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CLAM p. 838 (K 16688) (P398815)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CLAM p. 838 (K 16688) |
|---|---|
| ID | P398815 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8' | of Lil-ena, the lady of the cattlepen |
| reverse 12' | the chief surveyor of Ana, the lady of Isin |
| reverse 7' | the good horns of the lady of the Eanna temple |
| reverse 9' | mother of the house of Dada, the beautiful woman |
| reverse 5' | the destroyed mountain, the lady of the Eanna temple |
| reverse 11' | the mother of the city of Sag |
| reverse 10' | of Nanaya, the first-born son of the temple |
| reverse 6' | The lady of the Egipar temple |
| reverse 2' | a place of relaxation, the harp song of Inana |
| reverse 1' | In order to restore the brickwork of the cattlepen of the land |
| reverse 3' | (As for) him, he is a robber |
| reverse 4' | the guarantor of An, his lady |
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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