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BM.40846 (ebl:BM.40846)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40846 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40846 |
| Museum no. | BM.40846 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 1' | ... lord |
| col 2' 6' | he strews the strewn shrine |
| col 2' 7' | he will pay back his debts. |
| col 2' 4' | The lord of the land will speak the lord of the land. |
| col 2' 20' | whose strength is unrivaled, its lady, |
| col 2' 2' | ... |
| col 2' 19' | ... he has gone out from the ground. |
| col 2' 13' | Your heart does not say: |
| col 1' 9' | ... tooth |
| col 2' 16' | The en priestess came out from the gipar. |
| col 2' 10' | Its gudu(-officiant) should not speak kindly |
| col 2' 14' | Its gudu(-officiant) brought out allure |
| col 2' 5' | he will pay back the debts that he received. |
| col 1' 13' | its |
| col 1' 15' | from |
| col 2' 8' | he spoke to the shepherd: |
| col 1' 11' | he will see. |
| col 2' 11' | He should not speak a word about him, he should not speak a word about it. |
| col 2' 17' | The enshu-demon has gone out from the reed bed. |
| col 1' 14' | ... his |
| col 1' 1' | ... |
| col 2' 15' | He has taken it as a loan. |
| col 2' 12' | Let the lamentation singer not speak your heart |
| col 1' 5' | ...... |
| col 2' 18' | the lamentation singer did not come out |
| col 2' 3' | She weeps lamentation. |
| col 2' 9' | His shepherd speaks in the middle of the night. |
| col 1' 10' | ... all? |
| col 1' 7' | ... |
| col 1' 16' | ... the temple(?) |
| col 1' 17' | Its |
| col 1' 3' | its |
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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