ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.13.01 ETCSL homepage

A balbale to Suen (Nanna A)

1. me-a lu ab2 me-a lu-lu (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N3), 0.2.06, line 2; OB catalogue from Nibru (N4), 0.2.08, Seg. D, line 4)
2. cilam dsuen me-a lu-lu
3. gig2-bi na4za-gin3 duru5-am3
4. ab2-ba babbar-bi iti6 e3-a-am3
5. tur-tur-bi ce-gin7 ma-ra-ci-sur
6. gal-gal-bi am-gin7 ma-ra-ci-lu
7. ab2 lu-a tur3 lu-a-na
8. giri17-zal an-na-ke4 EC2.NUN.SUD.EC2.TU-ma ba-ni-in-du8
9. ga ab2 sig7-a-bi bancur-ra i-ni-in-de2
10. cu dadag-ge ga na-tum3-tum3
11. lugal-ju10 kij2-ja2 til3-la-ni
12. dsuen saman za-gin3 ab2 BAD ak-/a\
13. ab2 am3-ra-ra-ra ab2 am3-KU-KU-[KU]
14. e-ne ab2-ba nam-sipad mu-un-ak
15. ama ugu-ni nin nibruki-ke4
16. en-ra edin-a-na a-ra-zu mu-na-ab-be2
17. a-ra-zu unud(UNU3) a-ra-zu
18. edin dug3-ga ab2 hu-mu-ra-ci-lu
19. ji6 u3-na um-ma-te-a-ta
20. e2-kur ec3 kal-kal za-e he2-me-u3-tud
21. ki aj2-bi na-nam ki aj2-bi na-nam
22. en e2-kur-ra ki aj2-bi na-nam
23. den-lil2-la2 lu2 la-la-ni na-nam
24. dsuen ama ugu-ni i-lu-ni na-nam
25. ama ugu-ni cag4 ki aj2-ja2-ni-ta
26. dsuen-ra mi2-e-ec na-mu-un-e
27. [ki] /aj2\ cag4-ga nij2 cag4 te-en-na-me-en
28. /d\suen amar za-gin3 dub3 kug-ga pec-a
29. [nij2]-nam cag4-ge al dug4-ga-zu
30. [nij2 kal]-kal-la cag4-ge guru7-a-zu
31. [X X X] zi-zi he2-du7 e2-kur-ra
32. dug3 den-lil2-la2-ka za-e al dug4-ba-ni-ib
33. giri17-zal an-na za-e he2-me-u3-tud
34. i-lu-zu e2-kur-re he2-em-me
35. zi-zu uj3-e he2-em-mi-ib-aj2-je26
36. dsuen an ki-a he2-em-dirig-ge-en
37. ab2 JAR.NE ga-bi bancur-ra i-ni-in-de2
38. dsuen-e cu-luh-e si bi2-in-sa2
39. nij2 cu dug4-ga-ju10 dadag-ga-am3
40. a-a-ju10 den-lil2-le dug3-ga he2-gu7-e
41. lugal ma2-gur8 kug an-na dirig-ga
42. ama-ni ul-la mi2 na-mu-un-e
43. am an-ne2 zid-de3-ec pad3-da-ju10
44. mu-zu kur-kur-ra ze2-be2-ec im-ma-al
45. en tur3 kug-ga cu-luh dadag-ga-am3
46. a ra ec3 kug-ga-am3 saman za-gin3-na
47. dumu ur-saj dnin-lil2-le tud-da
48. dnanna a-gar3 a ru-a ki aj2 an /kug-ga\
49. nam-sipad kalam-ma an-ne2 ma-ra-an-cum2
50. den-lil2-le mu dug3-ga mi-ri-in-sa4
51. dug4-ga zid dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en
52. an-ne2 cag4 mah-a-na nam-lugal ma-ra-an-cum2
53. iri-zu urim2ki cag4-ge bi2-pad3
54. id2 nun-e ku6 mucen ma-ra-ab-tum3
55. dumu-saj den-lil2-la2 nam-en-na X [X]
56. nam-lugal an-na za-ra mu-ra-an-cum2
57. dijir an-na hi-li gur3-ru-me-en
58. iti6-zu kug-ga-am3 dadag-ga-am3
59. dutu-gin7 su8-ba kalam-ma-me-en
60. dnanna lugal-ra ud-de3-ec-e mu-un-e3
61.     bal-bal-e dsuen-na-kam


Print sources

Hall 1985, p. 464-469: commentary

Kramer and Bernhardt 1967, p. 12, 7: handcopy

Sjöberg 1960, p. 13-34: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Tinney 1999, p. 44: commentary

Wilcke 1976a, p. 45-50 (collations): commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

A w/n1 r.ii

AO 5386 (TCL 15 21)

HS 1513 i (TMH NF 4 7)

N 3667

N 6520

Ni 2479:22ff. (SRT 9)


Revision history

04.vi.1999-17.vi.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
13.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
14.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
04.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
28.i.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

ETCSL homepage

© Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 The ETCSL project, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Updated 2006-12-19 by JE

University of Oxford