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A balbale to Inana

1. ab2 gu3 <dug3>-ga amar gu3 su3-ra
2. in-nin9 e2tur3-ra niĝ2-niĝin2-na-me-en
3. lu2ki-sikil nu-um-ši!-dun5-na-am3
4. dinana dugšakir3-e gu3 ḫe2-em-me
5. dugšakir3 nitalam2-/zu\ gu3 ḫe2-em-me
6. dugšakir3 ddumu-/zid-da\ gu3 ḫe2-em-me
7. dinana dugšakir3-e /gu3\ ḫe2-em-me
8. dugšakir3 ddumu-zid-[X] gu3 ḫe2-em-me
9. dun5-ru dugšakir3-ra /ša\-mu-ra-an-du12-am3
10. dinana ur5-re /ša\-mu-u8-ḫul2-/le\
11. dugšakir3 kug-ge gu3 X ša-mu-ra(source: NA)-[ab-be2]
12. dnin-e2-gal ur5-re /ša\-mu-u8-ḫul2-[le]
13. sipad zid lu2 i-lu dug3-ga-[ke4]
14. mur ša4-am3 i-lu ša-mu-ra-an-/ib\-[be2]
15. in-nin i-/lu\ niĝ2 ku7-/ku7\-[da]
16. dinana šag4-/zu\ ḫe2-em-/ḫul2\-[le]
17. in-nin e2tur3-ra kur9-[ra]-/zu-ne\
18. dinana tur3 ša-/mu-u8\-[da-ḫul2-le]
19. nu-u8-<gig> amaš-a kur9-/ra-zu\-[ne]
20. dinana amaš ša-mu-u8-[da]-/ḫul2-le\
21. e2-/ubur\-ra-ka kur9-ra-/zu\-ne
22. siki u8 /zid\-de3 ša-mu-ra-an-barag2-ge
23. /nitalam2-zu\ dama-ušumgal-an-na
24. gaba kug-/za\ [X] /GAN?\ MA AL ḫe2-em-me
25. amaš kug-ge i3 ki ḫa-ra-sud-e
26. u5 i3-sud-e ga i3-sud-e
27. dinana ur5-re ša-mu-u8-ḫul2-le
28. amaš kug-ge i3 ki ḫa-ra-sud-e
29. dnin-e2-gal ur5-re ša-mu-u8-/ḫul2\-le
30. lugal šag4-ge bi2-pad3-da-zu
31. ddumu-zid dumu d/en-lil2\-ra
32. e2tur3-e i3 ga ḫe2-en-da-ab-be2
33. /amaš\-e giri17-zal-la ḫe2-en-da-ab-be2
34. /sipad\ zid-dam ud-da-/ni\ ḫe2-su3-ud
35. /sipad\ zid ddumu-zid-de3 ud nam-ḫe2-a-ke4 <>
36.     bal-bal-e dinana-kam


Print sources

Klein 1998: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Kramer 1989: photograph, commentary, translation

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ii: composite text

Cuneiform sources

YBC 4609 (BiOr 23 246f)


Revision history

30.iv.1998-04.v.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.vii.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
04.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
18.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
18.ii.2000: 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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