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BA 05, 630-631 (P398020)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 630-631 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398020 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 11 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| obverse 3' | the oath of iddukiar, the land will be destroyed |
| obverse 10' | The heir of Esagil who was angry with him will destroy the land. |
| obverse 18' | who determines the fates |
| reverse 1 | Repaid goats and goats |
| obverse 24' | faithfully... |
| reverse 14 | ... a steadfast seed |
| reverse 18 | May... stand in the rebel land |
| obverse 13' | his word and the storm, the storm, the storm |
| obverse 20' | On a day of thirst and hunger, he will be killed by his own life. |
| obverse 21' | reciting its own fear |
| obverse 16' | The word of Anu, beloved of the lands, he has decreed |
| reverse 13 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| reverse 8 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| reverse 9 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| obverse 6' | The lord, when he watered it, destroys the land. |
| obverse 8' | iddukiarra and his friend are destroyed |
| reverse 5 | may he stand by me as a gift. |
| reverse 7 | may he stand by me as a gift. |
| obverse 7' | When Muebbasa destroys his good water |
| reverse 6 | ... may he stand in the enemy. |
| reverse 16 | I imposed upon him ten times |
| reverse 24 | you are |
| reverse 17 | ... I... 10 |
| reverse 12 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| obverse 15' | who determines the fates |
| reverse 3 | whose fearsomeness is resplendent, holy |
| obverse 12' | The shepherd, the exalted one, the exalted one, |
| obverse 4' | he will destroy the water from his cold water. |
| reverse 10 | You stand..., you stand a man |
| reverse 15 | ... you go (with) a pure water |
| obverse 19' | The great shrine Utumu, its cattle-pens and cattlepen are rejoicing |
| obverse 2' | the word of Muebbasa, the land will be destroyed |
| obverse 9' | When Nabu, the princely son, destroys his good fortune |
| reverse 23 | I want to build a temple |
| obverse 11' | the small..., its lament is bitter |
| obverse 22' | whose fearsomeness and fear |
| obverse 23' | whose fearsomeness and fear |
| obverse 1' | The flood is indeed a flood, the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 2 | ......... he will be killed in his own life. |
| reverse 21 | to serve. :... like water,... like bread |
| reverse 20 | May..., the strong one, stand (in it) |
| obverse 17' | the word of Muebbasa, the storm, the storm, the storm |
| obverse 14' | His word: On a day of thirst, ditto. |
| reverse 4 | he will be killed by his own attack; he will be killed. |
| obverse 5' | The shadû-demon, in his shadû-demon, the shadû-demon, |
| reverse 19 | May the... of the enemy of Babylon stand(?) |
| reverse 22 | I want to build... |
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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