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A balbale to Inana

1. ab2 gu3 <dug3>-ga amar gu3 su3-ra
2. in-nin9 e2tur3-ra nij2-nijin2-na-me-en
3. lu2ki-sikil nu-um-ci!-dun5-na-am3
4. dinana dugcakir3-e gu3 he2-em-me
5. dugcakir3 nitalam2-/zu\ gu3 he2-em-me
6. dugcakir3 ddumu-/zid-da\ gu3 he2-em-me
7. dinana dugcakir3-e /gu3\ he2-em-me
8. dugcakir3 ddumu-zid-[X] gu3 he2-em-me
9. dun5-ru dugcakir3-ra /ca\-mu-ra-an-du12-am3
10. dinana ur5-re /ca\-mu-u8-hul2-/le\
11. dugcakir3 kug-ge gu3 X ca-mu-ra(source: NA)-[ab-be2]
12. dnin-e2-gal ur5-re /ca\-mu-u8-hul2-[le]
13. sipad zid lu2 i-lu dug3-ga-[ke4]
14. mur ca4-am3 i-lu ca-mu-ra-an-/ib\-[be2]
15. in-nin i-/lu\ nij2 ku7-/ku7\-[da]
16. dinana cag4-/zu\ he2-em-/hul2\-[le]
17. in-nin e2tur3-ra kur9-[ra]-/zu-ne\
18. dinana tur3 ca-/mu-u8\-[da-hul2-le]
19. nu-u8-<gig> amac-a kur9-/ra-zu\-[ne]
20. dinana amac ca-mu-u8-[da]-/hul2-le\
21. e2-/ubur\-ra-ka kur9-ra-/zu\-ne
22. siki u8 /zid\-de3 ca-mu-ra-an-barag2-ge
23. /nitalam2-zu\ dama-ucumgal-an-na
24. gaba kug-/za\ [X] /GAN?\ MA AL he2-em-me
25. amac kug-ge i3 ki ha-ra-sud-e
26. u5 i3-sud-e ga i3-sud-e
27. dinana ur5-re ca-mu-u8-hul2-le
28. amac kug-ge i3 ki ha-ra-sud-e
29. dnin-e2-gal ur5-re ca-mu-u8-/hul2\-le
30. lugal cag4-ge bi2-pad3-da-zu
31. ddumu-zid dumu d/en-lil2\-ra
32. e2tur3-e i3 ga he2-en-da-ab-be2
33. /amac\-e giri17-zal-la he2-en-da-ab-be2
34. /sipad\ zid-dam ud-da-/ni\ he2-su3-ud
35. /sipad\ zid ddumu-zid-de3 ud nam-he2-a-ke4 <...>
36.     bal-bal-e dinana-kam


Print sources

Klein 1998: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Kramer 1989: photograph, commentary, translation

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ii: composite text

Cuneiform sources

YBC 4609 (BiOr 23 246f)


Revision history

30.iv.1998-04.v.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.vii.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
04.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
18.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
18.ii.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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