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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D)

1. lu-lu-a-bi (X X X X) lu-lu-a-bi u2-cim (ki-ma) /ki\ dar-re-dam (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N6), 0.2.13, line 13)
2. X-a dnanna lu-lu-a-bi u2-cim ki dar-re-dam
3. [X]-bi na4za-gin3 dur5-ru-am3
4. [X]-/bi\ dnanna e3-a-am3
5. ab2-cilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu na4cuba /suh\-a-am3
6. X X X X /im?\-mi-du3 tec2-bi um-me-X /bi2\-ib2-jal2
7. [X X] X X-bi-a {X mu-un-suh-suh-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) HI [...] (e-[…])}
8. [lu2 ab2]-/e\ ki aj2-ja2-am3 tur3-ra mu-un-/lah5\
9. [X X] /lu2\ ab2-e ki aj2-ja2-am3 ab2-e mu-un-ni10-ni10
10. [...] u2 ab2 gal-a-ni mu-na-an-DU i3-/bi\ i3-dulu-i (i-il-li-ip)
11. [X X] i3 dug3-ga dugcakir3 {(1 ms. adds:) tur} 7-e {KA! ca?-/na\-ab-bal-e (i-X-ra?-a-tim)} {(1 ms. has instead:) KA! mu-na-X-X-[X] (i-zu-CU X-X)}
12. [(X) X] X i3-bi i3 kug-ga-am3 ga-bi ga kug-ga-am3
13. [X X] /tur3\ {kug-ta} {(1 ms. has instead:) kug-ja2} DU-a munus-e nu-na8-na8 (si2-ni-ic-tum u2-ul IB-X-DA?-AN?)
14. [...] /sikil\-la dulu-e (/el\-pu) munus-e nu-gu7-e
15. [...] X /tur3-ra tuc\-a-na tur3-re a-ar2 im-si
16. [...]-e tur3-ra tuc-a-na tur3 me-te-ac bi2-ib-jal2
17. [...] e2tur3 giri17-zal-am3 dnanna lugal-la-am3
18. [X] [d]/suen\-na-/ka-am3\ dnanna lugal-la-am3
19. [...] /lugal?\ /urim2?\[ki]-ma mi2 zid iri in-ga-am3-me
20. [...]-/bi?-ta?\ ku6 mucen sug4-ga-am3
21. [...]-bi-ta ku6 mucen sug4-ga-am3
22. [...]-/bi\ ku6-/am3\ dirig-bi mucen-am3
23. [...]-/bi\ ku6-/am3\ dirig-bi mucen-am3
24. [...] /mu\-un-du3 (/X\-ṣi-i-ma) suhurku6-e /a?\-ab-gur ([i]-ir-te-e)
25. [... mu]-/un\-du3 amar-e ha-/ma\-gu7!-e
26. [...] /mu-un\-du3 ab2-e ha-ma-gu7-e
27. [...] X X [X] mu-un-/gu7\-e
28. [...] X mu-un-na8-na8
29. [...] X X RI
30. [...] /jal2?\
31. [...] X /na-nam\
32. [...] X X X tur-e
33. [...] /lu2?\ mu?-DU?
34. [...] X X X
35. [...] X ki?-ce3? je26?-e [...]
36. [...] /tur3?\ X-e lu2? hu-X-[...]
37. [...]-ra? nibruki-a nam /hu\-[...]
38. [...] /urim2?\ki-ce3 X [...]
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40. [X X] X-a ki X E X X
41.     [bal]-/bal\-e d/nanna-kam\


Print sources

Flückiger-Hawker 1999, p. 256-257: commentary (ll. 22-27)

Hall 1985, p. 776-787: score transliteration, translation, commentary

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

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

HS 1513 (TMH NF 4 7) iv 20ff.

Ni 9788 (ISET 1 p. 62; OrNS 22 pl. 47)


Revision history

17.viii.2000-21.viii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
30.ix.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
05.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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