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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna B)

1-26. (Ningal speaks:) "I …… for the …….
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The embrace of my spouse ……. The young man ……. Among his cows ……. My beloved who ……. I shall go ……! There with the lord ……."

27-31. (Nanna addresses Ningal:) "My spouse, ……, Ningal who ……, …… butter from the holy cows. Pure hands and …… feet ……. My lovely ……."

32-37. "……, the reedbeds, the playground ……. I shall …… sharp knives to the …… and reed fences. I shall …… to the beautiful young reeds. Mistress, …… the treasures (?) of the ubi birds. I will gather their eggs for you, and I shall …… the nest. High priestess of Nanna, …… the ubi birds."

38-43. "After I have …… butter into the container, after I have …… for cakes in the morning (?), after I have …… carp in the great marsh, young lady, after I have …… little turtles (?), then I will …… your own mother Ningikuga. Ningal, I shall go with you to your house."

44-49. "After I have led the cows into the stall ……, after I have …… holy milk into the holy churn for you, after Šuni-du has done the churning, young lady, after I have given my …… young calves milk ……, then I will …… pats of butter and purified milk for you. Ningal, I shall go with you to your house."

50-59. (Ningal addresses Nanna:) "……, my beloved, if only I could come to you without my mother to ……! If only I could come to you without Ningikuga (?) ……!
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Lord Nanna, bring it to me! In the dwelling of the shepherd, in the house of gleaned barley, my lord, I shall come to you in the chamber, the storehouse (?)! ……, wonder of the Land, I shall come to you! My Nanna, your chant is sweet; it is the chant of my heart."

    60. A balbale of Nanna.



Revision history

01.viii.2000-03.viii.2000: GC, editor: adapting translation
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

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