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BM.47243 (ebl:BM.47243)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47243 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47243 |
| Museum no. | BM.47243 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | I am the alim-priestess, the life of the sea, |
| 2'a | The en priestess is a neakku priestess |
| 4' | ... the warriors of my enemies,... |
| 6' | ......... |
| 3' | I am a hero, he has spoken to you “from the water” for him |
| 7' | The people were rejoicing at the reedbed of the river, the reedbed of the river, the reedbed of the river |
| 2'b | May my lord go to him without ceasing. |
| 9' | The... of the destroyed city(?) |
| 1'a | When a man is to be seized by the rebel land |
| 1'b | May he go to a hostile land. |
| 8' | The people who... |
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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