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BA 05, 396-397 (P395933)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 396-397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395933 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8' | May Nabû, scribe of all the lands, overthrow his hand. |
| reverse 2' | Tablet of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 21' | ...... |
| obverse 19' | for Nabû, princely son, heir of Esagila |
| obverse 16' | The owner of the house is the owner of the house. |
| obverse 3' | You are supreme and supreme |
| reverse 5' | I wrote, collated, and checked it. |
| obverse 12' | O lord Id, you are exalted. |
| obverse 15' | Lord of the Etemenanki temple, Lord of the Edarana temple |
| obverse 14' | The owner of the house being sold. |
| obverse 8' | O lord, ditto (and) merciful lord of Ea |
| obverse 1' | You are supreme |
| obverse 11' | You are the lord of the Tigris and the Euphrates |
| reverse 4' | the land of Sumer and Akkad, that tablet, with the support |
| obverse 2' | ... in the heavens, you are exalted... |
| reverse 7' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, |
| obverse 9' | The ruler of Babylon and the ruler of Esagila |
| obverse 20' | (For) Nabu, the one of the princes, heir of Esagila |
| obverse 4' | You are exalted in the darkness, in the.... |
| obverse 13' | Lord of the Ezida temple and Lord of the Emahtila temple |
| obverse 6' | O warrior Marduk, you are exalted |
| reverse 3' | According to the wording of tablets, omens, copies of Assyria |
| obverse 5' | You are the hero of Asalluhi |
| obverse 10' | lord of Babylon and lord of Esagil |
| reverse 6' | I set out in my palace for my reading of kingship. |
| obverse 7' | the lord of Enbilulu and first-born son of Enki |
| reverse 1' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| obverse 18' | sukkallu-priest and sage of Nabû |
| obverse 17' | ... the chief minister and Muzebbasa |
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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