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BL 182 (P397713)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397713 |
| 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' | the son(s) of the water, the ubur priest(s) |
| 3' | "I am afraid, ditto; I am strong in the land." |
| 14' | ... and sea |
| 15' | .... and... |
| 4' | E-gi-a, Esagil-gil-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi |
| 5' | first-born son of Ura-ag-uur-uur-uur-uur-uur |
| 16' | ... seven |
| 6' | the first-born son of E-ibbi-Anum and ubur-gen |
| 11' | ... I am a widow, who... whatever... |
| 7' | Lady of omens and supplications |
| 12' | to smite... |
| 2' | You are a ubur-priest, a ubur-priest, and a mighty kur-priest |
| 13' | ............... |
| 8' | My lady, Nanaya-gn and ubur-gn |
| 17' | ......... |
| 10' | ubur-gen |
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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