 18 | He brought out his prayer for you daily from the house of 10 years. |
| obverse 30 | ... your... house |
| reverse 10' | of the city and the lady of Babylon |
| obverse 29 | the Earra temple, his udidanna temple |
| reverse 8' | In my house, the uzga shrine... I will take away. |
| reverse 16' | the great princess, my lady Nanaya |
| reverse 28' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 22 | father of Enlil, we shall enter his city |
| obverse 26 | ... to ditto... your prayers. |
| obverse 9 | The small ones, the radiance of the netherworld, are destroyed. |
| obverse 3 | his great heavens and eagles |
| obverse 2 | of Anu, the strong one, his word |
| reverse 24' | ... eggs |
| reverse 23' | It is indeed (the case that) I am a slave |
| reverse 20' | he said |
| reverse 2' | which I have seen in the rebel land, to your father |
| reverse 7' | The enemy's land, like a qnû-demon,... you strew : he will die. |
| reverse 11' | the mother of the house, as much as the Esagila temple |
| obverse 33 | month: “Silver and Utu’s temple did not know,” |
| reverse 26' | ... not finished. |
| obverse 11 | Who knows his utterance? |
| reverse 27' | ... who created... |
| obverse 16 | His utterance is indeed a white mountain |
| reverse 1' | Whom a shadû-disease is like a qû-disease, like a shadû-disease, |
| obverse 8 | He made the reeds of heaven and earth grow. |
| obverse 27 | at the kiss of his shining horns |
| reverse 4' | to the destruction of the mountain range |
| obverse 35 | At the supreme gate of Utu'a |
| reverse 21' | he swore |
| obverse 36 | ... the kuzbu-offerings, tuhhudu-offerings, |
| obverse 25 | a cedar tree, a aromatic cedar tree |
| obverse 23 | in the Ekur temple chosen by his heart |
| reverse 15' | son of Ea and first-born son of Eibbi-Anum |
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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