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K 07138 + K 08643 + K 17054 + K 11950 (P397057)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07138 + K 08643 + K 17054 + K 11950 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397057 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 17' | the mountain range of the great heavens |
| 15' | The water of the gate is good. year: “Harmarana.” |
| 12' | his beloved temple of pureness |
| 5' | your Ekur temple chosen by your heart |
| 8' | the Earra, his temple of abundance, |
| 4' | father Enlil in his city Nippur |
| 14' | When he opens the gate, the door of his well-being |
| 3' | My lady, what is it that she will ask her husband? |
| 9' | The door bolts of the Eigidimdim |
| 1' | his utterances |
| 18' | the water of the gate of the shining stars of heaven |
| 16' | the great courtyard, which makes the people rejoice |
| 7' | your kiss |
| 10' | the holy month, the temple of Utu, which is not known |
| 13' | (a kind of profession) |
| 6' | of Giguna, a forest of aromatics and cedar |
| 11' | the water of the main gate of allure |
| 2' | O my lady, you have given me my scepter |
| 19' | water from the gate of no barley |
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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