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BA 05, 667 (P426247)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 667 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426247 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 4' | he smote |
| 9' | The holy... of Utu is not known |
| 2' | ...-ri |
| 14' | ... he will establish good things for her. |
| 1' | ...... |
| 13' | The ub drums of the Anuna gods were snared with tears. |
| 7' | ... is established and |
| 20' | ... |
| 12' | ......... he made the foundation of the temple firm. |
| 10' | ... the pure... of ama... |
| 8' | is set up in the house of Enlil. |
| 15' | The Anuna gods wept bitter tears. |
| 5' | .... |
| 3' | ..... and |
| 18' | .... he did not allow her to sleep. |
| 6' | ... is established in the Ekur |
| 11' | the mother of Esagila, the harp drum of lamentation he set straight for her |
| 16' | ....... you look at her, |
| 17' | My lady, you cannot smite the harp, you cannot smite the harp |
| 19' | .... he does not make her... |
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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