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BM.78166 (ebl:BM.78166)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.78166 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.78166 |
| Museum no. | BM.78166 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 21' | to the shrine Ebabbar to the shrine |
| reverse col 3 10' | When you speak to you, when you enter into the earth, |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... your word to the heavens,... |
| obverse col 1 10' | He says to the young man, in my man, that young man will die. |
| obverse col 1 21' | whose utterances are unrivaled, its midst is stricken |
| obverse col 1 8' | his word to the heavens he brings, and the heavens he writes. |
| reverse col 3 19' | ... my warriors... |
| obverse col 2 14' | as if it were a single igme tree |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... like a lion in my head... |
| obverse col 1 20' | He will not be a slave in his house, he will die. |
| obverse col 1 3' | heir of Esagil, his lord |
| obverse col 1 4' | When he was the lord of the god Dikuma |
| reverse col 3 17' | in the city.... |
| reverse col 3 18' | the wife of the hero(?) has abandoned her(?) |
| reverse col 3 6' | to resound the utterance of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 23' | He has sinned against him, he has sinned against him, he has sinned against him |
| reverse col 3 14' | he abandoned Ama-gan, his son |
| obverse col 1 11' | He has sworn by the name of his ewe, and he has sworn by the name of the barley. |
| obverse col 2 19' | to the brickwork of my city Nippur, to the Ekur |
| obverse col 1 19' | He did not know his utterances, he sat outside. |
| obverse col 2 4' | lord of all the lands |
| obverse col 1 22' | He does not see the aforementioned. He will die in the middle. |
| reverse col 3 3' | the Edara'ana temple |
| obverse col 1 18' | Who can see, see it? |
| obverse col 2 8' | Like a ub plant, like a umun plant |
| reverse col 3 16' | to the city's fate |
| obverse col 2 1' | 'I do not know your exaltedness, I do not know your... |
| obverse col 2 15' | As soon as we have finished the work,... |
| obverse col 2 17' | As for you, as for you, the water of your house, as for you, |
| reverse col 3 15' | Thus a supplication... |
| obverse col 1 16' | whose word is broad, at his going, the houses have been redeemed. |
| obverse col 2 9' | If he raises me like a shovel, and if he raises me like a shovel, |
| obverse col 2 11' | As soon as he has brought me out of the mountains, |
| reverse col 3 2' | of Etemenanki |
| obverse col 1 14' | He sat on his throne in all lands. |
| reverse col 3 11' | When you speak to your deeds, a faithful ewe has fallen into the lamb |
| obverse col 1 12' | (If) he says: "This is the case; he will die." |
| reverse col 3 7' | (and) the word of ditto (he will be praised in the earth) |
| obverse col 2 6' | that he should not return to his commands |
| obverse col 2 12' | as if it were a boat that had been built |
| obverse col 2 7' | so that Enlil does not alter his word |
| obverse col 1 5' | May his words be uttered to me, may his words be forgotten. |
| obverse col 2 10' | like a single asal tree |
| obverse col 2 3' | Like the hand of a god, like the hand of a god, like the hand of a god, he sat on my own. |
| obverse col 2 0' | who does not have a rival, who does not have a rival |
| obverse col 1 15' | Its great deeds are the foundation of the house. |
| obverse col 1 17' | Who knows his utterances? |
| obverse col 2 18' | In your speech, in your speech, the ewe of the house, in your speech |
| reverse col 3 13' | When you speak to your great deeds, the righteous uzga creature fell into its kid |
| reverse col 3 5' | In your words and dreams they will enter |
| obverse col 2 16' | He is clad in awe-inspiring reed like a single reed |
| obverse col 1 7' | Let me make the aromatics grow in the meadows. |
| obverse col 1 1' | the heir of Enbilulu, the heir of Enki, his lord |
| reverse col 3 4' | to your utterances, to smite heaven |
| obverse col 1 13' | whose utterances are very small, whose horns are to be destroyed in the nether world |
| reverse col 3 8' | When you speak to your lord An, he enters heaven |
| reverse col 3 12' | ...... clouds?... |
| obverse col 2 5' | The distant heart and the righteous heart |
| obverse col 1 6' | his word to a person he shall slander, and that one shall slander |
| obverse col 1 9' | he swore by him, he swore an ewe, he swore an oath. |
| obverse col 1 2' | the hero Muebbasa, his lord |
| obverse col 2 2' | Like a reed planted alone, like a reed planted alone, he is clad in fear. |
| reverse col 3 1' | the Emahtila temple |
| obverse col 2 20' | to the Ki'ur shrine, the ziggurrat |
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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