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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.13.04

A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D)

1.	lu-lu-a-bi (X X X X) lu-lu-a-bi u₂-šim (ki-ma) /ki\ dar-re-dam (Šited in OB šatalogue from Nibru (N₆), 0.2.13, line 13)
2.	X-a ^dnanna lu-lu-a-bi u₂-šim ki dar-re-dam
3.	[X]-bi ^na₄za-gin₃ dur₅-ru-am₃
4.	[X]-/bi\ ^dnanna e₃-a-am₃
5.	ab₂-šilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu ^na₄šuba /suḫ\-a-am₃
6.	X X X X /im^?\-mi-du₃ teš₂-bi um-me-X /bi₂\-ib₂-ĝal₂
7.	[X X] X X-bi-a {X mu-un-suḫ-suḫ-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) ḪI […] (e-[&ḫellip;])}
8.	[lu₂ ab₂]-/e\ ki aĝ₂-ĝa₂-am₃ tur₃-ra mu-un-/laḫ₅\
9.	[X X] /lu₂\ ab₂-e ki aĝ₂-ĝa₂-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 ^dugšakir₃ {(1 ms. adds:) tur} 7-e {KA^! ša^?-/na\-ab-bal-e (i-X-ra^?-a-tim)} {(1 ms. ḫas instead:) KA^! mu-na-X-X-[X] (i-zu-ŠU 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-ĝa₂} DU-a munus-e nu-na₈-na₈ (si₂-ni-iš-tum u₂-ul IB-X-DA^?-AN^?)
14.	[…] /sikil\-la dulu-e (/el\-pu) munus-e nu-gu₇-e
15.	[…] X /tur₃-ra tuš\-a-na tur₃-re a-ar₂ im-si
16.	[…]-e tur₃-ra tuš-a-na tur₃ me-te-aš bi₂-ib-ĝal₂
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 mušen sug₄-ga-am₃
21.	[…]-bi-ta ku₆ mušen sug₄-ga-am₃
22.	[…]-/bi\ ku₆-/am₃\ dirig-bi mušen-am₃
23.	[…]-/bi\ ku₆-/am₃\ dirig-bi mušen-am₃
24.	[…] /mu\-un-du₃ (/X\-ṣi-i-ma) su₂B;ur^ku₆-e /a^?\-ab-gur ([i]-ir-te-e)
25.	[… mu]-/un\-du₃ amar-e ḫa-/ma\-gu₇^!-e
26.	[…] /mu-un\-du₃ ab₂-e ḫa-ma-gu₇-e
27.	[…] X X [X] mu-un-/gu₇\-e
28.	[…] X mu-un-na₈-na₈
29.	[…] X X RI
30.	[…] /ĝal₂^?\
31.	[…] X /na-nam\
32.	[…] X X X tur-e
33.	[…] /lu₂^?\ mu^?-DU^?
34.	[…] X X X
35.	[…] X ki^?-še₃^? ĝe₂₆^?-e […]
36.	[…] /tur₃^?\ X-e lu₂^? ḫu-X-[…]
37.	[…]-ra^? nibru^ki-a nam /ḫu\-[…]
38.	[…] /urim₂^?\^ki-še₃ 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