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BL 207 (P399135)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399135 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2' 15' | may they not abandon the city with weapons. |
| reverse col 2 6 | the brickwork of Zabalam |
| obverse col 1' 1' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse col 1' 6' | Brickwork of the Ki'ur temple, my place of life |
| obverse col 1' 18' | my great shrine |
| obverse col 1' 3' | Whose father, as long as he lives, is well. |
| obverse col 1' 16' | I have no equal. |
| reverse col 2 8 | my Eturkalam temple |
| obverse col 2' 23' | He spoke to me, he spoke to me, he restored it. |
| obverse col 2' 8' | The city of Enlil was destroyed. |
| obverse col 1' 8' | the shrine Ebabbar, the Edikukalam temple |
| reverse col 1 3 | When I speak to the gods of heaven |
| obverse col 2' 19' | The battle-axes of the city were destroyed. |
| reverse col 2 9 | ... my destroyed cattle-pens |
| obverse col 1' 4' | ... he will spend the day on the right and left. |
| obverse col 2' 2' | The water of the city, the water of the irrigated house |
| reverse col 1 1 | the mother of the house of Dada, the beautiful woman |
| obverse col 2' 29' | of Lil-ena, the lady of the cattlepen |
| obverse col 2' 28' | beloved of the lady of the Eanna temple |
| obverse col 1' 10' | brickwork of Esagila, shrine Tl-kalam |
| obverse col 2' 27' | of the high heavens, the lady of the gipar shrine |
| reverse col 2 7 | the mountain range of my country |
| obverse col 2' 12' | The lord Nudimmud’s words |
| reverse col 1 4 | he is the one who makes the heavens rejoice |
| obverse col 1' 21' | my house where the lady sits down |
| reverse col 1 5 | he spoke to Enlil: |
| obverse col 1' 11' | My brick-built wall, my good house, brick-built wall, |
| obverse col 1' 2' | ... repaid |
| obverse col 1' 14' | brickwork of Uruk, my good house, brick of Uruk |
| obverse col 2' 6' | whose base is in the girpa'e |
| obverse col 1' 5' | Brickwork of my Ekur temple, brickwork of my Ekur temple |
| reverse col 2 1 | my Etemenanki temple |
| obverse col 1' 12' | from the brickwork of Ezida to the shrine Ematila |
| obverse col 1' 9' | the brickwork of my city, my good house, the brickwork of my city |
| obverse col 2' 24' | he spoke to me like a storm. |
| obverse col 1' 17' | I am the one who does not have greatness |
| reverse col 1 6 | he swore by me |
| reverse col 1 7 | he swore by me |
| obverse col 2' 10' | the city of Enlil, my name |
| obverse col 2' 5' | The house whose utterances are in the house |
| obverse col 1' 15' | from the brickwork of Eanna to the Egipar temple |
| reverse col 1 2 | of Nanaya, the first-born son of Ea |
| obverse col 1' 13' | brickwork of Etemenanki |
| obverse col 2' 22' | May he be reconciled with me and have mercy on me. |
| obverse col 1' 7' | brick-built Sippar, my good house, brick-built Sippar |
| obverse col 2' 26' | the destroyed mountain, the lady of the Eanna temple |
| obverse col 2' 11' | the utterance of An |
| obverse col 2' 9' | The city's lord who has inquired after it |
| obverse col 2' 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 2 10 | my... sheepfold |
| obverse col 2' 25' | the sick one of An, the lady of heaven |
| obverse col 2' 17' | The city's young man does not know(?) |
| reverse col 2 2 | the Edara-anagu |
| reverse col 2 3 | the brickwork of Uruk |
| obverse col 2' 3' | The house of the lord who has built the house from the marshes |
| obverse col 2' 20' | The city's seed will be brought to an end. |
| obverse col 1' 19' | my brickwork, my uba stone |
| obverse col 2' 16' | that the city's young woman might not rejoice |
| obverse col 2' 4' | The water of the city, the water of the reed bed |
| obverse col 2' 7' | whose fate cannot be determined |
| obverse col 2' 21' | he spoke to me, and he restored it. |
| reverse col 2 5 | my... of the gipar |
| obverse col 2' 18' | the city of the battle which is on its head |
| obverse col 2' 13' | The city whose bitter fate has been decreed |
| obverse col 1' 20' | my house of craftsmen who was set up in a bowl |
| reverse col 2 4 | my shrine Eanna |
| obverse col 2' 14' | that the city with the weapon was struck down |
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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