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A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P)

Segment A

1. [...]-/ja2? kug\-ga-a-am3
2. [...] si sa2-sa2 me-e ( (illegible traces))
3. [...] gal4-la ki X [X X]-am3
4. [...]-/an\-du7 nam-nun-na ba-an-du7 ( (illegible traces))
5. [...] KI? X X GAM-e
6. [...] igi ja2-ja2
7. [...] si sa2-sa2 me-e
8. [...] X cu BA [...]
9. [...] X X X [X] X
10. [...] X [...] X
11. [...]-ju10 gal4-la-ju10 MA? X X [...]
12. [...] dijir-e ba-ab-du7-a-ju10
13. [...] dur2-ra-ju10
14. X X [X] X-er-tab gun3-a-ju10
15. X X [X X] X il2-il2? dur2?-ra-ju10 ( (illegible traces))
16. X X X [X] X-e mar-ra-ju10
17. X X X [X] X X dug4-ga-ju10
18. X X X e2-gal me-te-ju10
19. X X MA ZA ud zal-la-ju10 ( muc3? X X)
20. MUNUS [X X] PA-za kucum4 tag-ga-am3
21. ddumu-zid-de3? a X E mi-ni-in-ga-ga
22. uj3 car2-re-da i-bi2-ju10 mu-ma-al
23. ddumu-zid nam-dijir kalam-ma-ce3 mu-pad3
24. ddumu-zid ki-ig-ga aj2 dmu-ul-lil2-la2-ra
25. mu mu-ni-mah nam mu-ni-tar
26. ama-ju10 saj us2 mu-na-kal
27. ad-da-ju10 silim-e-ec mu-un-na-e
28. a mu-ci-tu5 na-ma mu-ci-su-ub
29. cen a tu5-a X u3-mu-ci-gub
30. tug2-ju10 tug2 aj2 kalag-ga-gin7 si ba-sa2-e
31. tug2pala3 mah mu-na-kalag-ge-en
32. [...] e3-bi-ce3 ma-ma-ma-an
33. [...]-bur2-bur2-re-en?
34. [...]-ba?-/en?\
35. [...] X [...]
approx. 7 lines missing

Segment B

1. nin? X X [...] AN [...]
2. uru2? bar e2? [X X] za-gin3 AN [...]
3. cag4 ec3-ju10 a-ra-zu-a mu-ni-[...]
4. kug a-ra-zu-a mi-X-/pad3\-[...]
5. X X tug2 kalag-ga <ga>-ca-an-an-na-me-[en]
6. gala-e cir3-ra mu-ni-ib2-[...]
7. nar-e en3-du-a mu-ni-ib2-[be2]
8. mu-ud-na-ju10 mu-da-an-[hul2-le]
9. {am} {(1 ms. has instead:) u3-mu-un } ddumu-zid mu-da-an-[hul2-le]
10. kurku2 ka? ka silim? A [...]
11. ga-ca-an kur-kur-<ra> tur mu?-ni-/ib2\-[...]
12. u3-gul zi-zi nibru/ki\ [...]
13. u3-gul mar-mar tur an X [...]
14. in-nin9-e ni2 silim-e-/ec\ [...-e]
15. gala-e cir3-ra /mu\-[...]
16. dinana-ke4 silim-e-ec [...-e]
17. gal4-la-ni cir3-ra mi-ni-[...]
18. gal4-la jar-ra? ne-en GAG X [...]
19. si-gin7 jicmar gal-e /kece2\ [...]
20. ma2 an-na ne-en ec2 la2 [...]
21. ud-sakar gibil-gin7 hi-li /gur3\-[ru-ju10]
22. kislah ne-en edin-na cub?-[...]
23. a-cag4? uzmucen ne-en uzmucen dur2-[ra]-/ju10\
24. a-cag4 an-na ne-en a ma-ra-ju10
25. ma-a gal4-la-ju10 du6 du8-du8-a a ma-«a»-ra
26. ki-sikil-jen a-ba-a ur11-ru-a-bi
27. gal4-la-ju10 ki duru5 a ma-ra
28. ga-ca-an-jen gud a-ba-a bi2-ib2-gub-be2
29. in-nin9 lugal-e ha-ra-an-ur11-ru
30. ddumu-zid lugal-e ha-ra-ur11-ru
31. [gal4-la]-ja2 ur11-ru mu-lu ca3-ab-ja2-kam
32. [...] ur2 kug-ge a ba-an-tu5
33. [...] kug-ga-am3 cen /kug?\ X
34. [...] X X X [...]
approx. 3 lines missing

Segment C

1. dnin-e2-gal kug-ga-/am3\ [...]
2. [...] X JA2 X [...]
3. [...] NUN-bi? [...]
4. [...]-e dam? [...]
5. [...] LA [...]
6. [...] X X X [...]
7. ur2? /kug?\ [...]
8. JIC.BIL2? pa-pa-al /mu\-[...]
9. ur2 lugal-la-ta zig3-ga-ni-[ta]
10. gu mu-un-da-zig3 ce mu-un-da-zig3
11. /edin\ jickiri6 giri17-zal-gin7 mu-un-da-ab-si
12. e2-nam-til3-la e2 lugal-la-ka
13. nitalam2-a-ni ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuc
14. e2-nam-til3-la e2 ddumu-zid-da-ka
15. dinana ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuc
16. dinana e2-a-ni hul2-la-e
17. lugal-ra u3-gul mu-na-ja2-ja2
18. ga sig7-a-ma-ab mu-ud-na-ju10 ga sig7-/a\-[ma-ab]
19. mu-ud-na-ju10 me-e ga de3-e-da-/na8\-[na8]
20. am ddumu-zid ga sig7-a-ma-/ab\
21. mu-ud-na-ju10 me-e ga de3-/e-da\-[na8-na8]
22. ga ud5-da-ke4 amac [...]
23. nin car2-ra dugcakir kug-ja2 sug4-[...]
24. ddumu-zid ga am-si-har-ra-/an\-[na ...]
25. /am-si\-har-ra-an-na ga-bi [...]
26. u5 ga-bi ze2-ba-am3 [...]
27. u3-mu-un ddu5-mu-zid [...] me-e ga de3-e-/da\-[na8-na8]
28. nitalam-ju10 ama5 nij2 dug3-ga X [...]
29. dinana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-[be2-en]
30. e2-nam-til3-la-za <igi> mu-e-ni-ib2-[gub-be2-en]
31. su3-ra2-aj2 ki u6 di kalam-ma-[kam]
32. e2 nam kur-kur-ra tar-ra na-[nam]
33. uj3 zi-jal2-la si sa2-e-dam
34. dnin-e2-gal me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be2-[en]
35. e2-nam-til3-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-/be2\-[en]
36. e2-nam-til3-la ama5 zi su3-ud-/jal2\-[la-am3]
37. [dinana me-e a-ra-ab]-/gub-be2-en\
38. [e2-nam-til3-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-be2-en]
3 lines missing
42. X [...]
43. cag4 X [...]
44. e2-nam-[til3-la] [...]
45. ga-ca-an-gal-e zid-/de3-ec\ X X
46. nam-til3 ud su3-ra2-ac du5-mu-ra-ab-ze2-ej3
47. ddumu-zid dinana hi-li ki-ga aj2-bi-im
48. dinana me-<e> a-ra-ab-gub-be2-en
49. e2-nam-til3-la-za <igi> mu-e-ni-gub-be2-en
50. e2 me-lem4-bi kalam-ma dul-la
51. e2 cag4-bi-ta cu-luh kug-kug-ga-am3
52. e2 nij2?-gur11?-ra gal-bi tum2-ma
53. X [X] X u5 ga-ar3-ni-ta
54. [...]-e? ma-ra-ni-ib2-gub-be2
55. [...] X-la-ce3
56. [...]-an-ci-ak-e
57. [...]-la si-a-na
58. [...] X nin-a-na
59. [...] [ki-ig]-/ga\ aj2-bi
60. [...] /kalag\-ga-ba
61. [...]-/ga\-ba
62. [...] /lugal\-la
63. [...]-e
64. [...] X
65. [...] X
66. [...] dinana-kam

Segment D

(Unplaceable; possibly part of another composition)
unknown no. of lines missing
1. in-/nin9\ [...]
2. dinana [...]
3. mi2 zid X [...]
4. den-lil2 X [...]
5. zag an [...]
6. in-nin9 [...]
7. mi2 zid [...]
8. in-nin9 [...]
9. mu-un-[...]
10. jic X [...]
11. mi2 zid X [...]
12. cu BI [...]
13. KA X [...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 218-235, XXVIII, XXIX: photograph, commentary, score transliteration, translation

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998a: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

IM 44539a (TIM 9 10)

N 3373 ***

Ni 9602 (PAPS 107 519f.; ISET 2 15f.)

Revision history

28.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
30.ix.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
18.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
14.xi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
13.xi.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
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