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K 09586 (P398206)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09586 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398206 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 16 | Dumuzi |
| obverse 14 | to his spouse |
| obverse 5 | The temples of Enlil and Anunna, the cities of the lands, the cities of the lands |
| obverse 2 | Ditto. |
| reverse 8' | ... are there. |
| obverse 6 | Ammegalana and the city, the inhabitants of the temple, the inhabitants of the temple, |
| obverse 10 | the young man of the city that has not given birth |
| reverse 13' | ...... I am able to... as he says |
| reverse 29' | In Simanu (Month III), on the 18th day |
| reverse 4' | ... he smote... |
| obverse 11 | old... |
| reverse 28' | The adri priestess is a rih priestess |
| reverse 25' | 'You are angry, you are angry, you are angry, you are not angry. |
| reverse 15' | a sealed document to Ninurta |
| reverse 7' | there will be famine |
| obverse 1 | The mountain range is a mountain, the mountain range is a mountain |
| reverse 23' | Whoever...s a claim, whether... or... |
| reverse 10' | ... does not... |
| reverse 11' | ... to tear out |
| reverse 9' | there was no |
| reverse 24' | Now, before you, before you, let me hear my prayer. |
| obverse 13 | Because of her brother... |
| obverse 8 | shepherd of the lord Dumuzi and the city, the abode of the house, |
| reverse 12' | in the month of ebtu |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 26' | Because a god was angry with me... |
| reverse 17' | You are the one who rises, the one who rises, the one who rises, the one who rises, |
| obverse 7 | (As for) Amme-sipa-zi-ana, the city, the abode of the house, |
| reverse 21' | ............ |
| reverse 19' | He said in the presence of the troops: |
| reverse 2' | .... |
| reverse 6' | ... to the netherworld. |
| reverse 5' | of Kurnugi’ae |
| reverse 14' | ... Igigi I spoke |
| reverse 3' | ... I swore. |
| obverse 4 | I do not dwell in the city, I do not dwell in the house. |
| reverse 18' | In Simanu (Month III), the 18th day, in ebtu (Month X), the 18th day |
| obverse 9 | shepherd, lord... |
| obverse 15 | As to her husband... |
| reverse 20' | Dumuzi, the shepherd, the one who makes great the greatness |
| obverse 12 | for the sake of his brother |
| reverse 27' | In the midst of my niria, you sat down... |
| reverse 22' | O lord Dumuzi, when I dwell in the heavens like(?) |
| obverse 3 | The city, the city, the temple, the temple |
| reverse 16' | The alatu demon, the uznê demon |
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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