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BM.132291 (ebl:BM.132291)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationBM.132291
IDebl:BM.132291
Museum no.BM.132291
CollectionBabylon
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse? 3'.........
obverse? 2'......
reverse? 9'............
reverse? 10'.........
reverse? 4'... is built, the complete price
obverse? 8'... the god Sîn... his land
obverse? 4'...... years
reverse? 6'May my days be long, may my years be long.
obverse? 7'... of the god Sîn
reverse? 1'......
obverse? 1'......
reverse? 2'lord of...,
obverse? 9'... of the god Sîn, the complete
reverse? 3'the lord of the water, the ziggurrat
reverse? 8'..., perfect,
obverse? 10'... the lands
reverse? 7'May the day be favourable for you.
reverse? 5'In order to build a good name on the land

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