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K 07670 + K 16740 (P397236)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07670 + K 16740 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397236 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | to his name stationed, stationed, |
| 6' | the one who loves ama, he swore: |
| 1' | ... heaven |
| 16' | In the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, I stand the omens. |
| 2' | ... his... and.. |
| 13' | He set up a stele for him, he set up a stele for him, he set up a stele for him |
| 15' | at the scepter of the name of the scepter stationed, |
| 4' | The one whose supplication is placed in the heavens, |
| 3' | that the well-being of the well-being of the heavens be perfected |
| 5' | who makes the heavens shine like the sun |
| 11' | my brother Utu, stand at his side. |
| 14' | I, the father of Nannaru, stood by me |
| 8' | I stood in prayer for the extispicy. I was assiduous towards the rites. |
| 9' | (As for) the one who stands (in) my father Enzuna |
| 10' | To my father, Sîn, the one who speaks the omens, |
| 12' | For me, ama, the one who constantly seeks out the sanctuaries, am I. |
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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