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The song of the lettuce: a balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana E)

1. ba-lam ba-lam-lam ḫi-izsar-am3 a ba-an-dug4
2. ĝiškiri6 ĝi6-edin-na gu2 ĝar-ĝar-ra-na {sag9-ga ama-na-ĝu10} {(1 ms. has instead:) ḫi-izsar a ba-an-de2}
3. še ab-sin2-ba ḫi-li-a sag9-ĝu10 ḫi-izsar-am3 a ba-an-dug4
4. ĝišḫašḫur 2 saĝ-ĝa2 gurun il2-la-ĝu10 ḫi-izsar-am3 a ba-an-dug4
5. lu2-lal3-e lu2-lal3-e me-e mu-ku7-ku7-de3-en
6. en-ĝu10 lu2-lal3-e dim3-me-er-ra sag9-ga ama-na-ĝu10
7. šu-ni lal3-e /me\-ri-ni lal3-e ĝe26-e mu-un-ku7-ku7-de3-[en]
8. a2-šu-ĝiri3-ni lal3 ku7-ku7-dam ĝe26-e mu-un-ku7-ku7-[de3-en]
9. en3-dur šu-niĝin2 tukum ku7-ku7-ĝu10 /sag9\-[ga ama-na-ĝu10]
10. /ḫaš4\ sag9-sag9 a2 buluĝ5 e-ru-ĝu10 ḫi-izsar-am3 [a ba-an-dug4]
11.     bal-bal-e dinana-[kam]


Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 165-170, XLII: photograph, commentary, translation, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998a: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

AO 5385:66ff. (TCL 15 20)

IM 11087,65 (TIM 9 14)

Ni 9846:4'ff. (ISET 2 87)

UET 6 121


Revision history

27.i.1999-08.ii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
05.viii.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
16.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
29.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
29.x.1999: 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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