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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana F)

1. ga-ša-an-ĝen gi-rin-e u6 ga-e-da-dug4
2. /ga\-[ša]-/an\-[an]-/na\-ĝen gi-rin ḫal-ḫal-la i-bi2-ĝu10 de3-/ma?-al?\
3. inim /mu\-[un]-/gar3?\-ra-bi su8-ba-bi
4. mu-ud-/na-ĝu10\ X [X] X [mi2] [de3]-/ma?\-ab-dug4
5. ga-ša-an-ĝen gi-rin-e da-nu2
6. ga-ša-an-an-na-ĝen gi-rin-e kaš4 da-mu-ni-dug4-dug4
7. [X X] /MI?\-NE-še3 de3-eĝ3-ĝa2-sug2-ge-eš
8. [X X] /DA?\ dama-ušumgal-an-na X X [gaba] [da]-mu-da-ri
9. [] X X X X a da-an-su3
10. [ a] [da]-/mul-mul\ meš3-ĝu10 pa da-e3
11. [e2] [dmu]-/ul\-lil2-la2-ke4 a da-aĝ2-su3
12. [X X] X a da-mul-mul meš3-ĝu10 pa da-an-e3
13. [X X] [e2]-kur-ra a da-aĝ2-su3
14. [(X)] /lugal\-ĝu10 ĝišmeš3-gin7 kisal-la bi2-in-mu2-mu2
15. [e2] [d]/mu\-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 a bi2-in-su3
16. /lugal?\ dama-ušumgal-an-na ĝišmeš3-gin7 kisal-la bi2-in-mu2-mu2
17. /u3\-mu-un-ra e2-kur-re mu-da-ab-du7
18. e2-gal ḫul2-la me-te-ĝal2 me-[en-de3-en]
19. /e2\ dmu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 []
20. [e2] [dmu]-/ul\-lil2-la2-ke4 []
21. [] e2-kur-re? []
approx. 3 lines missing
25. [(X) lugal]-/ĝu10\ ĝišmeš3 zid-de3-[eš ]
26. [X X gi]-rin-na ḫi-li du8-du8 a-a /ama?-na?\
27. […]-na-ĝu10 ba-an-tud-da X []
28. [] X abzu-ta na-aĝ2 ze2-eb da-/aĝ2\-[tar]
29. [] a zid-da numun zid-da
30. [] X šeg12 abzu-ta u3-mu-un-da-ši-e3
31. [] ĝišmeš3-gin7 pa da-an-e3
32. [] [d]ama-ušumgal-an-na an-ne2 ḫe2-a-u3-tud
33. [] X E šu ša-mu-da-dug4
34. [] gi-rin-na-gin7 ḫi-li-zu dug3-ga-am3
35. [] X mi2 ga-mu-ra-ni-ib-dug4
36. [dama-ušumgal]-an-na ĝišmeš3 ne-en pa da-an-e3
37. [] /EN?\ KID balaĝ er2 da-mu-ra-de6
38. [X X ĝiš]tir ḫa-šu-ur2-ra-gin7 zag-ĝu10 du5-mu-ri-ib-us2
39. [X X] X e2-kur-re ḫu-mu-un-ši-ḫul2-e
40. /KA?-ĝu10\ X lu2 /ša3?-ab?\-[ĝa2] [] de3-ĝa2-ra-sug2-sug2-ge-eš
41. na-aĝ2-zu-še3 e2-kur-re /dur2\ /de3\-X X
42. e2-kur-re e2 dmu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 a-ra-zu-zu ga?-/gub?\
43. an-ne2 /ki\ maḫ-a-na ma-an-ze2-eĝ3-ĝen
44. u3-mu-un /kur\ gal dmu-ul-lil2 gaba ĜA2 X X X
45.     bal-bal-e dinana-kam


Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 171-176, XLIII, XLIV: photograph, commentary, translation, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 4589 (PBS 12 39) + Ni 2408 (BE 31 13; JAOS 60 255 obv.)


Revision history

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
20.xii.1999: ER, editor: minor correction from J. Krecher in line 37
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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