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Shamash 08 K 09299 (P398024)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shamash 08 K 09299 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398024 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 22' | princely incantations, great hero who determines the fates |
| 23' | the border of heaven and earth the great hero to determine fate |
| 3' | Hero Muzebbasa |
| 10' | to determine the fates of the great hero |
| 21' | a prince who dwells in a temple, a great hero who determines destinies |
| 25' | ...... |
| 16' | of the pure ziggurat, ziggurat |
| 11' | King, great warrior, who determines destinies, |
| 1' | Hero Asalluhi |
| 19' | the lapis lazuli... of Utu and the great hero who determines the fates |
| 5' | ibila of Esagila |
| 20' | the prince who is to be brought to an end, the great hero who determines the fates |
| 13' | the word of the Ebabbar temple, the great hero, to determine fate |
| 24' | (a kind of profession) |
| 9' | the place of battle, where you are |
| 2' | Lord Enbilulu |
| 17' | the great hero to determine fate |
| 18' | he is ill. |
| 12' | the youth Utu and the great hero who determines the fates |
| 7' | the lord of the wall of Ezida |
| 14' | The supplication(?) of the son of Ningal, the great hero who determines the fates |
| 15' | The one who determines the fates in the lapis lazuli shrine and the great hero |
| 4' | of Nabu, the princely son |
| 8' | the heavens and earth, the earth and earth, |
| 6' | of the Ebabbar temple |
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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