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HES 2, p. 185 A, pl. 17 (P396022)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | HES 2, p. 185 A, pl. 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396022 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Who is it, who is fearsome in the city? Who is it, who is it? |
| 2 | O lord, a lord, has sinned against his city, ditto! |
| 10 | The city ruler Zer-Ebba, the lord who reveres the city, is there no one. |
| 5 | ... Uru-Zebba, lord who reveres the city, what is it that? |
| 7 | Who is it that is the great shrine Damgalnuna? Who is it that is that? |
| 3 | ....... |
| 6 | ... Nudimmud, lord, fearsomeness of the city, there is none. |
| 13 | Dikuma, lord of the city, no one is there. |
| 4 | ... of Enki, mighty ruler of the city, there is none. |
| 14 | ..., mighty one, no one is there. |
| 11 | The lord of heaven and earth, the lord of the city, there is no rival. |
| 12 | ..., Muebbasa, the lord(?) of the city, what is it that? |
| 8 | Asalluhi, the lord of the city, there is none. |
| 15 | Who is it that is that of the city? |
| 9 | ... Enbilulu, lord, fearsomeness of the city, there is none. |
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- 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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