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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna B)

1. [me-a-am-ra me-e mu-un-...] (The restoration is based on a catch line which concludes one ms. of another Nanna hymn (AO 5386 (TCL 15 21), Nanna A, 4.13.01); on the fragmentary compendium tablet inscribed with Nanna B, these two hymns occur in sequence, as do their first lines in two catalogues) (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N3), 0.2.06, line 3 (?); OB catalogue from Nibru (N4), 0.2.08, Seg. D, line 5 (?))
approx. 19 lines missing
21. ur2 mu-/ud\-[na-ju10] [...]
22. cul X [...]
23. ab2-a-na [...]
24. ki-ga aj2-ju10 /LU2\mu-lu [...]
25. me-e da-DU (lu-ul-lik) [...]
26. u3-mu-un-da (it-ti) ki-/bi\-[X] (a-ca-/ri?\-[ic]) [...]
27. nitalam-ju10 [...]
28. dnin-gal lu2 X [...]
29. i3 ab2 kug-/ga?\ [...]
30. cu sikil jiri3 X [...]
31. [...] /sag9?-ga?-ju10\ X [...]
32. [X X jic]-gi ki-e-/ne\-[di ...]
33. [X X] /gi-du3\-e jiri2 saga11 ga-[...]
34. gien3-bar dug3-ga-ce3 X ga-[...] (lu-ri-[id])
35. in-nin u5-bi2mucen-ra nij2-u2-[rum-bi] (ma-/kur?-ru?\) [...]
36. nunuz-bi /mu\-ra-ab-ri gud3 ga-X [...]
37. zirrux(EN.NU.NUNUZ.ZI.dNANNA)dnin-gal u5-/bi2mucen\ [...]
38. /i3\ dug-a ([i]-na ci-ki-in-nim) /nir?\ [...] /u3-mu-e-ci\-[X]
39. /ud?\ X X-ba gug2-ce3 u3-mu-e-ni-[...] (u2-ur?-ra-am a-na ku-uk-ki /cu?\-[...])
40. ambar mah-a suhurku6-ra CEN um-ma-ni-X-[...] (ba-/ra?\-[...])
41. lu2/ki\-sikil kud-da tur-re cu um-/mi?\-[...]
42. ama ugu-zu dnin-gi-/kug\-[ga] [...]
43. dnin-gal e2-zu-ce3 je26-e ga-mu-ra-/da\-[jen]
44. ab2 tur3-ra um-mi-/jen?-na\ [X X]-/ba?\ (ic-tu UC? [(X)] UL ZA [(X X)])
45. dugcakir3 /kug?-ga?\ ga? kug? u3-mu-/ra\-[X]
46. dcu-ni-du7 kij2!-ja2 u3-mu-/e-ni-dun5?\-a (/a?\-na ma-a-si-im)
47. /lu2\ki-sikil amar X tur-ra-ju10-ce3 ga (ci-iz-ba-am) u3-mu-/un?\-[X] X nam-ma-X
48. /i3 hi\-a ga luh-ha mu-/ra?\-[X X] (ba-X-[(X)])
49. /d\nin-gal e2-zu-ce3 je26-e ga-mu-ra-da-/jen\ (lu-ul-li-ka-ak-ki)
50. me-a-[am] /e?\-me-da nu-me-a
51. ki-/ga\ [aj2]-/ju10\ X [X]-ba nu-uc-mu-e-ci-di-di-in
52. d/nin?\-[gi]-/kug?\-ga-da nu-me-a
53. [...] X DI nu-uc-/mu\-[e-ci-di-di-in]
approx. 1 line missing
55. u3-mu-un d/nanna?\ /tum3-ma\-[ab (...)] (ia-ci-/im?\ [...])
56. dag su8-ba e2? ce de5-[de5-ga] (i-na si3-/ri?\-im bi-it ip2-[ri-im])
57. u3-mu-un-ju10 /e2 ja2\-nun-na me-e du5-mu-/ra\-[di-di-in]
58. me-a-am u6 /di kalam?\-ma du5-mu-ra-da-[di-di-in]
59. dnanna-/ju10?\ [i]-/lu?\-zu ze2-ba-am3 i-lu ca3-ab-[ja2-kam]
60.     bal-bal-e dnanna-kam


Print sources

Hall 1985, p. 756-763: score transliteration, commentary

Jacobsen 1976, p. 124-126: commentary

Jacobsen 1983, p. 199: translation, commentary, score transliteration (ll. 90-95)

Westenholz 1989, p. 550-552: score transliteration, translation, commentary

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

Wilcke 1976b, p. 276-277, 279, 303: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

HS 1513 (TMH NF 4 7) ii 7-iii 6


Revision history

01.viii.2000-03.viii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
28.ix.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
04.x.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
20.x.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
20.x.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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