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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.08.15

A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana O)

1.	X […]
2.	mu-zu DI X […]
3.	di-da-ĝu₁₀-ne di-da-ĝu₁₀-ne
4.	gu₂ id₂ nun-na dib-ba-ĝu₁₀-ne
5.	gu₂ ^id₂buranun-na šu niĝin₂-na-ĝu₁₀-ne
6.	/za\-pa-aĝ₂ u₃-mu-un-e gub-ba-ĝu₁₀-ne
7.	e-sir₂ gun₃-a dib-ba-ĝu₁₀-ne
8.	gi gam-ma [X] X X X /ḫe₂-me-en\
9.	še ab-sin₂-/na\ […] /sag₉\-ga ḫe₂-me-en
10.	^dezina₂ […] sag₉-ge ḫe₂-me-en
11.	šag₄-tur₃ ama /gan\-bi ḫe₂-me-en(source: eš)
12.	ama-za NE.KA ^ĝišĝeštin^? ḫe₂-me-en
13.	{ ki-ig-ga aĝ₂-/ĝu₁₀\} {(1 ms. has instead:) […]-zu} diĝir-za NE.KA {nam-nun-e ak-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) nam-lu₂-ulu₃ i₃-ak}
14.	i₃-ma-al i₃-/ma\-al {nam-zu ḫe₂-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) ka silim de₂-a}
15.	nu-ma-al niĝ₂-gig-zu ḫe₂-a
16.	e₂ i₃-ma-al-[la] lu₂-bi ḫe₂-me-en
17.	/nin₉^? sag₉\-ga ban₃-da sag₉-ga
18.	eš₂-/gin₇\ [(…)] e₂ niĝ₂-gur₁₁-/ra^?\ sag₉-ga
19.	nitaḫ lu₂ ḫe₂-/me\-[en] /lu₂ ḫe₂-me\-[en]
20.	ḫe₂-me-en dumu diĝir-za ḫe₂-[me-en]
21.	in-sag₉ ḫe₂-me-en in-buluĝ₃ /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
22.	diĝir iri-ni ba-an-sag₉ ḫe₂-/me\-[en]
23.	dumu ama-ni ba-an-zil₂-zil₂-i /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
24.	zi-šag₄-ĝal₂ iri-za-ka ḫe₂-me-en
25.	lu₂ saĝ-kal-la numun zid ḫe₂-[me-en]
26.	niĝ₂-gur₁₁ tuku nam-tar-ra [… ḫe₂-me-en]
27.	za-e lu₂ kug tuku-bi [ḫe₂-me-en]
28.	za-e lu₂ še /tuku\-[bi ḫe₂-me-en]
29.	kug tuku kug-ta ḫul₂-la ḫe₂-[me-en]
30.	še tuku še-ta /ḫul₂\-[la] /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
31.	lipiš-tuku /šag₄^? la\-la-<ĝal₂> /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
32.	X saĝ-ĝa₂ nu-gig-ge /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
33.	šag₄ kuš₂-u₃ inim-ma nu-kuš₂-u₃ /ḫe₂\-[me-en]
34.	bal-bal-e ^dinana-[kam]

Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 210-217, 210-217: score transliteration, translation, photograph, handcopy, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998a: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 10917 + CBS 10941 + Ni 4011 (SLTN 90) + Ni 4019 (SLTN 141)

Ni 4569 ii 15ff. (PAPS 107 525; ISET 1 60f.)

Revision history

28.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
30.ix.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
18.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
14.xi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
13.xi.1999: 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