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HES2, p. 138 A, pl. 15 (P402936)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | HES2, p. 138 A, pl. 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402936 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 10' | from the assembly a decision |
| reverse 8' | Erema of Ninurta |
| reverse 6' | The great wall of Nippur is to be surrounded by heaven |
| reverse 1' | Lord of the scribal school, who makes heaven rejoice |
| reverse 9' | erema priestess, the authoritative one of a man |
| reverse 7' | May your heart rejoice over me in heaven and earth. |
| reverse 3' | Lord of the Emeslam temple, who makes heaven rejoice |
| reverse 11' | ... awe-inspiring brilliance of a man |
| reverse 4' | may the lord of the E-ibbi-Anu |
| obverse 4' | An(?) |
| obverse 1' | hero |
| reverse 2' | the lord of the Emeteursag temple, who makes heaven rejoice |
| reverse 5' | The lord of the E-rabri temple will rejoice over you |
| obverse 2' | ... warriors |
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- 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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