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HS.1853 (ebl:HS.1853)

CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationHS.1853
IDebl:HS.1853
Museum no.HS.1853
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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)
reverse 4I will return you for you
reverse 2Do not return (to their places) for you
reverse 6to...
reverse 5... gug grass
obverse 2'... was speaking to the cow
reverse 1From the... of the wild bull to the... of the river like a lullaby
reverse 7...
obverse 1'... donkey
bottom 1...
reverse 3I shall return for you
obverse 3'from..., from..., from..., from...,

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