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HES 2, p. 234 A; p. 235 A; pl. 21 (P399327)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Kidudû), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | HES 2, p. 234 A; p. 235 A; pl. 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399327 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Kidudû) |
| 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 col 4 5' | It is the second tablet of the eremma-priestess of Itar. |
| reverse col 3 8' | from the midst of the south to the midst of the south |
| reverse col 3 3' | of Lil-ena, the lady of the cattlepen |
| reverse col 4 8' | Who restores life, who establishes life, who establishes abundance to the people of that land |
| reverse col 3 5' | of Nanaya the first-born son of Ea |
| reverse col 4 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 7' | from the midst of the hero who is a lion in a rage |
| reverse col 4 7' | The one who grasps the reed mat, the tablet of fates, |
| reverse col 3 9' | from the heart of the lord Dikumah in the midst of a rejoicing heart |
| reverse col 3 1' | the kur priestess of the ursagkalama temple |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... not... |
| reverse col 3 2' | the high heavens, the lady of the cattlepen of the Land House |
| reverse col 3 0' | the lady of heaven |
| reverse col 3 6' | from the midst of the storm to the midst of the storm |
| reverse col 4 3' | Erema of Inana |
| reverse col 3 4' | the mother of the house of Dada, the beautiful woman |
| reverse col 4 4' | One who gives birth, one who gives birth, one who gives birth, one who gives birth |
| reverse col 4 6' | To Nabû, the perfect heir, the one who controls the totality of heaven and earth |
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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