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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.4.4.2

A balbale to Inana for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen B)

1.	mu-ti-in šag₄-ĝa₂ /mu-lu\ [ki-ig-ga aĝ₂-ĝu₁₀]
2.	ḫi-li-zu aĝ₂ ze₂-ba-am₃ lal₃-[am₃ ku₇-ku₇-da]
3.	gi-ru šag₄-ĝa₂ mu-lu ki-ig-ga /aĝ₂\-[ĝu₁₀]
4.	ḫi-li-zu aĝ₂ ze₂-ba-am₃ lal₃-am₃ ku₇-ku₇-da
5.	en-dab₅-en ni₂-ĝa₂ du₅-mu-u₈-ši-ĝen
6.	mu-ti-in ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nu₂-da-še₃
7.	en-dab₅-en ni₂-ĝa₂ du₅-mu-u₈-ši-ĝen
8.	gi-ru ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nu₂-da-še₃
9.	mu-ti-in aĝ₂ ze₂-ze₂-ba du₅-mu-u₈-ak
10.	ze₂-ba kal-la-ĝu₁₀ lal₃-e da-aĝ₂-e-ga
11.	e₂^! ki-nu₂-a lal₃ ḫab₂ dug₄-ga-ba
12.	ḫi-li aĝ₂ ze₂-ba-zu ga-ba-ḫul₂-ḫul₂-le-en-de₃-en
13.	gi-ru aĝ₂ ze₂-ze₂-ba du₅-mu-u₈-ak
14.	ze₂-ba kal-la-ĝu₁₀ lal₃-e da-aĝ₂-e-ga
15.	mu-ti-in ma-ra ḫi-li mu-e-kar
16.	ama-ĝu₁₀-ra dug₄-ga-na-ab ni₂ mu-ra-ab-ze₂-eĝ₃-e
17.	ad-da-ĝu₁₀-ur₂ aĝ₂ ba-ba mu-un-ba
18.	ur₅-za(source: SA₆) ki ur₅ sag₉-ge-bi mu-zu
19.	mu-ti-in ud te-en-še₃ e₂-me-a nu₂-a
20.	šag₄-za ki šag₄ ḫul₂-bi mu-zu
21.	gi-ru ud te-en-še₃ e₂-me-a nu₂-a
22.	za-e ma-a-ra ki mu-e-a-aĝ₂-a-ta
23.	gi-ru ma-a-ra aĝ₂ ze₂-ba-zu nu-uš-mu-e-a-ak-e
24.	u₃-mu-un diĝir-ĝu₁₀ u₃-mu-un ^dlamma-ĝu₁₀
25.	^dšu-^dsuen šag₄ ^dmu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ ba-ze₂-be₂-en-na-ĝu₁₀
26.	ki ze₂-ba-zu nu-uš-mu-e-a-ak-a
27.	ki lal₃-gin₇ ze₂-ba-zu šu nu-uš-mu-e-tag-ge
28.	tug₂ ^ĝišba-an-na-gin₇ šu de₆-ma-ni
29.	tug₂ ^ĝišba-an sum-ki-na-gin₇ šu gun₃-gun₃-ma-ni
30.	bal-bal-e ^dinana-kam

Print sources

Alster 1985, p. 135-138: translation, commentary

Alster 1993, p. 22: translation, commentary (?No. 11 (lines 11-17))

Jacobsen 1976, p. 171: translation, commentary (ll. 1-15)

Jacobsen 1987, p. 88-89: translation, commentary

Kramer 1952, p. 360-363, pl. 66: translation, commentary, handcopy, composite text

Kramer 1969, p. 92-93: translation, commentary

Römer 1989a, p. 689-691: translation, commentary

Sefati 1985, p. 400-406: composite text, commentary, translation

Sefati 1997, p. 541-542: translation, commentary (title: Bridegroom, spend the night in our house till dawn)

Sefati 1998, p. 353-359: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2461 (ISET 1 32; FTS fg. 76; Bell. 16 pl. 66; UMB 17/2 fg. 15)

Revision history

21.v.1999-28.v.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
28.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
22.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
22.x.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