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K 11211 (P399157)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 11211 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399157 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ) |
| 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 1' | ... he gave? to your father |
| obverse 7' | May the brickwork of Ezida be restored. |
| obverse 14' | ... of Enzag |
| obverse 5' | the adala priestess of An and Ura |
| reverse 3' | ... gave? your father? |
| reverse 5' | ... gave? your father? |
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 15' | ...... |
| reverse 17' | ...... |
| reverse 19' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | he imposed upon him. |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| obverse 11' | of Muebbasa |
| reverse 7' | ... they shall give |
| obverse 1' | May he speak to the lord of prayer to him. |
| obverse 10' | The hero, the great flood with a furious radiance, |
| reverse 10' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 12' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 14' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 16' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 18' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 20' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 8' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 2' | When you speak to the Umuna, the man of Arazu |
| obverse 13' | of Enzag |
| obverse 12' | ... of Nabu |
| obverse 20' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | 38? years Mercury |
| obverse 18' | ..., son of Esagil; |
| obverse 17' | heir of Esagila |
| obverse 16' | ... of Nabû, the one of the princes |
| obverse 8' | It is the harp song of Nabium |
| obverse 15' | of Nabû, princely son |
| obverse 6' | builder of heaven and earth |
| obverse 3' | ... may they speak to him. |
| obverse 9' | the hero, whose aura is awe-inspiring, whose aura is furious |
| obverse 19' | ...... |
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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