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HES 2, p. 239 A; p. 240 A; pl. 23 (P397012)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | HES 2, p. 239 A; p. 240 A; pl. 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397012 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9' | ...... |
| 1' | ...... |
| 2' | In order to establish the en-ship and the office ofugal priestess of Enlil |
| 10' | ...... |
| 6' | the lady of Ur and the lady(?) |
| 3' | the erem prayer(?) of Aruru |
| 4' | exalted princess, lady of heaven and earth, lady who is clad in splendor |
| 5' | Lady of the holy mound, lady of the holy place |
| 8' | ... lady of the holy Egipar temple |
| 7' | ... lady of the Eginugal temple |
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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