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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-ĝu10] []
22. šul X []
23. ab2-a-na []
24. ki-ga 2-ĝu10 /LU2\mu-lu []
25. me-e da-DU (lu-ul-lik) []
26. u3-mu-un-da (it-ti) ki-/bi\-[X] (a-ša-/ri?\-[iš]) []
27. nitalam-ĝu10 []
28. dnin-gal lu2 X []
29. i3 ab2 kug-/ga?\ []
30. šu sikil ĝiri3 X []
31. [] /sag9?-ga?-ĝu10\ X []
32. [X X ĝiš]-gi ki-e-/ne\-[di ]
33. [X X] /gi-du3\-e ĝiri2 saga11 ga-[…]
34. gien3-bar dug3-ga-še3 X ga-[…] (lu-ri-[id])
35. in-nin u5-bi2mušen-ra niĝ2-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-/bi2mušen\ []
38. /i3\ dug-a ([i]-na ši-ki-in-nim) /nir?\ [] /u3-mu-e-ši\-[X]
39. /ud?\ X X-ba gug2-še3 u3-mu-e-ni-[…] (u2-ur?-ra-am a-na ku-uk-ki /šu?\-[…])
40. ambar maḫ-a suḫurku6-ra ŠEN um-ma-ni-X-[…] (ba-/ra?\-[…])
41. lu2/ki\-sikil kud-da tur-re šu um-/mi?\-[…]
42. ama ugu-zu dnin-gi-/kug\-[ga] []
43. dnin-gal e2-zu-še3 ĝe26-e ga-mu-ra-/da\-[ĝen]
44. ab2 tur3-ra um-mi-/ĝen?-na\ [X X]-/ba?\ (iš-tu UŠ? [(X)] UL ZA [(X X)])
45. dugšakir3 /kug?-ga?\ ga? kug? u3-mu-/ra\-[X]
46. dšu-ni-du7 kiĝ2!-ĝa2 u3-mu-/e-ni-dun5?\-a (/a?\-na ma-a-ṣi-im)
47. /lu2\ki-sikil amar X tur-ra-ĝu10-še3 ga (ši-iz-ba-am) u3-mu-/un?\-[X] X nam-ma-X
48. /i3 ḫi\-a ga luḫ-ḫa mu-/ra?\-[X X] (ba-X-[(X)])
49. /d\nin-gal e2-zu-še3 ĝe26-e ga-mu-ra-da-/ĝen\ (lu-ul-li-ka-ak-ki)
50. me-a-[am] /e?\-me-da nu-me-a
51. ki-/ga\ [2]-/ĝu10\ X [X]-ba nu-uš-mu-e-ši-di-di-in
52. d/nin?\-[gi]-/kug?\-ga-da nu-me-a
53. [] X DI nu-uš-/mu\-[e-ši-di-di-in]
approx. 1 line missing
55. u3-mu-un d/nanna?\ /tum3-ma\-[ab (…)] (ia-ši-/im?\ […])
56. dag su8-ba e2? še de5-[de5-ga] (i-na si3-/ri?\-im bi-it ip2-[ri-im])
57. u3-mu-un-ĝu10 /e2 ĝa2\-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-/ĝu10?\ [i]-/lu?\-zu ze2-ba-am3 i-lu ša3-ab-[ĝa2-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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