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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana D)

1. di-/da\-ju10-ne di-da-ju10-ne
2. e2 X [di-da-ju10]-/ne\ di-da-ju10-ne
3. ga-ca-an-[na-ju10] i-bi2 mu-ci-in-bar
4. /cec-e ta\ [ma-ra]-/an\-dug4 ma-ra-an-tah
5. cag4 ki-ig-ga aj2 hi-li aj2 ku7-ku7-dam
6. kug ga-ca-an-na-ju10 aj2-ce3 ma-ra-an-ba
7. ki-bi i-bi2-ju10 ma-ra-ju10-ne
8. mu-lu ki-ig-ga aj2-ju10 gaba im-ma-an-de5
9. hi-li mu-e-ci-in-te dili mu-e-da-hul2
10. cec-e e2-ni-a im-ma-ni-in-kur9-re-en
11. mu-nu2 lal3 hab2-ba bi2-in-nu2-en
12. ze2-ba kal-la-ju10 ca3-ab-ju10 a-ba-nu2
13. dili-dili-ta eme ak dili-dili-ta
14. cec i-bi2 sag9-sag9-ju10 50-am3 mu-un-ak
15. lu2 sig9-ga-gin7 mu-na-de3-gub
16. ki-ta tuku4-e-da si-a mu-na-ni-in-jar
17. cec-ju10 ib2-ba-na cu gub-bu-de3
18. ze2-ba kal-la-ju10 ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e
19. cu ba-am3-mu-u8 nin9-ju10 cu ba-am3-mu-u8
20. jen nin9 ki aj2-ju10 {e2-gal-la} {(1 ms. has instead:) e2-me-ce3} ga-jen
21. igi ad-da-ja2 dumu tur he2-me-en
22. dba-u2 lu2 ha-ba-zu cu ba-e-re-ci-bar-re
23.     bal-bal-e dinana-/kam\


Print sources

Alster 1993, p. 22-23: commentary (no. 12 (ll. 10-21 = Alster's ll. 26-37))

Jacobsen 1973: translation, composite text, commentary

Jacobsen 1976, p. 27-28: translation

Jacobsen 1987, p. 8-9: translation

Kramer 1963, p. 509-510: composite text, translation, commentary

Kramer 1969, p. 103-104: translation (ll. 8-14, 17-20)

Sefati 1998, p. 151-164, III-VI, XX, XXI, XLI: handcopy, photograph, commentary, translation, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 4552 obv. (PAPS 107 524; ISET 2 17)

UM 29-16-8 (photo PAPS 107 522f.)

NBC 10923 i 18-ii 21


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24.ix.1998-26.ix.1998: JAB, editor: standardisation
30.xi.1998: GZ, editor: proofreading
26.ii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
05.viii.1999: GC, editor: minor corrections
15.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
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15.x.1999: ER, editor: web publication
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