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Sm 0954 (P425677)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0954 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425677 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 17 | the young woman Innina and An befitting |
| obverse 5 | You are the one who makes the heart rejoice like the earth. |
| obverse 31 | to the name of the gigir priestess, stationed alone, |
| obverse 38 | I am Itar and the goddess of the sun. |
| obverse 2 | You are the light of the heavens, which like a flood in the land. |
| reverse 25 | May the lady of the house, the lady of wisdom, be sated with your body |
| obverse 6 | You are the one who is seized like a lion. |
| reverse 16 | May Itartu, lady of the heavens, rejoice over you. |
| reverse 2 | As for the one who is stricken in the midst of the heavens, in the wrath of her name, the wrath of my praise |
| obverse 16 | The day of disappearance and the day of the heavens |
| reverse 26 | Erema and Inana |
| obverse 40 | I am Itar and the goddess of the gods. |
| reverse 19 | May the princess, the lady of the land of Uruk,... your outside |
| obverse 4 | ... in the netherworld, in the netherworld |
| reverse 20 | Princess of Zabalam, may your heart rejoice! |
| obverse 24 | I stand at the culmination of the extispicy. |
| obverse 10 | to the house of a man and in your entering |
| obverse 26 | To my father, Sîn, the one who constantly seeks out the sanctuaries, I stand at my right side. |
| obverse 41 | Lady of heaven, my holy horn |
| obverse 21 | to the Eg'urum of Utu and the Anuna be pleasing |
| reverse 30 | king of Sumer and Akkad, king of kings, Kusu, Muur |
| obverse 23 | stationed at his name, stationed alone |
| obverse 7 | you make the righteous street grow |
| obverse 3 | When you are to stand in the earth |
| reverse 27 | Written according to its original and collated. |
| obverse 25 | Towards my father Suen, standing alone, standing alone |
| obverse 42 | O Itar, who is assiduous towards the pure heavens, my praises |
| reverse 15 | May the lady of heaven and earth rejoice over you. |
| obverse 8 | You are able to strew truth and truth in the street. |
| obverse 35 | He poured water (on him), he poured water on him, he poured water on him. |
| obverse 46 | Who adorns the heavens, who makes the people of the underworld rejoice, |
| reverse 21 | May the princess, the lady of the ursag-kalama temple, be sated with your outside! |
| obverse 29 | He set up a stele for him, he set up a stele for him, he set up a stele for him, he set up a stele. |
| reverse 33 | who trusts in Aur and Mullissu, Nabû and Tl |
| obverse 20 | Whose slander is exalted, and if the heavens |
| obverse 28 | I stand with my brother, ama, the one who constantly seeks out the rites, |
| reverse 8 | I am their great heir, I am their great heir. |
| reverse 3 | May Elam, the hero of heaven, be praised for me. |
| obverse 43 | the heavens are smashed, the earth is smashed |
| obverse 45 | The heavens are smashed, the earth is smashed, the earth is smashed |
| reverse 18 | Princess, lady of the Eanna temple, may your heart rejoice! |
| reverse 29 | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon. |
| reverse 13 | May the lord of the great mountain Enlil be attentive to you |
| reverse 4 | May she, queen of the heavens, speak with pleasure about me as if I were a queen of heaven. |
| obverse 39 | She is the lady of heaven and heaven. |
| reverse 10 | May your heart rejoice over you, may your mood be rejoicing. |
| reverse 1 | in order to extend the years of all the lands to the border of my name |
| reverse 12 | O lord, great Anu, may your heart rejoice! |
| obverse 44 | I enter the heavens, I praise my praises. |
| obverse 19 | In the dining hall, in the dining hall, in the dining hall, in the dining hall, in the dining hall |
| obverse 22 | the praises of ama and ama, |
| reverse 7 | I am the one who builds the great wall in all the lands, I am the one who heaps up the branches of my branches |
| obverse 1 | You are the one who rises from the earth like fire. |
| obverse 37 | Lady of heaven, you go to heaven |
| reverse 22 | Princess of the cattlepen of the Land House, may your heart rejoice! |
| obverse 36 | In the evening, I sat down and went down. |
| obverse 11 | The wolf goes to the lamb that eats |
| reverse 14 | May the great lord, the great lord, be appeased by your heart! |
| reverse 9 | May your heart rejoice, may your liver be soothed. |
| obverse 12 | You are a barbaru-vessel, which for the libation of the libation-vessel, the libation-vessel. |
| obverse 9 | When you enter the house |
| obverse 15 | The storm, the kisikil priestess of heaven and earth |
| reverse 31 | king of the four quarters, son of Sennacherib |
| reverse 5 | I have made my heart rejoice over all the lands |
| obverse 27 | My brother Utu, stand at her side, standing at her side |
| obverse 18 | (and) the supplications of Itar and if the heavens |
| obverse 13 | The lion goes out from the womb |
| reverse 17 | May the princess, the lady of heaven, and your liver be soothed. |
| obverse 30 | (As for) me, my father, Nannaru, I stood by me (and) I was assiduous towards the rites. |
| reverse 34 | Your greatness is unrivaled. |
| reverse 28 | Palace of Aur-bn-apli. |
| reverse 6 | I have sworn by the name of the king, my lord. I have sworn by the name of the king, my lord. |
| reverse 11 | Lord of great An, may your heart rejoice! |
| reverse 23 | May the princess, the lady of Babylon, be attentive to you |
| obverse 33 | Elu, my sin, my sin |
| obverse 14 | 'You are the one who goes around in the middle of the night. |
| obverse 34 | In the evening, when you are to praise, |
| reverse 32 | king of the world, king of Assur |
| reverse 24 | May my princess, my Nanaya, and your heart rejoice! |
| obverse 32 | In the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, in the heavens, |
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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