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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana E1)

Segment A

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1. X []
2. iri? /A\ []
3. UD X []
4. ḪA X []
5. X X []
6. [X] X []
7. [] X me-teš2 X []
8. X X X [] EZEN []
9. šul?-e? X X MU U3 X []
10. bur-e bur-ta []
11. ku6-ma-al id2?-ta? X []
12. MUŠ2 X X MUŠ2? X balaĝ?-ta I? []
13. ud-bi-a MUŠ2 nitaḫ? UD NE []
14. X ki ĝiš gid2 []
15. saĝ TI X MES? la2 []
16. tur-tur-ra? SA? A2? E X []
17. ki-sikil tur-ra suḫ /mu\-[…]
18. ĝuruš tur-ra tug2niĝ2-la2 mu-[…]
19. ki? ezem?-ma-še3 ma-la-ĝu10-u3 /ḫe2?\-[…]
20. ur-ra mu-un-u5 ur-ra /mu\-[…]
21. [X] X X ur-maḫ-a /mu\-[…]
22. [] X ur gal-la []
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Segment B

1. [] X X X []
2. [X X] /mu?-un?\-de5-de5 ĝeštug2-/ga?\ []
3. im-da-du7-ru im-da-du7-ru X X i-[…]
4. šem-bi-zid-da im-da-/du7\-[ru]
5. mu-un-dub-dub-be2 mu-un-bur2-/bur2\-[re]
6. a im-ma-tu5 naĝa im-ma-[su-ub]
7. na-ma bur babbar-ra im-ma-[su-ub]
8. a urudšen-dilim2 kug-ga im-ma-[tu5]
9. u5 ze2-ba na4bur-ra /im\-ma-[šeš4]
10. tug2 dan3-na-ni im-ma-[mur10]
11. mu-un-bur2-bur2-re mu-un-/dub\-[dub-be2]
12. i-bi2-ni šem-bi-zid-da […-mar]
13. na4za-gin3 gu2-ni(source: si)-a im-ma-[sig9]
14. murub2-bi gu2 sa-na si bi2-[sa2 ]
15. na4kišib gu2-bar-ra-na im-mi-[…]
16. tug2pala3 na-aĝ2-ga-ša-an-na-ka bar-/ra\ […-dul]
17. ddur7-tur e2 ma-la-ga? []
18. ddur7-tur il2-la du-a KU BI? X []
19. ddur7-tur du5-la2-ta /du7\-[du7 ]
20. ddur7-tur ma-la-ga []
21. /ddur7-tur?\ X [X] X []
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Segment C

1. [] X ḪA E X AN X X
2. [] X X X X na-an-na
3. [] du3-mu-un-ban3-da
4. [] [dga]-/ša\-an-sumun2?-na
5. ddur7-tur X X ŠE3-bi-ta šembi2-zid i-bi2-[na] []
6. X X di-de3 X X in-na?-an-šum2-ma X []
7. X ALAM? ĝiš ki []

8.     bal-bal-e d/inana\-[kam]


Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 312-319, XL: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary

Electronic sources

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 4563 (TAD 8/2 pl. 28f.)


Revision history

06.ii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
03.xii.1999: GC, 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

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