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Letter from the scribe Nanna-manšum to the goddess Ninisina

1. dnin-i3-si-in-na dumu-saĝ an kug-ga saĝ il2 nin-e-ne
2. X [X] X-a! gal en dnu-nam-nir-ra me e2-kur-ra šu du7
3. X X [X] X gi4 ama gal dnin-lil2-la2! inim šag4-ga-na niĝ2 di
4. /dam\ [(X)] /ur\-saĝ gal en dpa-bil-saĝ-ĝa2 šul gaba-ri nu-tuku
5. /simx(GIG)\-simx(GIG)-ma ki ku10-ku10-ga-ba šag4-bi lu2 nu-zu
6. kug /dnin\-i3-si-in-na tug2 !niĝ2-la2 sed4-de3 ki-bi-še3 bi2-ib2-gi4!-/gi4!\
7. ama kalam-ma a!-zu gal saĝ gig2-ga šim-mu2 3 lu-a
8. nam-tar IR.RU.UŠ su lu2-ka ĝal2-la zig3-ga nu-ub-zu
9. /diĝir nin\ e2-gal-/maḫ\ KA×X-KA×X-ga-ta lu2-bi mu-un-silim-e
10. X [X] X X lu2 til3-le!-de3 DI X
11. A [X] (X) zu ĝiš tuku nin-ĝu10-ra u2-na-a-dug4
12. m/d\nanna-ma-an-šum2 dub-sar dumu il3-šu-mu-ba-al-li-/iṭ\
13. arad2-zu na-ab-be2-a
14. ud AN X a2 mu-un-ta-e3 KA×X-ĝa2 bi2-ib-ĝar «KI»
15. šu-i lu2? X gu-za-la2 diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 mu-un-šum2-en
16. 9-kam-ma KA.TAR za-ḫa-da saĝ-ĝa2 i3-ni-in-ĝar
17. [X (X)] nibruki siisin2-naki gu2 mu-ĝar-/re\-eš
18. [X]-ma-teĝ3-ĝe26-e-eš nam-til3-ĝu10 KA-KA-ne-ne la-ba-an-šum2!-mu-uš
19. tug2niĝ2-la2! nu!-keše2-da ba-e-šub-bu-uš ba-e-dim2-eš
20. tum12mušen niga mi-ni-in-DU X-ĝu10-še3? ba-an-TI-TI

Print sources

Böck 1996, p. 12: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 17-19)

Gurney and Kramer 1976, p. 6: commentary

Kraus 1951, p. 77-78: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 1-4, 6-7, 9)

Römer 1969b, p. 291: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 5-9)

Cuneiform sources

AO 6722 (TCL 16 60)


Revision history

23.vii.2001-25.vii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
15.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
25.x.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging
02.xi.2002: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
04.xi.2002: 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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