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BM.38756 (ebl:BM.38756)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38756 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38756 |
| Museum no. | BM.38756 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ; CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Eršema (Paired with Balaĝ) |
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 12' | The heart of... is distant... |
| obverse 6' | ... of... |
| obverse 8' | ... of... |
| reverse 11' | Your exalted heart... |
| reverse 15' | esheshu-disease of Babylon |
| reverse 6' | Anum, Ura, 40 years of oxen, barley rations |
| reverse 5' | Enlil |
| reverse 16' | son of Esagila, descendant of Ezida |
| reverse 14' | the lord Enbilulu, the first-born son of Enki |
| reverse 8' | May the brickwork of Ea-bzu be restored. |
| reverse 13' | The alima shrine, the ursag shrine of Asalluhi |
| reverse 9' | ... in prayer,... |
| reverse 3' | The heart of Anu, the heart of... to |
| reverse 7' | who determines the plans of heaven and earth |
| reverse 10' | Its place is Enki's harp |
| reverse 2' | in heaven, in heaven |
| obverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 7' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | : the heart of...... |
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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