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BM.47117 (ebl:BM.47117)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.47117
IDebl:BM.47117
Museum no.BM.47117
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 3his land ditto, his father...
obverse 5'his suckling... in front of him
obverse 2'......
obverse 6'... words
reverse 5his... ditto, his father...
bottom 11'...
obverse 1'... which...
reverse 1he... his stele
bottom 10'not... grass
obverse 8'... ditto
obverse 4'The scepter ditto, the scepter...
obverse 9'... his... before him(?)
reverse 2his city before him...
obverse 7'his awe-inspiring radiance to his face
reverse 4his house in front of him...
bottom 12'.........
obverse 3'... his aakkuru-offering to his face.

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