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K 08796 (P397762)

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

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DesignationK 08796
IDP397762
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)
15... your outside
13like..., your outside
18..... may he see him.
10... your heart
17...,..., your liver
21... did not
4... your heart
14... you recite... to him.
20... all day blood?...
3... smote
19his... is white
2... plot of...
16...... his gods
12... your.... you set out for him.
5... your outside
11The sagki demon is yours, your liver is yours
9... your outside
1......
6... your heart
8... your heart
7... your outside

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