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BM.46398 (ebl:BM.46398)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.46398 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.46398 |
| Museum no. | BM.46398 |
| 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? 8' | temple of Enki(?) and temple of Enki(?) |
| obverse? 15' | ... like...... |
| reverse? 13' | ... house |
| reverse? 14' | ... house |
| reverse? 15' | ... house |
| reverse? 16' | ... house |
| reverse? 17' | ... house |
| reverse? 12' | house of the lord |
| reverse? 5' | ... the house of my lord, the house of the lord, and the house of truth... |
| reverse? 11' | ... house |
| obverse? 14' | ......... |
| obverse? 8' | ... |
| obverse? 16' | ... cattle pens(?)... Ur(?) |
| reverse? 6' | The house(?), the house(?) and the house(?), the house(?) and the house(?)...... |
| obverse? 17' | ......... |
| obverse? 5' | from the shrine Ezida to the shrine Ematila |
| obverse? 2' | the temple of good fortune and the brickwork of Babylon |
| obverse? 6' | shrine Etemenki |
| reverse? 4' | House, house, house, house |
| reverse? 9' | house of the herald Amurru-zebba and the house of the herald |
| obverse? 7' | ...... |
| obverse? 3' | brickwork of Esaggil and the shrine Eturkalam |
| reverse? 1' | ...... you placed... |
| reverse? 3' | Whoever, at any time, breaks the contract, whether... or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation |
| obverse? 12' | ... they did not know... |
| obverse? 9' | ... tree |
| obverse? 11' | ...... |
| obverse? 4' | the good house and the brickwork of Dr-Sibba |
| reverse? 2' | Who is it that in the future, as long as he lives, |
| reverse? 10' | ... house |
| obverse? 13' | ... earth |
| reverse? 7' | ... the house of the creation of the life of king(?) |
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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