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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. HA X [...]
5. X X [...]
6. [X] X [...]
7. [...] X me-tec2 X [...]
8. X X X [...] EZEN [...]
9. cul?-e? X X MU U3 X [...]
10. bur-e bur-ta [...]
11. ku6-ma-al id2?-ta? X [...]
12. MUC2 X X MUC2? X balaj?-ta I? [...]
13. ud-bi-a MUC2 nitah? UD NE [...]
14. X ki jic gid2 [...]
15. saj TI X MES? la2 [...]
16. tur-tur-ra? SA? A2? E X [...]
17. ki-sikil tur-ra suh /mu\-[...]
18. juruc tur-ra tug2nij2-la2 mu-[...]
19. ki? ezem?-ma-ce3 ma-la-ju10-u3 /he2?\-[...]
20. ur-ra mu-un-u5 ur-ra /mu\-[...]
21. [X] X X ur-mah-a /mu\-[...]
22. [...] X ur gal-la [...]
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Segment B

1. [...] X X X [...]
2. [X X] /mu?-un?\-de5-de5 jectug2-/ga?\ [...]
3. im-da-du7-ru im-da-du7-ru X X i-[...]
4. cem-bi-zid-da im-da-/du7\-[ru]
5. mu-un-dub-dub-be2 mu-un-bur2-/bur2\-[re]
6. a im-ma-tu5 naja im-ma-[su-ub]
7. na-ma bur babbar-ra im-ma-[su-ub]
8. a urudcen-dilim2 kug-ga im-ma-[tu5]
9. u5 ze2-ba na4bur-ra /im\-ma-[cec4]
10. tug2 dan3-na-ni im-ma-[mur10]
11. mu-un-bur2-bur2-re mu-un-/dub\-[dub-be2]
12. i-bi2-ni cem-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. na4kicib gu2-bar-ra-na im-mi-[...]
16. tug2pala3 na-aj2-ga-ca-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 HA E X AN X X
2. [...] X X X X na-an-na
3. [...] du3-mu-un-ban3-da
4. [...] [dga]-/ca\-an-sumun2?-na
5. ddur7-tur X X CE3-bi-ta cembi2-zid i-bi2-[na] [...]
6. X X di-de3 X X in-na?-an-cum2-ma X [...]
7. X ALAM? jic 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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