The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.08.a

A balbale to Inana

1.	ab₂ gu₃ <dug₃>-ga amar gu₃ su₃-ra
2.	in-nin₉ ^e₂tur₃-ra niĝ₂-niĝin₂-na-me-en
3.	^lu₂ki-sikil nu-um-ši^!-dun₅-na-am₃
4.	^dinana ^dugšakir₃-e gu₃ ḫe₂-em-me
5.	^dugšakir₃ nitalam₂-/zu\ gu₃ ḫe₂-em-me
6.	^dugšakir₃ ^ddumu-/zid-da\ gu₃ ḫe₂-em-me
7.	^dinana ^dugšakir₃-e /gu₃\ ḫe₂-em-me
8.	^dugšakir₃ ^ddumu-zid-[X] gu₃ ḫe₂-em-me
9.	dun₅-ru ^dugšakir₃-ra /ša\-mu-ra-an-du₁₂-am₃
10.	^dinana ur₅-re /ša\-mu-u₈-ḫul₂-/le\
11.	^dugšakir₃ kug-ge gu₃ X ša-mu-ra(source: NA)-[ab-be₂]
12.	^dnin-e₂-gal ur₅-re /ša\-mu-u₈-ḫul₂-[le]
13.	sipad zid lu₂ i-lu dug₃-ga-[ke₄]
14.	mur ša₄-am₃ i-lu ša-mu-ra-an-/ib\-[be₂]
15.	in-nin i-/lu\ niĝ₂ ku₇-/ku₇\-[da]
16.	^dinana šag₄-/zu\ ḫe₂-em-/ḫul₂\-[le]
17.	in-nin ^e₂tur₃-ra kur₉-[ra]-/zu-ne\
18.	^dinana tur₃ ša-/mu-u₈\-[da-ḫul₂-le]
19.	nu-u₈-<gig> amaš-a kur₉-/ra-zu\-[ne]
20.	^dinana amaš ša-mu-u₈-[da]-/ḫul₂-le\
21.	e₂-/ubur\-ra-ka kur₉-ra-/zu\-ne
22.	siki u₈ /zid\-de₃ ša-mu-ra-an-barag₂-ge
23.	/nitalam₂-zu\ ^dama-ušumgal-an-na
24.	gaba kug-/za\ [X] /GAN^?\ MA AL ḫe₂-em-me
25.	amaš kug-ge i₃ ki ḫa-ra-sud-e
26.	u₅ i₃-sud-e ga i₃-sud-e
27.	^dinana ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-ḫul₂-le
28.	amaš kug-ge i₃ ki ḫa-ra-sud-e
29.	^dnin-e₂-gal ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-/ḫul₂\-le
30.	lugal šag₄-ge bi₂-pad₃-da-zu
31.	^ddumu-zid dumu ^d/en-lil₂\-ra
32.	^e₂tur₃-e i₃ ga ḫe₂-en-da-ab-be₂
33.	/amaš\-e giri₁₇-zal-la ḫe₂-en-da-ab-be₂
34.	/sipad\ zid-dam ud-da-/ni\ ḫe₂-su₃-ud
35.	/sipad\ zid ^ddumu-zid-de₃ ud nam-ḫe₂-a-ke₄ <…>
36.	bal-bal-e ^dinana-kam

Print sources

Klein 1998: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Kramer 1989: photograph, commentary, translation

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ii: composite text

Cuneiform sources

YBC 4609 (BiOr 23 246f)

Revision history

30.iv.1998-04.v.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.vii.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
04.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
18.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
18.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