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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna C)

Segment A

1. e2 dutu (dutu is a supralinear correction by the scribe from an original UD-/ta\) /e3-a\ ki-en-gi-/ra\
2. e2-/kiš\-[nu]-ĝal2 šu-luḫ dadag-ga-am3
3. e2 /dnanna\ nam-maḫ-za ga-/ri\-dug4
4. /eš3\ma? urim2ki mu-zu pa ga-an-e3
5. /ḫur\-saĝ sikil šag4 kug-ta e3-a
6. urim2ki igi-ĝal2 (ta-ši-im-tum) an uraš-a
7. e2-temen-ni2-guru3-a tum2-ma
8. an-da nam-lugal (šar!-[X (X)]) mu-un-da-e-ba
9. nam-maḫ-zu kur-kur-re ba-X [X (X)]
10. su3-ra2-še3 mu-zu pa ga-an-[e3]
11. šu-luḫ nam-en-na-ke4 si /bi2-sa2-a \
12. urim2ki-ma dur2 ki ba-ni-[…-ĝar]
13. mu-zu dug3-ga-am3 nun-e mu-/un\-[(X) X]
14. inim kug-zu an-ra ša-mu-/sag9\ [(X)]
15. en-ḫe2-du7-an-na-ĝu10 an-na ḫe2-/dirig\
16. šu-luḫ ĝi6-par4-ra SI []
17. me nam-en-na ba-ab-[…]
18. ĝi6-par4-ra dib-dib-be2 [X X]
19. /d\[aš]-/im2-babbar-re\ []
probably 1 line missing
21. /zi?\ []
22. šir3 DI []
23. šir3 /kug\ []
24. nun-e X []
25. ĝeštug2 []
26. me gal-gal-la []
27. an den-lil2 /GI?\ []
28. dnin-gal-la []
29. ḫe2-dirig u3-tud []
30. daš-im2-babbar-re X X X []
31. iti6 niĝ2 dug3-gin7 X URU? []
32. ĝi6-par4 šag4 ḫul2-la-/ĝu10\ []
33. an den-lil2-bi []
34. ama dnin-gal ḫi-/li\ []
35. zirrux(EN.NU.NUNUZ./ZI.dNANNA\) []
36. en-ḫe2-du7-/an\-[na] []
37. lugal-ĝu10 []
38. me gal-gal-la-ni []
39. šir3 kug su3-ra2-aĝ2 /GA\ []
40. mu-zu A /ĜAR?\ X /KI\ []
41. en-ḫe2-du7-an-na an-/na\ []
42. la-la [X] lu2-e []
probably 1 line missing

Segment B

1. [] /lu2\ šu-luḫ-zu mu-un-zu-a
2. […]-/e\ ḫu-mu-un-ak-e
3. […]-/zu\ unu! sikil-la ša-ra-an-du3
4. [X X] /nu2\-a (šu-un-nu-um) nu-un-ši-ku4-ku4
5. /še\-zu ĜA2×GI? sikil-la ma-ra-ar3-ar3-e (iṭ-ṭe-e-en-kum)
6. ar3-ar3-ra-zu (E2? ṭe6-X-nu) unu-na la-ba-e-nu2 (u2-ul uš-ta-a-an)
7. niĝ2-ar3-ra-zu (mu-un-da-ka) a nu-tag-ge
8. munu4-zu niĝ2 šu bal nu-ak-dam
9. e2-gal dsuen-na lu2 a-na-zu mu-un-zu
10. al-la2-e (i-na e-ri-iš-tim) gudug-e-ne-ka
11. gima-sa2-ab ku4-ku4-dam asil3-la2 di-dam
12. e2 dug3-ge-da e2 ĝa2-ĝa2-dam (šu-X-(X)-a-am)
13. ki šu-luḫ kug-ga si sa2-e-dam
14. /d\nin-gal en-ḫe2-du7-an-na-ĝu10
15. [X]-zu ki-bi ḫu-mu-na-gi4-gi4
16. [X] dnanna mi2 ga-e-dug4
17. [X] dsuen mu-zu pa ga!-an-e3
18.     [ĝiš]-/gi4\-ĝal2-bi-im

19.     [bal]-/bal\-e dnanna-kam


Print sources

Hall 1985, p. 764-775: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Westenholz 1989, p. 552-555: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Wilcke 1976a, p. 48: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

HS 1513 iii 8-iv 19 (TMH NF 4 7)


Revision history

19.viii.1999-18.iii.2000: JAB, editor: standardisation
01.v.2000: GZ, editor: proofreading
01.v.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
05.v.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
05.v.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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