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BA 10/1, 108 (P395912)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 10/1, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395912 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 25' | Great... which is exalted in the Ekur. |
| obverse 13' | great hero, builder of the temple of Ibbi-Anum |
| obverse 39' | You are a hero to the unsubmissive land. |
| obverse 21' | The lord, the strength of battle, |
| obverse 7' | chief hero |
| obverse 34' | my great hero, like the earth |
| reverse 1' | He spoke to the wells and the wells. |
| obverse 23' | The great hero, the one who loves the scepter of his father, |
| reverse 16' | the shrine Esag in its residence shall be split apart. |
| reverse 4' | You throw it into a bowl and then you bring it into a bowl. |
| obverse 2' | the alim priestess of the Eama temple |
| obverse 19' | Great hero, beloved one of ditto |
| obverse 33' | The heavy... which is placed like the heavens, |
| obverse 30' | the great hero, supreme hand of An |
| obverse 40' | When you do not know the Paphal, the woman, |
| obverse 9' | great hero, lord of the E'unir-kituma |
| obverse 4' | the city ruler of Girsu |
| reverse 8' | he has sworn by the name of the wife. |
| obverse 5' | chief hero of the land of Laga |
| obverse 18' | chief hero, son of the oath of Kurgale |
| obverse 37' | you take to heaven and underworld. |
| reverse 2' | You strew water into the irrigated area and he strew water. |
| reverse 23' | ......... |
| obverse 24' | the alim priest who the E-ku |
| reverse 14' | He is a child, he is a god, he is a god |
| reverse 7' | On his return from the tabnu-festival he sat down together. |
| obverse 17' | (This is) the scepter of the exalted army of ditto |
| obverse 1' | chief hero of the Eumea temple |
| obverse 10' | the city administrator of the temple of Kutha |
| reverse 3' | He roared like a lion, he roared like a dog |
| obverse 11' | the great hero, the one who the Emeslam |
| obverse 20' | the highlands |
| reverse 12' | he is a wife, he is a god. |
| reverse 5' | He sat on a throne and sat on a throne. |
| reverse 22' | May I not be able to smite a lapis lazuli lazuli bracelet |
| obverse 41' | The sin which was not removed from the libation of the moon. |
| obverse 6' | from Ki |
| obverse 14' | is the alim priestess of Dikumah |
| reverse 18' | he entrusted it to the enemy’s journey. |
| reverse 13' | He speaks as follows with a widow: |
| obverse 28' | the alima priest of the Ekur temple |
| obverse 3' | the great hero, the one who the E-ibbi-ugalam |
| reverse 11' | Whoever breaks the contract with the black-headed ones, |
| reverse 6' | ... ring |
| obverse 42' | from the watercourse he did not take away |
| obverse 15' | the great hero, the one who the E-rabri |
| obverse 16' | the Great Mountain Enlil |
| reverse 15' | He speaks as follows with a black-headed person: |
| reverse 9' | As for the one who is clothed with a soiled garment, |
| reverse 17' | You destroy their sanctuaries in their midst. |
| reverse 10' | He swore by the son that he was a nanny. |
| reverse 19' | You set up a ritual assemblage on the road. |
| reverse 21' | I will send you my lady in the nasikatu-temple. |
| reverse 20' | She went to the shrine Ki-duri |
| obverse 36' | When you are to be praised like heaven |
| obverse 38' | When you are the hero of the rebel land |
| obverse 32' | my abundance like heaven |
| obverse 27' | great hero, whose command is supreme, |
| obverse 43' | What are you not able to do with this? |
| obverse 26' | the great hero, whose utterance is pleasing |
| obverse 22' | the great hero, a umar reed to his father |
| obverse 35' | the great warriors who are like the earth, |
| obverse 12' | the city ruler of Dilbat |
| obverse 8' | the alim priestess of the Emeteursag temple |
| obverse 29' | Large..., first part of the house, ditto; |
| obverse 31' | the great hero, the exalted strength of Anu |
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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