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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna C)

Segment A

1. e2 dutu (dutu is a supralinear correction by the scribe from an original UD-/ta\) /e3-a\ ki-en-gi-/ra\
2. e2-/kic\-[nu]-jal2 cu-luh dadag-ga-am3
3. e2 /dnanna\ nam-mah-za ga-/ri\-dug4
4. /ec3\ma? urim2ki mu-zu pa ga-an-e3
5. /hur\-saj sikil cag4 kug-ta e3-a
6. urim2ki igi-jal2 (ta-ci-im-tum) an urac-a
7. e2-temen-ni2-guru3-a tum2-ma
8. an-da nam-lugal (car!-[X (X)]) mu-un-da-e-ba
9. nam-mah-zu kur-kur-re ba-X [X (X)]
10. su3-ra2-ce3 mu-zu pa ga-an-[e3]
11. cu-luh nam-en-na-ke4 si /bi2-sa2-a \
12. urim2ki-ma dur2 ki ba-ni-[...-jar]
13. mu-zu dug3-ga-am3 nun-e mu-/un\-[(X) X]
14. inim kug-zu an-ra ca-mu-/sag9\ [(X)]
15. en-he2-du7-an-na-ju10 an-na he2-/dirig\
16. cu-luh ji6-par4-ra SI [...]
17. me nam-en-na ba-ab-[...]
18. ji6-par4-ra dib-dib-be2 [X X]
19. /d\[ac]-/im2-babbar-re\ [...]
probably 1 line missing
21. /zi?\ [...]
22. cir3 DI [...]
23. cir3 /kug\ [...]
24. nun-e X [...]
25. jectug2 [...]
26. me gal-gal-la [...]
27. an den-lil2 /GI?\ [...]
28. dnin-gal-la [...]
29. he2-dirig u3-tud [...]
30. dac-im2-babbar-re X X X [...]
31. iti6 nij2 dug3-gin7 X URU? [...]
32. ji6-par4 cag4 hul2-la-/ju10\ [...]
33. an den-lil2-bi [...]
34. ama dnin-gal hi-/li\ [...]
35. zirrux(EN.NU.NUNUZ./ZI.dNANNA\) [...]
36. en-he2-du7-/an\-[na] [...]
37. lugal-ju10 [...]
38. me gal-gal-la-ni [...]
39. cir3 kug su3-ra2-aj2 /GA\ [...]
40. mu-zu A /JAR?\ X /KI\ [...]
41. en-he2-du7-an-na an-/na\ [...]
42. la-la [X] lu2-e [...]
probably 1 line missing

Segment B

1. [...] /lu2\ cu-luh-zu mu-un-zu-a
2. [...]-/e\ hu-mu-un-ak-e
3. [...]-/zu\ unu! sikil-la ca-ra-an-du3
4. [X X] /nu2\-a (cu-un-nu-um) nu-un-ci-ku4-ku4
5. /ce\-zu JA2xGI? sikil-la ma-ra-ar3-ar3-e (it-te-e-en-kum)
6. ar3-ar3-ra-zu (E2? te6-X-nu) unu-na la-ba-e-nu2 (u2-ul uc-ta-a-an)
7. nij2-ar3-ra-zu (mu-un-da-ka) a nu-tag-ge
8. munu4-zu nij2 cu bal nu-ak-dam
9. e2-gal dsuen-na lu2 a-na-zu mu-un-zu
10. al-la2-e (i-na e-ri-ic-tim) gudug-e-ne-ka
11. gima-sa2-ab ku4-ku4-dam asil3-la2 di-dam
12. e2 dug3-ge-da e2 ja2-ja2-dam (cu-X-(X)-a-am)
13. ki cu-luh kug-ga si sa2-e-dam
14. /d\nin-gal en-he2-du7-an-na-ju10
15. [X]-zu ki-bi hu-mu-na-gi4-gi4
16. [X] dnanna mi2 ga-e-dug4
17. [X] dsuen mu-zu pa ga!-an-e3
18.     [jic]-/gi4\-jal2-bi-im

19.     [bal]-/bal\-e dnanna-kam


Print sources

Hall 1985, p. 764-775: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Westenholz 1989, p. 552-555: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Wilcke 1976a, p. 48: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

HS 1513 iii 8-iv 19 (TMH NF 4 7)


Revision history

19.viii.1999-18.iii.2000: JAB, editor: standardisation
01.v.2000: GZ, editor: proofreading
01.v.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
05.v.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
05.v.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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