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BM.38116 (ebl:BM.38116)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38116 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38116 |
| Museum no. | BM.38116 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > 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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 13' | May he build your house for you, may he build your city for you |
| obverse 1' | Enbilulu is to smite the supplications that he has done. |
| reverse 16' | May the lord of Enki, as if he were in the river, be satisfied with the house! |
| obverse 6' | Who knows the words of Enki? |
| reverse 2' | They shall bring the water to your right and left. |
| reverse 8' | He carries a huggû-prayer, a rejoicing place for you |
| reverse 5' | Apsu, holy, pure, sweet, sweet, |
| reverse 15' | May the lord of your heart, who is like a flood, be afraid of your house! |
| obverse 7' | “Who is it that Ea says in your presence? |
| obverse 10' | Now, speak! Let them do your city! |
| reverse 4' | Abzu, holy place, Eridu, good place |
| reverse 12' | May your great divinity, the heart of the land, be appeased. |
| obverse 15' | May he build the Eabzu temple for you, may he build it for you. |
| reverse 1' | may the judges of your enemies return. |
| obverse 5' | The great lord, whose utterance cannot be changed, |
| obverse 3' | The lord Dikuma has sinned against me. |
| reverse 11' | May the heavens rejoice over you, may the earth soothe you. |
| obverse 12' | May the eridu-demon, the pleasant place, return to its place. |
| reverse 13' | May the great lord make your heart happy! |
| reverse 9' | You recite this incantation. |
| reverse 17' | O lord Ea(?) |
| obverse 8' | You said “You are to drink water” |
| reverse 6' | from the brickwork of Ema of Kuar to the brickwork of Babylon |
| obverse 2' | When you speak to Muebasa, they will be satisfied with it. |
| obverse 4' | The great lord, who does not have a rival, who makes a decision |
| reverse 3' | may they return the rites of the judges to their places. |
| obverse 14' | May your house be built. May your city(?) |
| reverse 7' | your Esagila, Ezida, and Emahtila temple |
| reverse 10' | (Possessor of) an eagle, an eagle, an eagle, an eagle, an eagle |
| obverse 11' | may the water of Eridu and the good place be returned to its place for you |
| obverse 9' | When you speak to us, may your city be built for you |
| reverse 14' | So that your heart is smitten like a river in a house |
Sources & licences
- 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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