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BM 128025 (P422798)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 128025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422798 |
| Museum no. | BM 128025 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal) |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 2' | his hero like a ama-iddin |
| obverse 3' | as if it were the star of heaven that was separated from heaven, |
| reverse 7 | ... in your dwelling, in your midst, |
| reverse 2 | like ama at his side the akitu-house of his master |
| reverse 13 | ... may he command you. |
| reverse 9 | May ditto,..., the exalted..., speak to you. |
| reverse 4 | The Ekur, the Emama and the nippuru of Nineveh are smitten. |
| obverse 10' | ... the temple ditto, the heavens and earth ditto; |
| obverse 9' | May the Ekur, the Emama temple, be praised in the universe |
| obverse 1' | like the horns of ama shining |
| reverse 1 | ... from the mountain may he be praised by Enlil to the house of the people. |
| obverse 5' | The great mother Ninlil, who guides the E-ara, allure of the E-kur, the favorite of the Giguna,egi of the E-ki'ur temple |
| obverse 12' | In the Ea-kit, his place of relaxation, his garden, the holy sanctuary, his festival of great festivals |
| obverse 13' | from the good asila of joy to the Ekur, the Emama of nibru, Nina, to its full extent |
| obverse 6' | (If) ditto a great name, ditto awe-inspiring brilliance, ditto awe-inspiring brilliance, ditto he fills the Ekur, he |
| reverse 3 | ... the scepter of his youthfulness, whose radiance is surpassing, |
| obverse 11' | from the mountain of abundance which Enlil in shrine Nippur like Utu came out |
| reverse 5 | May... the lady of ditto, may your heart rejoice over you. |
| obverse 14' | May the lady Ninlil rejoice over you, may she rejoice over you, may she be anxious for you |
| reverse 11 | ... may he command you. |
| obverse 8' | ... of heaven and earth, may they rejoice over you. |
| reverse 8 | may Nuska, the exalted vizier, speak with you |
| reverse 6 | They sat in a peaceful residence |
| reverse 12 | May your supplications be heard! |
| reverse 10 | May the shrines of the Anunna gods perform rites for you |
| obverse 7' | May heaven and earth rejoice over you. |
| obverse 4' | When the star of the sky is bright, there will be famine. |
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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