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BM.42658 (ebl:BM.42658)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42658 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42658 |
| Museum no. | BM.42658 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4' | "My wife, who is a thief, has sinned against him, has died with him." |
| reverse 7' | He built your Apsu, he built your city, he built your city, he built your temple. |
| obverse 1' | The hero did not destroy Babylon and did not destroy the lady. |
| reverse 13' | The temple of Sukkalma he built from your city |
| reverse 3' | he spoke to Amagan, the son, and he smote him. |
| obverse 12' | The city has become too much, it has gone out from the city. |
| obverse 7' | The goats and goats of the cattlepen will not be eaten, the sheepfold will not be destroyed. |
| obverse 6' | Like the old one, who in the midst of the storm(?) has been snatched up(?) (and) has left her for her own sake, she will not(?) live(?) |
| reverse 2' | The extispicy which her husband imposed upon her is with her husband. |
| obverse 14'b | ......... |
| obverse 15' | a kind of profession |
| reverse 6' | The young man whose father is a brother, has died with his father. |
| obverse 11' | like the snare of... |
| obverse 14'a | The utterance of the great heavens was removed from the city. |
| obverse 3' | In the plain, where the grass is not grown, where the grass is grown |
| reverse 1' | The young woman spoke to the brother, and the brother seized him. |
| obverse 8' | ... like the enzi-demon, which in the middle of the night......... |
| obverse 2' | ... Ab-ili? in... the lady?.... you wrote... |
| obverse 5' | The ewes, like lambs, are destroyed, the weeping of the mother is destroyed |
| obverse 9'b | like a liar of her nose they shall smite, |
| reverse 9' | When you speak from the house of Enkiga |
| reverse 5' | The youth shouted at the brother, the brother smeared |
| reverse 10' | the temple of Damgalnuna he built from your city |
| reverse 12' | the temple of Pnun-anki he built from your city |
| obverse 10' | The calf, as if it were a calf, is not destroyed like a wild bull, it is not destroyed by its weeping. |
| obverse 9' | Its calf like a wild bull will be destroyed, its weeping will be destroyed. |
| reverse 14' | (As for) the temple of Muebbasa, he built a city from top to bottom |
| reverse 8' | What has he done to you? What has he said to you? |
| reverse 11' | the house of Asalluhi he built from your city |
| obverse 4' | .... he is stricken, he is stricken, he is stricken |
| obverse 13' | ... he has gone out. |
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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