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K 13538 (P400355)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 13538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400355 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1 4' | To its detriment, my father, to its detriment, he goes to the aid of |
| col 1 5' | In his scribal art, in his scribal art, he was frightened. |
| col 2 5' | (a kind of profession) |
| col 1 6' | The great mountain, father Enlil, who dwells in it |
| col 2 2' | ... |
| col 2 4' | ... |
| col 1 1' | The apsû-demons have sworn by the word of Enlil. |
| col 1 7' | to the shepherd of the black-headed people, to take care of |
| col 1 3' | in the city of the city, the throne and the office have been established. |
| col 2 3' | ...... |
| col 2 1' | ...... |
| col 1 2' | In the city the fisherman set up a reed bed. |
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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