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BL 105 (P397921)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397921 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | the mother of Esagila and the harp drum of lamentation he set straight for her. |
| 13' | I am a nadtu, a nadtu, a liar, and a liar |
| 17' | ...... |
| 6' | The ub drums of the Anuna gods were snared with tears. |
| 16' | ... the city and its mound |
| 8' | I am the one who does not smite my lady with a snare(?) and a snare(?) that cannot be smitten(?) |
| 7' | The Anuna gods weep, they dwell in awe. |
| 14' | My lady, what is it that is that of me? |
| 1' | ...... |
| 11' | The various weepings |
| 9' | The nugig midwife of the city |
| 2' | ... is set up in the E-kur temple |
| 12' | the nugig midwife of the city |
| 4' | The holy... of Utu does not know... is set. |
| 3' | is set up for the house of Enlil. |
| 10' | In the mountain of the mountain range, in the midst of the sea |
| 15' | She is the lady of the house of Enlil. She is its lord |
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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