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A balbale to Ningishzida (Ningsihzida B): composite text

1en me-te kug-ga ni2 huc gal gur3-ru
2lugal-ju10 en dnin-jic-zid-da ni2 huc gal gur3-ru
3ur-saj sur2-du3mucen dijir-re-e-ne
4lugal-ju10 giri17-zal igi gun3 ti mar-uru5 cu du7
5pirij-tur ban3-da saj jic ra-ra muc-huc ceg11! gi4-gi4
6DU.DU-ma bi-HI (1 ms. has instead: KEC2.DU-gin7 bi-DU) ucumgal ambar-ra guru5 bur2-ra u18-lu lu2-ra tej3-a (1 ms. has instead: dul-la)
7nun saj mah kur cag4-ga lug-ga edin DIB saj dub2-dub2 [(X)]


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


16id2-da a-ji6-am3 na-cub-cub
17a-cag4-ga mar-uru5-am3 na-zi-zi
18ma2-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 [...]
23AN /al?\ X AN X X
24/en\ dnin-/jic-zid\-da [za3-mi2]-zu dug3-[ga-(am3)]
25bal-bal-e [dnin-jic-zid]-/da\-ka


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Revision history

29.vii.1999 : JAB : standardization
22.x.1999 : GZ : proofreading
22.x.1999 : GZ : SGML tagging
11.ii.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
11.ii.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed