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A balbale to Ninĝišzida (Ninĝišzida B)

1. en me-te kug-ga ni2 huc gal gur3-ru
2. lugal-ju10 en dnin-jic-zid-da ni2 huc gal gur3-ru
3. ur-saj sur2-du3mucen dijir-re-e-ne
4. lugal-ju10 giri17-zal igi gun3 ti mar-uru5 cu du7
5. nemurx(PIRIJ.TUR) ban3-da saj jic ra-ra muc-huc ceg11! gi4-gi4
6. {DU.DU-ma bi-HI} {(1 ms. has instead:) kece2-ra2-gin7 bi-DU} ucumgal ambar-ra guruc3 bur2-ra u18-lu lu2-ra {te-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) dul-la}
7. nun saj mah kur-cag4-ga lug-ga edin DIB saj dub2-dub2 [(X)]

8. lugal ka-zu {mac-mac mac} {(1 ms. has instead:) muc /eme\ mah mac-mac mah} {(1 ms. has instead:) muc uc11} en dnin-jic-zid-da ki /ra\ [ki ra-ra]
9. dnin-jic-zid-da ka-zu mac-mac mac en dnin-jic-zid-da ki [ra ki ra-ra]
10. gada la2-a-ju10 a-gin7 jar-ra-zu cag4-zu a-ba mu-un-zu
11. dnin-jic-zid-da a-gin7 jar-ra-zu cag4-zu a-ba mu-un-zu
12. inim kug-zu mu-un-zu-ra mu-un-zu nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu
13. nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-X
14. dnin-jic-zid-da nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-X
15. inim mah-zu ki-ce3 du-a-ba muc-huc {(1 ms. adds:) gal} na-nam KA? X X

16. id2-da a-ji6-am3 na-cub-cub
17. a-cag4-ga mar-uru5-am3 na-zi-zi
18. ma2-gi-lum a-u3 me {kud-ku5-ru im-[me]} {(1 ms. has instead:) gu2-guru5 am3-me}
19. [X X] X cag4 ni2-te-na-ka mu-un-[...]
20. [...] X ki? RA X me-a zag? jar E [...]
21. [X X] X lu2 ug5-ga-gin7 X [...]
22. [...] X [...] X [...]
23. AN /AL?\ X AN X X
24. /en\ dnin-/jic-zid\-da [za3-mi2]-zu dug3-[ga-am3]
25.     bal-bal-e [dnin-jic-zid]-/da\-ka


Print sources

Sjöberg 1975a, p. 301-305, 320: composite text, translation, photograph, commentary

Cuneiform sources

CBS 1558 (photo StOr 46 320)

Ni 9808 (ISET 1 129)

UET 6 70 = U 16834


Revision history

29.vii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
22.x.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
22.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
11.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
11.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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