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Description: Tablet of the poem called "Lament of Nabû-šuma-ukîn". A Babylonian prince named Nabû-šuma-ukîn, son of Nebuchadnezzar II, in custody, makes an appeal to the god Marduk. He his thought to be the crown prince and future king, Amel-Marduk/Evil-Merodach. British Museum Beginning of the 6th century BC. BM 40474. Edition: I. Finkel, "The Lament of Nabû-šuma-ukîn", in J. Renger (ed.), Babylon: Focus mesopotamischer Geschichte, Wiege früher Gelehrsamkeit, Mythos in der Moderne, CDOG 2, Saarbrücken, 1999, pp. 323-342.
Title: Lament of Nabu-suma-ukin BM 40474
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