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A balbale to Enki for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan E)

Segment A

1 line missing
2. [...] /cag4 kug-ga\ X [...]
3. /inim sig10-sig10\-ge inim-ma-ni u18-ru ec-bar-e X [...]
4. [X] X X palil dijir-re-e-ne nij2-nam-ma gal-/zu\ [...]
5. [X X] den-ki cag4 kuc2 an kug-ga ad gi4-gi4 kur /gal\ [...]
6. [...] palil dijir-re-e-ne nij2-nam-ma gal-/zu\ [...]
7. [X X] den-ki cag4 kuc2 an kug-ga ad gi4-gi4 /kur\ [gal ...]
8. [sa2] pad3-de3 dug4-ga-ni nu-kam3-me a-ra2-a-ni ni2 [...]
9. cag4 su3-ud-jal2 me car2-ra u5-a /den?\-lil2-gin7 [...]
10. dnu-dim2-mud barag kug si-par3-si-par3 AN [...]
11. en ni2 guru3 an urac-e tud-da pap gal [...]
12. lugal a-ra2 zu den-lil2-la2 saj en3 tar [...]
13. [...] zag dib dumu-saj an kug-ga me-ni /cu\ nu-/tej3\-[ja2 ...]
14. [den]-lil2 ban3-da dug4-ga zid-da jic-hur-e X [...]
15. dnu-dim2-mud en nam tar-tar-re kalam /ge\-[en ...]
16. den-ki gud gal eridugki-ga il2 [...] X X
17. X buluj3 dirig da-nun-ke4-[ne] [...]
18. X NU DUB UN /KA?\ [...]
19. [...] u8?-gin7 [...]
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Segment B

(The sequence of Segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition)
1. [...] X jal2-la [...]
2. [dic-me]-[d]/da-gan\ [...]
3. [...] X UD HA [...]
4. [...] /NE\ e2? den-/lil2\ [...]
5. [...] den-lil2-la2-ra /KA\ [...] dug4-ga-/ni?\ [...]
6. [...] cag4 kuc2 an kug-/ga\ [...]
7. [...] X ZI TA /DU?\
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Segment C

(The sequence of Segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition)
1. dnu-dim2-[mud] [...]
2. en eridugki [...]
3. dic-me-d[da-gan] [...]
4. dumu den-lil2-[la2] [...]
5. a2?-zu mu-da-[...-aj2 ...]
6. igi-jal2 pad3 [...]
7. jic-hur tuku [...]
8. kug-zu nij2-/nam\-[ma ...]
9. /kij2?\ mah [...]
10. X X [...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment D

1. [...] me /dirig\ [...]
2. [...] AGA? TUM LI [...]
3. [X] X kurun2 &kac;ulucin3 X [...]
4. [KI]./LUGAL\.GUB-a cu si ha-/ra\-[...-sa2 ...] giri17 cu ha-ra-[...-jal2]
5. [...] /sizkur2\-ra ma-<ra>-ni-ib2-be2 X [...]
6. [dic-me]-dda-gan dumu den-lil2-la2-ke4 /nam\-[til3-la-na ud zig3-ga] /ud\ ha-ba-ni-ib2-su3-[ud X]
7. a-a den-ki dic-me-dda-gan dumu den-lil2-la2-[ke4] nam-til3-la-na ud zig3-ga [ud ha-ba-ni-ib2-su3-ud X]
8.     jic-gi4-jal2-bi-im

9.     bal-bal-e den-ki-ka-[kam] (lines 8 and 9 are written as one line in source)


Print sources

Green 1975, p. 65-70: composite text, commentary, translation

Sjöberg 1976a, p. 165-166, 169-171, 180: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Tinney 1998dd: composite text

Cuneiform sources

Ni 4105 (OrNS 22 pl. 51; ISET 1 37)

Ni 4311 (ISET 1 86)

Ni 4403 (ISET 1 152)

3N-T500 = IM 58523 (photo 180)


Revision history

07.v.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation
28.ix.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
03.x.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
08.xii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
26.x.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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