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A balbale to Inana (Inana A)

1. ud huc gal me-/lem4\ [...] (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N3), 0.2.06, line 18)
2. dinana me3-a ni2 me-lem4 gur3-ru
{
(1 ms. adds 2 lines:)
A. dinana me3 / e\-ne di!-di
B. dinana me3-a ni2 me-lem4 gur3-ru
}
3. ki den-lil2-le bi2-in-dug4-ga-/ce3\
4. su pirij sa pirij-ja2 ci-im-ma-zi-zi-de3-en
5. AB sig nim-ma-ke4 u2-gin7 {E} {(1 ms. has instead:) NIJIN} GA A BA
6. dickur-gin7 KA mah dib i3-CID
7. ur-saj gal-gal gu2-tuku-bi-gin7
8. giri17?-bi {ki ca-mu-X [...]} {(1 ms. has instead:) /ki-ce3\ cu ha-ra-ab-X-X}
9. ur-saj {gal} {(1 ms. has instead:) gu2-tuku(source: UD)} lugal nin-e-ne
10. ec3 kec3ki-e ki ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4
11. giri17?-bi ki-ce3 ha-ra-ab-X-e
12. nin-ju10 abzu?-ta igi ca-mu-ni-in-jar
13. an-ne2 SI? saj-bi jiri3 ki mu-[...] /ca\-mu-ra-ab-/dug4?\
14. an lugal-da me /ba\-a-me-[en]
15. den-lil2-gin7 zag-ge4 si-a-me-en
16. ka-ac mah unken-na ca-mu-un-bar-re-en
17. jic-nu11-gin7 an-ta cag4 unken-na-ka
18. zid-du ca-mu-un-ni-DU {erim2-du ca-mu-ni-dab5} {(1 ms. has instead:) erim2 ca-mu-ni-DU}
19. zid-du e2-gal-la dutu {nam-mi-DU} {(1 ms. has instead:) ca-mu-na-e3}
20. KA-bi dug4-ga X-bi? ci-im-ma-ni-ib-gi4-gi4-in
21. lugal-ra uj3 ca-mu-na-X KIJ2 X [...]
22. igi-zu huc-am3 saj-ki-zu dugud-dam
23. den-lil2-le za-a-ra mu-ra-an-cum2
24.     bal-bal-e dinana-kam


Print sources

Sjöberg 1977, p. 16-27, 39: score transliteration, commentary, handcopy

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7932 (photos E. Robson) + CBS 8530 (JCS 29 39; photos E. Robson)

IM 11053, 10 (TIM 9 8)

Ni 2479 (SRT 9) 1-21


Revision history

17.vii.2000-28.v.2002: JAB, editor: standardisation
18.vi.2002: GC, editor: proofreading
19.vi.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging
02.xi.2002: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
04.xi.2002: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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