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LB 1822 (unpublished) (P543940)
Canonical lamentation, Old Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LB 1822 (unpublished) |
|---|---|
| ID | P543940 |
| Museum no. | LB 1822 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Canonical lamentation |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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 15' | He decorated his body with an u-lu priestess and son of his divinity |
| obverse 2' | They brought him to the... of heaven. |
| obverse 4' | ... your |
| reverse 35' | to the Ki'ur, to the Kukkuzu, to the Kukkuzu |
| reverse 12' | He touched the cedar, he touched the aur tree |
| obverse 10' | ... set |
| reverse 14' | Enki, the master of the pure apsû |
| reverse 31' | that you should not stand in peace : |
| reverse 9' | I am the one who purifies the pure water of the Euphrates |
| reverse 36' | I went to his aid in the underworld. |
| reverse 29' | the libation vessel of the ghost : |
| reverse 34' | You should not bring him to the border of the city |
| obverse 11' | ... in its |
| reverse 13' | He touched heaven and earth, he touched earth. |
| reverse 24' | May your rations be carried out properly. |
| reverse 25' | May your agala garment be adorned with: may it be taken away from you. |
| reverse 38' | May the great gods bless you! |
| reverse 4' | For the life of Antagal, the place of life, may mankind come forth. |
| reverse 33' | so that they should not enter the city in order to enter. |
| reverse 30' | lu-ulu, son of his god : |
| obverse 8' | evil |
| reverse 20' | to the evildoer of your plain |
| reverse 22' | to the office of the evil enforcer of the plain |
| obverse 6' | ... he will remove |
| reverse 16' | May he set up the scepter of scepter for him. |
| obverse 18' | ...-la |
| reverse 21' | to the house of the evil god of the plain |
| reverse 28' | Your food, the ug plant of the ghost (means) : the makalu-flour, the reed of the ghost. |
| reverse 8' | Incantation: I am the water of the lord, from the Great Mountain |
| reverse 10' | suited for the iib priesthood from the Abzu |
| obverse 5' | he raised up. |
| obverse 7' | ... (means) : he will make the foundations of the nether world wide. |
| reverse 18' | to the city where the evil alû-demon rises, |
| reverse 32' | you will be able to sit down at night. |
| obverse 16' | .... |
| reverse 7' | May Gibil make its tongue grow, may its evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse 26' | your standing place where ama does not come out |
| obverse 9' | ... evil |
| reverse 37' | May the life of the great gods be known for you |
| reverse 17' | Incantation: To your evil ug creature in the plain |
| reverse 6' | May Gibil bring out its tongue, may Gibil bring out its tongue from its tongue |
| reverse 19' | to the scepter of the evil of your plain |
| obverse 15' | ...... |
| reverse 1' | shining female lamb |
| reverse 11' | He destroyed the ruin mound of Eridu. |
| reverse 27' | the abode of ama was not present |
| obverse 3' | who established |
| reverse 5' | ... evildoer |
| reverse 23' | May your skin be shaved off. |
| reverse 2' | The people of heaven who came out in heaven |
| reverse 3' | May he bring his pure horns to you. |
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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