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BA 10/1, 118 K 05162 (P395919)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 10/1, 118 K 05162 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395919 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 17' | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 11' | (As for) the medel tree, the foundation of the ditto-house, the seat of the ditto-house, may the ditto-house tear out for its place. |
| reverse 12' | May the lament of heaven and earth be praised for you. |
| reverse 6' | may the lord of wisdom speak to you. |
| reverse 13' | May the gods of heaven and earth speak kindly to you. |
| reverse 2' | May the lord of lords, the lord of wisdom, speak to you |
| reverse 8' | May he make the lord of wisdom rejoice for you |
| reverse 14' | it is the 48th u’ila (precinct) of Suen |
| reverse 16' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 1' | May the wise one, ama, lord, speak(?) to you |
| reverse 7' | .... may my lord say good things about you. |
| reverse 3' | Igigi..... may you say to you. |
| reverse 5' | May the Anunnaki,... lord, revere your command. |
| reverse 4' | May the Anuna gods speak to you(!?) |
| reverse 9' | .... may my lord speak favorable things about you. |
| reverse 15' | they will rescind it like a single reed |
| reverse 10' | to return the door of Ur, the bolt of the Eginugal, the brickwork of the Edubama temple to its place |
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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