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K 13651 (P400401)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 13651 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400401 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 8' | Tablet of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| 5' | The great lord, his lord: Ashurbanipal, prince, favorite of Aur, Bel and Nabû. |
| 3' | You recite the inscribed object of the reeds and the tablet of fates. |
| 2' | To Nabû, the perfect heir, who conquers all the heavens and earth |
| 6' | shepherd who provides for the sanctuaries of the great gods, who establishes their sanctuaries |
| 10' | The foundation of his throne, whose utterances are heard, |
| 4' | Who sustains the days, who restores the dead, who establishes light for the people, |
| 7' | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| 11' | The awe-inspiring radiance of his awe-inspiring brilliance overwhelms him. |
| 9' | For his life, the life of his days, the well-being of his seed, |
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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