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K 11156 (P399137)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 11156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399137 |
| 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 2' | He brought out my throne, he did not know the throne. |
| reverse 7 | Your house... |
| obverse 9' | ... the house of my lord, my lord,... |
| reverse 3 | he determines the fates, he determines the fates |
| reverse 6 | Your house is filled with water(?) |
| obverse 5' | My enemy took hold of the dust like a river. |
| reverse 5 | so that Enlil does not cross over his path |
| obverse 3' | He came out from my city and did not know anything. |
| obverse 4' | My mother heaped up earth and heaped up earth. |
| obverse 7' | Because of this, I do not dwell in a house, I do not dwell in a palace. |
| reverse 8 | Your city is poured out with water(?) |
| obverse 6' | I am the lady of the Esagila temple, who has taken the hand to treat the illness. |
| obverse 1' | The dog came out from my city, but the dog did not know. |
| reverse 1 | Who determines the fates, who determines the destinies of Enki |
| obverse 8' | He decreed the fates of the house as if it were a wild bull. |
| reverse 4 | He has decreed the fates of his utterance |
| reverse 2 | who determines the destinies of the lands, |
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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