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A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P)

Segment A

1. […]-/ĝa2? kug\-ga-a-am3
2. [] si sa2-sa2 me-e ( (illegible traces))
3. [] gal4-la ki X [X X]-am3
4. […]-/an\-du7 nam-nun-na ba-an-du7 ( (illegible traces))
5. [] KI? X X GAM-e
6. [] igi ĝa2-ĝa2
7. [] si sa2-sa2 me-e
8. [] X šu BA []
9. [] X X X [X] X
10. [] X [] X
11. […]-ĝu10 gal4-la-ĝu10 MA? X X []
12. [] diĝir-e ba-ab-du7-a-ĝu10
13. [] dur2-ra-ĝu10
14. X X [X] X-er-tab gun3-a-ĝu10
15. X X [X X] X il2-il2? dur2?-ra-ĝu10 ( (illegible traces))
16. X X X [X] X-e mar-ra-ĝu10
17. X X X [X] X X dug4-ga-ĝu10
18. X X X e2-gal me-te-ĝu10
19. X X MA ZA ud zal-la-ĝu10 ( muc3? X X)
20. MUNUS [X X] PA-za kušum4 tag-ga-am3
21. ddumu-zid-de3? a X E mi-ni-in-ga-ga
22. 3 šar2-re-da i-bi2-ĝu10 mu-ma-al
23. ddumu-zid nam-diĝir kalam-ma-še3 mu-pad3
24. ddumu-zid ki-ig-ga 2 dmu-ul-lil2-la2-ra
25. mu mu-ni-maḫ nam mu-ni-tar
26. ama-ĝu10 saĝ us2 mu-na-kal
27. ad-da-ĝu10 silim-e-eš mu-un-na-e
28. a mu-ši-tu5 na-ma mu-ši-su-ub
29. šen a tu5-a X u3-mu-ši-gub
30. tug2-ĝu10 tug2 2 kalag-ga-gin7 si ba-sa2-e
31. tug2pala3 maḫ mu-na-kalag-ge-en
32. [] e3-bi-še3 ma-ma-ma-an
33. […]-bur2-bur2-re-en?
34. […]-ba?-/en?\
35. [] X []
approx. 7 lines missing

Segment B

1. nin? X X [] AN []
2. uru2? bar e2? [X X] za-gin3 AN []
3. šag4 3-ĝu10 a-ra-zu-a mu-ni-[…]
4. kug a-ra-zu-a mi-X-/pad3\-[…]
5. X X tug2 kalag-ga <ga>-ša-an-an-na-me-[en]
6. gala-e šir3-ra mu-ni-ib2-[…]
7. nar-e en3-du-a mu-ni-ib2-[be2]
8. mu-ud-na-ĝu10 mu-da-an-[ḫul2-le]
9. {am} {(1 ms. has instead:) u3-mu-un } ddumu-zid mu-da-an-[ḫul2-le]
10. kurku2 ka? ka silim? A []
11. ga-ša-an kur-kur-<ra> tur mu?-ni-/ib2\-[…]
12. u3-gul zi-zi nibru/ki\ []
13. u3-gul mar-mar tur an X []
14. in-nin9-e ni2 silim-e-/eš\ […-e]
15. gala-e šir3-ra /mu\-[…]
16. dinana-ke4 silim-e-eš […-e]
17. gal4-la-ni šir3-ra mi-ni-[…]
18. gal4-la ĝar-ra? ne-en GAG X []
19. si-gin7 ĝišmar gal-e /keše2\ []
20. ma2 an-na ne-en 2 la2 []
21. ud-sakar gibil-gin7 ḫi-li /gur3\-[ru-ĝu10]
22. kislaḫ ne-en edin-na šub?-[…]
23. a-šag4? uzmušen ne-en uzmušen dur2-[ra]-/ĝu10\
24. a-šag4 an-na ne-en a ma-ra-ĝu10
25. ma-a gal4-la-ĝu10 du6 du8-du8-a a ma-«a»-ra
26. ki-sikil-ĝen a-ba-a ur11-ru-a-bi
27. gal4-la-ĝu10 ki duru5 a ma-ra
28. ga-ša-an-ĝen gud a-ba-a bi2-ib2-gub-be2
29. in-nin9 lugal-e ḫa-ra-an-ur11-ru
30. ddumu-zid lugal-e ḫa-ra-ur11-ru
31. [gal4-la]-ĝa2 ur11-ru mu-lu ša3-ab-ĝa2-kam
32. [] ur2 kug-ge a ba-an-tu5
33. [] kug-ga-am3 šen /kug?\ X
34. [] X X X []
approx. 3 lines missing

Segment C

1. dnin-e2-gal kug-ga-/am3\ []
2. [] X ĜA2 X []
3. [] NUN-bi? []
4. […]-e dam? []
5. [] LA []
6. [] X X X []
7. ur2? /kug?\ []
8. ĜIŠ.BIL2? pa-pa-al /mu\-[…]
9. ur2 lugal-la-ta zig3-ga-ni-[ta]
10. gu mu-un-da-zig3 še mu-un-da-zig3
11. /edin\ ĝiškiri6 giri17-zal-gin7 mu-un-da-ab-si
12. e2-nam-til3-la e2 lugal-la-ka
13. nitalam2-a-ni ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš
14. e2-nam-til3-la e2 ddumu-zid-da-ka
15. dinana ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš
16. dinana e2-a-ni ḫul2-la-e
17. lugal-ra u3-gul mu-na-ĝa2-ĝa2
18. ga sig7-a-ma-ab mu-ud-na-ĝu10 ga sig7-/a\-[ma-ab]
19. mu-ud-na-ĝu10 me-e ga de3-e-da-/na8\-[na8]
20. am ddumu-zid ga sig7-a-ma-/ab\
21. mu-ud-na-ĝu10 me-e ga de3-/e-da\-[na8-na8]
22. ga ud5-da-ke4 amaš []
23. nin šar2-ra dugšakir kug-ĝa2 sug4-[…]
24. ddumu-zid ga am-si-ḫar-ra-/an\-[na ]
25. /am-si\-ḫar-ra-an-na ga-bi []
26. u5 ga-bi ze2-ba-am3 []
27. u3-mu-un ddu5-mu-zid [] me-e ga de3-e-/da\-[na8-na8]
28. nitalam-ĝu10 ama5 niĝ2 dug3-ga X []
29. dinana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-[be2-en]
30. e2-nam-til3-la-za <igi> mu-e-ni-ib2-[gub-be2-en]
31. su3-ra2-aĝ2 ki u6 di kalam-ma-[kam]
32. e2 nam kur-kur-ra tar-ra na-[nam]
33. 3 zi-ĝal2-la si sa2-e-dam
34. dnin-e2-gal me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be2-[en]
35. e2-nam-til3-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-/be2\-[en]
36. e2-nam-til3-la ama5 zi su3-ud-/ĝal2\-[la-am3]
37. [dinana me-e a-ra-ab]-/gub-be2-en\
38. [e2-nam-til3-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-be2-en]
3 lines missing
42. X []
43. šag4 X []
44. e2-nam-[til3-la] []
45. ga-ša-an-gal-e zid-/de3-eš\ X X
46. nam-til3 ud su3-ra2-aš du5-mu-ra-ab-ze2-eĝ3
47. ddumu-zid dinana ḫi-li ki-ga 2-bi-im
48. dinana me-<e> a-ra-ab-gub-be2-en
49. e2-nam-til3-la-za <igi> mu-e-ni-gub-be2-en
50. e2 me-lem4-bi kalam-ma dul-la
51. e2 šag4-bi-ta šu-luḫ kug-kug-ga-am3
52. e2 niĝ2?-gur11?-ra gal-bi tum2-ma
53. X [X] X u5 ga-ar3-ni-ta
54. […]-e? ma-ra-ni-ib2-gub-be2
55. [] X-la-še3
56. […]-an-ši-ak-e
57. […]-la si-a-na
58. [] X nin-a-na
59. [] [ki-ig]-/ga\ 2-bi
60. [] /kalag\-ga-ba
61. […]-/ga\-ba
62. [] /lugal\-la
63. […]-e
64. [] X
65. [] X
66. [] dinana-kam

Segment D

(Unplaceable; possibly part of another composition)
unknown no. of lines missing
1. in-/nin9\ []
2. dinana []
3. mi2 zid X []
4. den-lil2 X []
5. zag an []
6. in-nin9 []
7. mi2 zid []
8. in-nin9 []
9. mu-un-[…]
10. ĝiš X []
11. mi2 zid X []
12. šu BI []
13. KA X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 218-235, XXVIII, XXIX: photograph, commentary, score transliteration, translation

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998a: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

IM 44539a (TIM 9 10)

N 3373 ***

Ni 9602 (PAPS 107 519f.; ISET 2 15f.)


Revision history

28.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
30.ix.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
18.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
14.xi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
13.xi.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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