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CLAM p. 838 (P398053)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Kidudû), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CLAM p. 838 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398053 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Kidudû) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 7' | May Ninurta(?) rejoice over you, may your heart be sated with you |
| reverse 2 | erema priestess, the authoritative one, the one who rises |
| reverse 5 | the first-born son of Ura-agen |
| obverse 2' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 3' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 4' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 5' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 6' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 7 | of the Lady-of-Asign and the ubur-gannu |
| reverse 4 | Egia, Esagila, and Subur |
| reverse 6 | the first-born son of E’ibbi-Anum and ubur-gina |
| reverse 1 | It is an erema-demon of Ninurta |
| reverse 8 | My lady, Nanaya-gn and the uburuga (priest) |
| obverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 3 | ...,...,...,..., |
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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