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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.08.06

A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana F)

1.	ga-ca-an-jen gi-rin-e u₆ ga-e-da-dug₄
2.	/ga\-[ca]-/an\-[an]-/na\-jen gi-rin hal-hal-la i-bi₂-ju₁₀ de₃-/ma^?-al^?\
3.	inim /mu\-[un]-/gar₃^?\-ra-bi su₈-ba-bi
4.	mu-ud-/na-ju₁₀\ X [X] X [mi₂] [de₃]-/ma^?\-ab-dug₄
5.	ga-ca-an-jen gi-rin-e da-nu₂
6.	ga-ca-an-an-na-jen gi-rin-e kac₄ da-mu-ni-dug₄-dug₄
7.	[X X] /MI^?\-NE-ce₃ de₃-ej₃-ja₂-sug₂-ge-ec
8.	[X X] /DA^?\ ^dama-ucumgal-an-na X X [gaba] [da]-mu-da-ri
9.	[...] X X X X a da-an-su₃
10.	[... a] [da]-/mul-mul\ mec₃-ju₁₀ pa da-e₃
11.	[e₂] [^dmu]-/ul\-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ a da-aj₂-su₃
12.	[X X] X a da-mul-mul mec₃-ju₁₀ pa da-an-e₃
13.	[X X] [e₂]-kur-ra a da-aj₂-su₃
14.	[(X)] /lugal\-ju₁₀ ^jicmec₃-gin₇ kisal-la bi₂-in-mu₂-mu₂
15.	[e₂] [^d]/mu\-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ a bi₂-in-su₃
16.	/lugal^?\ ^dama-ucumgal-an-na ^jicmec₃-gin₇ kisal-la bi₂-in-mu₂-mu₂
17.	/u₃\-mu-un-ra e₂-kur-re mu-da-ab-du₇
18.	e₂-gal hul₂-la me-te-jal₂ me-[en-de₃-en]
19.	/e₂\ ^dmu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ [...]
20.	[e₂] [^dmu]-/ul\-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ [...]
21.	[...] e₂-kur-re^? [...]
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25.	[(X) lugal]-/ju₁₀\ ^jicmec₃ zid-de₃-[ec ...]
26.	[X X gi]-rin-na hi-li du₈-du₈ a-a /ama^?-na^?\
27.	[...]-na-ju₁₀ ba-an-tud-da X [...]
28.	[...] X abzu-ta na-aj₂ ze₂-eb da-/aj₂\-[tar]
29.	[...] a zid-da numun zid-da
30.	[...] X ceg₁₂ abzu-ta u₃-mu-un-da-ci-e₃
31.	[...] ^jicmec₃-gin₇ pa da-an-e₃
32.	[...] [^d]ama-ucumgal-an-na an-ne₂ he₂-a-u₃-tud
33.	[...] X E cu ca-mu-da-dug₄
34.	[...] gi-rin-na-gin₇ hi-li-zu dug₃-ga-am₃
35.	[...] X mi₂ ga-mu-ra-ni-ib-dug₄
36.	[^dama-ucumgal]-an-na ^jicmec₃ ne-en pa da-an-e₃
37.	[...] /EN^?\ KID balaj er₂ da-mu-ra-de₆
38.	[X X ^jic]tir ha-cu-ur₂-ra-gin₇ zag-ju₁₀ du₅-mu-ri-ib-us₂
39.	[X X] X e₂-kur-re hu-mu-un-ci-hul₂-e
40.	/KA^?-ju₁₀\ X lu₂ /ca₃^?-ab^?\-[ja₂] [...] de₃-ja₂-ra-sug₂-sug₂-ge-ec
41.	na-aj₂-zu-ce₃ e₂-kur-re /dur₂\ /de₃\-X X
42.	e₂-kur-re e₂ ^dmu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ a-ra-zu-zu ga^?-/gub^?\
43.	an-ne₂ /ki\ mah-a-na ma-an-ze₂-ej₃-jen
44.	u₃-mu-un /kur\ gal ^dmu-ul-lil₂ gaba JA₂ X X X
45.	bal-bal-e ^dinana-kam

Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 171-176, XLIII, XLIV: photograph, commentary, translation, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 4589 (PBS 12 39) + Ni 2408 (BE 31 13; JAOS 60 255 obv.)

Revision history

08.ii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
05.viii.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
16.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
29.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
20.xii.1999: ER, editor: minor correction from J. Krecher in line 37
29.x.1999: 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