BM.47800 (ebl:BM.47800)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Persian · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47800 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47800 |
| Museum no. | BM.47800 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Persian · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal) |
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 10 | ...... |
| obverse 12 | ...... |
| obverse 14 | ...... |
| obverse 16 | ...... |
| obverse 4 | ...... |
| obverse 6 | ...... |
| obverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 10' | ...-ra |
| reverse 9' | ...-ra |
| reverse 15' | [... Du]uzu, 10th day, 25th year of Darius, king of the lands. |
| reverse 12' | May your heart rejoice, may your king be satisfied. |
| obverse 11 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 13 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 15 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 5 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 7 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 9 | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 1' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 3' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 14' | It is the wording of the Inana gods |
| obverse 1 | ewes that are to raise their head |
| reverse 13' | May your heart rejoice over you, may your mood be appeased. |
| reverse 6' | ............. |
| obverse 3 | ...... |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | may he soothe |
| reverse 11' | ...-ra |
| obverse 2 | ........., who dwells, |
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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