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1880-07-19, 0196 unpublished unassigned ? (P452017)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1880-07-19, 0196 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452017 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 4' | When I was entering the house, |
| 9' | I am the one who brings abundance to me |
| 8' | I made the breast of the nether world shine |
| 1' | I shall say to him “Alas, my city!” |
| 6' | I am the one who makes the liar shine(?) for me |
| 2' | They sat on the throne like a ma-l-la-ma-l-ma-l-gi. |
| 3' | like a shadû-offering, I am ill. |
| 7' | ... I am a king who has caused me to be angry. |
| 10' | "Ditto, king of the midst of the mountains! |
| 5' | I, like the scepter of the heavens, in my entering |
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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