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A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid: composite text

1ab2 gu3 <dug3>-ga amar gu3 su3-ra
2in-nin9 e2-tur3-ra nij2-nijin2-na-me-en
3lu2 ki-sikil nu-um-ci!-du9-na-am3
4dinana dugcakir3-e gu3 he2-em-me
5dugcakir3 nitalam2-/zu\ gu3 he2-em-me
6dugcakir3 ddumu-/zid-da\ gu3 he2-em-me
7dinana dugcakir3-e /gu3\ he2-em-me
8dugcakir3 ddumu-zid-[X] gu3 he2-em-me
9du9-ru dugcakir3-ra /ca\-mu-ra-an-du12-am3
10dinana ur5-re /ca\-mu-u8-hul2-/le\
11dugcakir3 kug-ge gu3 X ca-mu-ra (ms: NA) -[ab-be2]
12dnin-e2-gal ur5-re /ca\-mu-u8-hul2-[le]
13sipad zid lu2 i-lu dug3-ga-[ke4]
14ur5-ca4-am3 i-lu ca-mu-ra-an-/ib\-[be2]
15in-nin i-/lu\ nij-ku7-/ku7\-[da]
16dinana cag4-/zu\ he2-em-/hul2\-[le]
17in-nin e2-tur3-ra kur9-[ra]-/zu-ne\
18dinana tur3 ca-/mu-u8\-[da-hul2-le]
19nu-u8-<gig> amac-a kur9-/ra-zu\-[ne]
20dinana amac ca-mu-u8-[da]-/hul2-le\
21e2-/ubur\-ra-ka kur9-ra-/zu\-ne
22siki u8 /zid\-de3 ca-mu-ra-an-barag2-ge
23/nitalam2-zu\ dama-ucumgal-an-na
24gaba kug-/za\ [X] /HE2?\ MA AL he2-em-me
25amac kug-ge i3 ki ha-ra-sud-e
26u5 i3-sud-e ga i3-sud-e
27dinana ur5-re ca-mu-u8-hul2-le
28amac kug-ge i3 ki ha-ra-sud-e
29dnin-e2-gal ur5-re ca-mu-u8-/hul2\-le
30lugal cag4-ge bi2-pad3-da-zu
31ddumu-zid dumu d/en-lil2\-ra
32e2-tur3-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 <...>
36bal-bal-e dinana-kam


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30.iv.1998-04.v.1998 : GZ : standardisation
24.vii.1998 : JAB : proofreading
04.xii.1999 : GC : tagging
18.ii.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
18.ii.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed