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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana O)

1. X [...]
2. mu-zu DI X [...]
3. di-da-ju10-ne di-da-ju10-ne
4. gu2 id2 nun-na dib-ba-ju10-ne
5. gu2 id2buranun-na cu nijin2-na-ju10-ne
6. /za\-pa-aj2 u3-mu-un-e gub-ba-ju10-ne
7. e-sir2 gun3-a dib-ba-ju10-ne
8. gi gam-ma [X] X X X /he2-me-en\
9. ce ab-sin2-/na\ [...] /sag9\-ga he2-me-en
10. dezina2 [...] sag9-ge he2-me-en
11. cag4-tur3 ama /gan\-bi he2-me-en(source: ec)
12. ama-za NE.KA jicjectin? he2-me-en
13. { ki-ig-ga aj2-/ju10\} {(1 ms. has instead:) [...]-zu} dijir-za NE.KA {nam-nun-e ak-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) nam-lu2-ulu3 i3-ak}
14. i3-ma-al i3-/ma\-al {nam-zu he2-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) ka silim de2-a}
15. nu-ma-al nij2-gig-zu he2-a
16. e2 i3-ma-al-[la] lu2-bi he2-me-en
17. /nin9? sag9\-ga ban3-da sag9-ga
18. ec2-/gin7\ [(...)] e2 nij2-gur11-/ra?\ sag9-ga
19. nitah lu2 he2-/me\-[en] /lu2 he2-me\-[en]
20. he2-me-en dumu dijir-za he2-[me-en]
21. in-sag9 he2-me-en in-buluj3 /he2\-[me-en]
22. dijir iri-ni ba-an-sag9 he2-/me\-[en]
23. dumu ama-ni ba-an-zil2-zil2-i /he2\-[me-en]
24. zi-cag4-jal2 iri-za-ka he2-me-en
25. lu2 saj-kal-la numun zid he2-[me-en]
26. nij2-gur11 tuku nam-tar-ra [... he2-me-en]
27. za-e lu2 kug tuku-bi [he2-me-en]
28. za-e lu2 ce /tuku\-[bi he2-me-en]
29. kug tuku kug-ta hul2-la he2-[me-en]
30. ce tuku ce-ta /hul2\-[la] /he2\-[me-en]
31. lipic-tuku /cag4? la\-la-<jal2> /he2\-[me-en]
32. X saj-ja2 nu-gig-ge /he2\-[me-en]
33. cag4 kuc2-u3 inim-ma nu-kuc2-u3 /he2\-[me-en]
34.     bal-bal-e dinana-[kam]


Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 210-217, 210-217: score transliteration, translation, photograph, handcopy, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998a: score transliteration

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 10917 + CBS 10941 + Ni 4011 (SLTN 90) + Ni 4019 (SLTN 141)

Ni 4569 ii 15ff. (PAPS 107 525; ISET 1 60f.)


Revision history

28.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
30.ix.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
18.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
14.xi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
13.xi.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

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