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BM.50744 (ebl:BM.50744)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.50744
IDebl:BM.50744
Museum no.BM.50744
CollectionSippar
LanguageSumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
10'Who did... your oil/incense-offering?
12'Your divine radiance covers the supreme sabar net of heaven and earth.
11'Who will destroy your good fortune?
15'The watercourse of the Euphrates was piled up.
13'the elders, the elders, the elders, the elders
9'Lord Ura, who is with you, who is with you?
1'......
4'... food rations
18'You are Asalluhi, you are the indiri(?)
14'...............
16'by the command of Asalluhi, its marshes he plundered
5'......
8'the great hero, who is he who is he who is he who is he who is
2'......
3'......
19'......
6'......
17'I am the supreme one, who gives the heavens to me
7'Lord, who has sinned, who has sinned

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