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BM.50515 (ebl:BM.50515)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.50515 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.50515 |
| Museum no. | BM.50515 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 34' | ... Ninlil |
| reverse 19' | ...... |
| reverse 29' | ... a cow(?) coming out(?) |
| obverse 19' | ... in the unug(?) chamber |
| obverse 45' | ... Enlilgi and the ewes, my foes |
| reverse 30' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | ... you |
| obverse 10' | ... of the heavens and the earth. Why am I? |
| obverse 44' | Lady Ninlil, the ewe of my foe |
| obverse 31' | .... a curse................ |
| reverse 22' | ... you |
| obverse 6' | my... crown |
| reverse 7' | ... you |
| obverse 29' | ... unceasing...................... |
| obverse 17' | ... me |
| obverse 37' | .... to the quay... |
| obverse 33' | ... ditto.... in him. |
| reverse 18' | ... you |
| reverse 20' | ... you |
| reverse 24' | ... you |
| reverse 25' | ... you |
| obverse 32' | ... Enlil |
| reverse 15' | ... |
| reverse 16' | ... |
| reverse 17' | ... |
| obverse 34' | the shepherd |
| obverse 9' | ... cosmic powers |
| obverse 11' | to smite |
| reverse 26' | ...... |
| reverse 32' | ............................. |
| obverse 48' | E-sagil-la-gn and the ewes, my foes |
| obverse 14' | ................ |
| obverse 43' | (If) he is ill for a day and for a day: |
| obverse 5' | ... may he speak... |
| obverse 35' | ... in the land the shepherd?... |
| obverse 36' | ......... |
| obverse 38' | ... he has set up for him. |
| obverse 47' | ... the ewes of my foe |
| obverse 18' | .......... your husband... |
| reverse 11' | Ninlil |
| obverse 40' | Ninlil |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| obverse 39' | with her breast and her breast |
| reverse 6' | to smite... |
| reverse 13' | ... you |
| obverse 7' | The akaltu-disease of the heavens and the earth does not |
| obverse 20' | ......... |
| obverse 25' | ...... |
| obverse 30' | ... the righteous one |
| reverse 5' | ......... |
| obverse 4' | my crown |
| obverse 21' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 22' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 23' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 23' | ... you |
| reverse 27' | ... you |
| reverse 1' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 3' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 21' | ... you |
| obverse 12' | ... the earth... |
| reverse 12' | Enlil |
| reverse 4' | ... barley |
| reverse 31' | ... house |
| reverse 33' | May the brickwork of the house be restored to its place |
| obverse 8' | my temple |
| obverse 49' | ........... |
| obverse 41' | ......... |
| obverse 15' | of my... |
| obverse 24' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | ... my crown |
| obverse 1' | my |
| obverse 13' | ... you will be seized |
| reverse 10' | Enlil |
| reverse 28' | Its ebony(?) is to be smitten(?) |
| obverse 16' | ...... |
| obverse 26' | ... reed |
| reverse 14' | Ninlil |
| obverse 42' | my ewe, my ewe and ewe |
| obverse 28' | After he has written the scribal art |
| obverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 46' | ... of heaven and the ewes |
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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