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BM.47174 (ebl:BM.47174)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47174 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47174 |
| Museum no. | BM.47174 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4' | for his own life..., the mighty gurusz gudu priestess of the rebel land, |
| reverse 5' | he smote |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | (As for) the one whose deeds cannot be seen, |
| reverse 3' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 2' | ...... of the heavens |
| reverse 6' | to seize |
| reverse 7' | ... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 6' | he..., he... |
| reverse 4' | ... of heaven |
| reverse 8' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 2' | The... of the KA.KA (temple) cannot be found, the strong man, the one who destroys the rebel land |
| obverse 5' | ... he constantly seeks out his own destiny. |
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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