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BM.42359 (ebl:BM.42359)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42359 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42359 |
| Museum no. | BM.42359 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 10' | When you are to smite the true word of your city |
| 12'a | Your city Nippur, your outer city |
| 9' | May your heart rejoice over you, may your liver rejoice over you |
| 16' | May the udu priest(ess) of the heart, the supplication, and the siskur offering be offered to you |
| 7' | May the wild bulls of the netherworld and the netherworld curse you. |
| 21' | May the righteous vizier Muebbasa speak to you |
| 1' | May he say to you “Dikumah” |
| 6' | May the Edara'ana temple |
| 13'a | The Edara'ana temples and its rites, their outer rites |
| 14' | May your city be..., its snake |
| 17' | When the rites and rites of the rites are performed, may they say to you |
| 5'b | (For) the days of the oxen and the oxen of Bel in your house |
| 2' | May the great hero speak to you |
| 15' | Your city is a waste land. Say to his people like ama |
| 12'b | (total:) 7(?) years, Mercury. |
| 4' | the great warrior(?) who brings about the strength of Anu |
| 19' | May the father who begot you, Enki, Ninki, and your supplication |
| 13'b | ... its father... |
| 20' | May the Anuna gods, the gods of heaven and earth, decree your fate! |
| 5'a | May the lord of the Esaggil and Arazu temple |
| 18' | May An, Ura, the place of gunutu-grain, and arazu-grain be praised! |
| 11' | O lord,... your city, faithfully... |
| 25' | ...... |
| 8' | creator of the land |
| 23' | May the righteousegis of Nanaya and your supplication |
| 3' | May the great ursa priestess of Babylon, the uanna priestess, and the arazu priestess speak |
| 24' | May the Anunna gods, the supplications, and the supplications |
| 22' | May the Egi'a, the sailor of An and Ura, be praised! |
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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