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BM.50503 (ebl:BM.50503)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.50503 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.50503 |
| Museum no. | BM.50503 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
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 8' | lord of the scepter of heaven and earth, erema prayer for Dilmun |
| reverse 8 | In a month(?)...... |
| obverse 2' | The throne of Aya came out in the afternoon and he sat down on the lower side. |
| obverse 15' | On the 20th day, on the day, on the day, on the day, on the hero, on the hero |
| obverse 4' | The god ama is king. The hero is a hero, he is a hero. |
| obverse 11' | The throne of Aya comes out in the afternoon and sits below the ground. |
| obverse 7' | in the evening |
| reverse 5 | ama is king, erema-demon, warrior, warrior, warrior of the south. |
| obverse 9' | On the 15th day: the wild bull, the hero from the Abzu. |
| obverse 14' | It is favourable. |
| reverse 2 | ...... |
| reverse 9 | ......... |
| obverse 13' | Do not let the lord who knows how to smite the en priest(ess) who smite the eremma priest(ess) before ama |
| reverse 1 | When he speaks to the storm, he makes a lament for the supreme bull. |
| obverse 6' | the oxen-driver of the nether world, and the destroyer of the enemy |
| reverse 6 | (In) the month of Ayyaru, (in) the month Addaru (XII) |
| obverse 10' | a lawsuit concerning the house |
| obverse 16' | a lawsuit concerning the house |
| obverse 12' | He shall send his messenger to him. |
| reverse 4 | the land...... |
| reverse 10 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon....... |
| reverse 7 | If in a month.......... |
| obverse 3' | he shall send his messenger to him. |
| obverse 5' | On the eighth day when he was born he was a child, he was a child, he was a child, he was a child, he was a pure dais |
| reverse 3 | The chief haruspex with a gold figurine |
| obverse 1' | The apsû is a lamentation. It is a lamentation. Dilmun is a lament. |
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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