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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.13.04

A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D)

1.	lu-lu-a-bi (X X X X) lu-lu-a-bi u₂-cim (ki-ma) /ki\ dar-re-dam (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N₆), 0.2.13, line 13)
2.	X-a ^dnanna lu-lu-a-bi u₂-cim ki dar-re-dam
3.	[X]-bi ^na₄za-gin₃ dur₅-ru-am₃
4.	[X]-/bi\ ^dnanna e₃-a-am₃
5.	ab₂-cilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu ^na₄cuba /suh\-a-am₃
6.	X X X X /im^?\-mi-du₃ tec₂-bi um-me-X /bi₂\-ib₂-jal₂
7.	[X X] X X-bi-a {X mu-un-suh-suh-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) HI [...] (e-[…])}
8.	[lu₂ ab₂]-/e\ ki aj₂-ja₂-am₃ tur₃-ra mu-un-/lah₅\
9.	[X X] /lu₂\ ab₂-e ki aj₂-ja₂-am₃ ab₂-e mu-un-ni₁₀-ni₁₀
10.	[...] u₂ ab₂ gal-a-ni mu-na-an-DU i₃-/bi\ i₃-dulu-i (i-il-li-ip)
11.	[X X] i₃ dug₃-ga ^dugcakir₃ {(1 ms. adds:) tur} 7-e {KA^! ca^?-/na\-ab-bal-e (i-X-ra^?-a-tim)} {(1 ms. has instead:) KA^! mu-na-X-X-[X] (i-zu-CU X-X)}
12.	[(X) X] X i₃-bi i₃ kug-ga-am₃ ga-bi ga kug-ga-am₃
13.	[X X] /tur₃\ {kug-ta} {(1 ms. has instead:) kug-ja₂} DU-a munus-e nu-na₈-na₈ (si₂-ni-ic-tum u₂-ul IB-X-DA^?-AN^?)
14.	[...] /sikil\-la dulu-e (/el\-pu) munus-e nu-gu₇-e
15.	[...] X /tur₃-ra tuc\-a-na tur₃-re a-ar₂ im-si
16.	[...]-e tur₃-ra tuc-a-na tur₃ me-te-ac bi₂-ib-jal₂
17.	[...] ^e₂tur₃ giri₁₇-zal-am₃ ^dnanna lugal-la-am₃
18.	[X] [^d]/suen\-na-/ka-am₃\ ^dnanna lugal-la-am₃
19.	[...] /lugal^?\ /urim₂^?\[^ki]-ma mi₂ zid iri in-ga-am₃-me
20.	[...]-/bi^?-ta^?\ ku₆ mucen sug₄-ga-am₃
21.	[...]-bi-ta ku₆ mucen sug₄-ga-am₃
22.	[...]-/bi\ ku₆-/am₃\ dirig-bi mucen-am₃
23.	[...]-/bi\ ku₆-/am₃\ dirig-bi mucen-am₃
24.	[...] /mu\-un-du₃ (/X\-ṣi-i-ma) suhur^ku₆-e /a^?\-ab-gur ([i]-ir-te-e)
25.	[... mu]-/un\-du₃ amar-e ha-/ma\-gu₇^!-e
26.	[...] /mu-un\-du₃ ab₂-e ha-ma-gu₇-e
27.	[...] X X [X] mu-un-/gu₇\-e
28.	[...] X mu-un-na₈-na₈
29.	[...] X X RI
30.	[...] /jal₂^?\
31.	[...] X /na-nam\
32.	[...] X X X tur-e
33.	[...] /lu₂^?\ mu^?-DU^?
34.	[...] X X X
35.	[...] X ki^?-ce₃^? je₂₆^?-e [...]
36.	[...] /tur₃^?\ X-e lu₂^? hu-X-[...]
37.	[...]-ra^? nibru^ki-a nam /hu\-[...]
38.	[...] /urim₂^?\^ki-ce₃ X [...]
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40.	[X X] X-a ki X E X X
41.	[bal]-/bal\-e ^d/nanna-kam\

Print sources

Flückiger-Hawker 1999, p. 256-257: commentary (ll. 22-27)

Hall 1985, p. 776-787: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Wilcke 1976a, p. 45-50: commentary (collations)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

HS 1513 (TMH NF 4 7) iv 20ff.

Ni 9788 (ISET 1 p. 62; OrNS 22 pl. 47)

Revision history

17.viii.2000-21.viii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
30.ix.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
05.x.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
20.x.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
20.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