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A balbale to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E): composite text

SEGMENT A

1 line missing
2[...] /cag4 kug-ga\ X [...]
3/inim sig10-sig10\-ge inim-ma-ni u18-ru ec-bar-e X [...]
4[X] X X palil dijir-re-e-ne nij2-nam-ma gal-/zu\ [...]
5[X X] den-ki cag4-kuc2 an kug-ga ad gi4-gi4 kur /gal\ [...]
6[...] palil dijir-re-e-ne nij2-nam-ma gal-/zu\ [...]
7[X X] den-ki cag4-kuc2 an kug-ga ad gi4-gi4 /kur\ [gal ...]
8[sa2] pad3-de3 dug4-ga-ni nu-kam3-me a-ra2-a-ni ni2 [...]
9cag4 su3-ud-jal2 me car2-ra u5-a /den?\-lil2-gin7 [...]
10dnu-dim2-mud barag kug si-par3-si-par3 AN [...]
11en ni2 gur3 an urac-e tud-da pa4 gal [...]
12lugal a-ra2 zu den-lil2-la2 saj-en3-tar [...]
13[...] zag-dib dumu saj an kug-ga me-ni /cu\ nu-/tej4\-[ja2 ...]
14[den]-lil2 ban3-da dug4-ga zid-da jic-hur-e X [...]
15dnu-dim2-mud en nam tar-tar-re kalam /ge\-[en ...]
16den-ki gud gal eridugki-ga il2 [...] X X
17X buluj3 dirig da-nun-ke4-[ne] [...]
18X nu DUB UN /KA?\ [...]
19[...] u8?-gin7 [...]
unknown no. of lines missing


SEGMENT B

(The sequence of segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition)

1[...] X jal2-la [...]
2[dic-me]-[d]/da-gan\ [...]
3[...] X ud ha-[...]
4[...] /NE\ e2? den-/lil2\ [...]
5[...] den-lil2-la2-ra /KA\ [...] dug4-ga-/ni?\ [...]
6[...] cag4-kuc2 an kug-/ga\ [...]
7[...] X ZI TA /DU?\
unknown no. of lines missing


SEGMENT C

(The sequence of segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition)

1dnu-dim2-[mud] [...]
2en eridugki [...]
3dic-me-d[da-gan] [...]
4dumu den-lil2-[la2] [...]
5a2?-zu mu-da-[... -aj2 ...]
6igi-jal2 pad3 [...]
7jic-hur tuku [...]
8kug-zu nij2-/nam\-[ma ...]
9/kij2?\ mah [...]
10X X [...]
unknown no. of lines missing


SEGMENT D

1[...] me /dirig\ [...]
2[...] AGA? TUM LI [...]
3[X] X kurun2 kaculucin3 X [...]
4[KI]./LUGAL\.GUB-a cu si ha-/ra\-[... -sa2 ...] giri17 cu ha-ra-[...-jal2]
5[...] /sizkur2\-ra ma-<ra>-ni-ib2-be2 X [...]


6[dic-me]-dda-gan dumu den-lil2-la2-ke4 /nam\-[til3-la-na ud zig3-ga] /ud\ ha-ba-ni-ib2-su3-[ud X]
7a-a den-ki dic-me-dda-gan dumu den-lil2-la2-[ke4] nam-til3-la-na ud zig3-ga [ud ha-ba-ni-ib2-su3-ud X]

8jic-gi4-jal2-bi-im


9bal-bal-e den-ki-ka-[kam]
(ll. 13 and 14 written as one line in source)


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07.v.2000 : GZ : standardisation
28.ix.2000 : JAB : proofreading
03.x.2000 : GC : tagging
26.x.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
26.x.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
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