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K 07031 + K 11884 (P396979)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 07031 + K 11884
IDP396979
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
12'... is finished.
9'It is an erema of Adad
6'the hero, father of Adad, after he had sat on the ground as his father
11'as if it were a wild animal, he swore a frightened omen.
2'I make my heart happy, I make my heart happy.
10'When he speaks to the storm
8'Let me go to the unsubmissive land of your father.
3'... your heart, you have made my heart happy.
5'from the rising of the sun to the rising of the sun
4'to ama-ea and ama-u I spoke my heart.
7'the warrior, father of Adad, your praises

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