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OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ia DN PRAK 2 C 135 ii 1 ↗SEAL “alas, DN!”

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts NAR a-ú MesCiv. 7, 11 iv 137 “singer of ‘alas’”. in list of professions.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ⸢ū⸣ʾa a-a nêʾu u nešîš? ušatbi imbariš erṣeti uš[tārid ?] Ludlul III 78 ↗eBL “‘Woe (and) alas!,’ ‘to turn back and away(?)’ he let rise like fog (and) let [(them) descend(?)] into the netherworld”. Restoration according to Oshima 2014, 98. However, the indication of moving the exclamations down right after having them lifted up seems strange. Diff. Oshima 2014 (“In the cries of pain (lit.: woe and grief), pushing and shaking (me)”) and Hätinen 2022b (‘“Woe!” “Alas” “Spare us!” “Begone!”’).

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) a-a ištanassi Sakikkû XVI 9 “he screams constantly ‘ah!’”. ^new

ajjuSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ušterdīma ia-ú ia-ú lā ikalla (|| lā ukalla) Sakikkû XVI 42 “it drags on and ceaselessly he (cries) (|| does not hold back) ‘alas, alas!’”. Corresponds to 48′ in Heeßel 2000. ^new