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CDLI Literary 000664 (balbale to Inanna) composite (P478887)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000664 (balbale to Inanna) composite
ID	P478887
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
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1	ab2 gu3 du10-ga amar gu3 su3-ra	cow with sweet voice, calf with long voice
2	in-nin9 {e2}tur3-ra nig2-nigin2-na-me-en	I am the lady who keeps everything in order in the cattlepen
3	lu2{ki}-sikil nu-um-szi-dun5-na-am3	The maiden of the city did not come out.
4	{d}inanna {dug}szakir3-e gu3 he2-em-me	May Inanna cry out in the churn!
5	{dug}szakir3 gidlam2-zu gu3 he2-em-me	May your spouse cry out in the churn!
6	{dug}szakir3 {d}dumu-zi3-da gu3 he2-em-me	May the churn of Dumuzi cry out.
7	{d}inanna {dug}szakir3-e gu3 he2-em-me	May Inanna cry out in the churn!
8	{dug}szakir3 {d}dumu-zi3-x gu3 he2-em-me	May the churn of Dumuzi cry out.
9	dun5-ru {dug}szakir3-ra sza-mu-ra-an-du12-am3	It is a šakir-vessel that is to be played for you
10	{d}inanna ur5-re sza-mu-u8-hul2-le	may Inanna rejoice over you.
11	{dug}szakir3 ku3-ge gu3 x sza-mu-na-ab-be2	May he speak to him in the pure churn.
12	{d}nin-e2-gal ur5-re sza-mu-u8-hul2-le	Ninegal, may he rejoice over you.
13	sipa zi3 lu2 i-lu du10-ga-ke4	The shepherd of flour, the one of sweet laments,
14	mur sza4-am3 i-lu sza-mu-ra-an-ib-be2	He utters a lament for you in the midst of the storm.
15	in-nin i-lu nig2 ku7-ku7-da	Lady of the sweet lament,
16	{d}inanna sza3-zu he2-em-hul2-le	Inanna, may your heart rejoice.
17	in-nin {e2}tur3-ra ku4-ra-zu-ne	When the lady enters the cowshed,
18	{d}inanna tur3 sza-mu-u8-da-hul2-le	may Inanna rejoice in the cattlepen!
19	nu-u8-gig amasz-a ku4-ra-zu-ne	When you enter the sheepfold, the mistress,
20	{d}inanna amasz sza-mu-u8-da-hul2-le	may Inanna rejoice with you in the sheepfold!
21	e2-ubur-ra-ka ku4-ra-zu-ne	When you enter the Eubur,
22	siki u8 zi3-de3 sza-mu-ra-an-bara2-ge	So that the wool of the ewes is poured out for you.
23	gidlam2-zu {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na	your spouse Amaušumgalana
24	gaba ku3-za x GAN? MA AL he2-em-me	May he say ... on your holy chest(?)
25	amasz ku3-ge i3 ki ha-ra-su4-e	May oil be poured out for you in the pure sheepfold.
26	u5 i3-su4-e ga i3-su4-e	He poured oil, he poured milk.
27	{d}inanna ur5-re sza-mu-u8-hul2-le	may Inanna rejoice over you.
28	amasz ku3-ge i3 ki ha-ra-su4-e	May oil be poured out for you in the pure sheepfold.
29	{d}nin-e2-gal ur5-re sza-mu-u8-hul2-le	Ninegal, may he rejoice over you.
30	lugal sza3-ge bi2-pa3-da-zu	your king chosen in the heart
31	{d}dumu-zi3 dumu {d}en-lil2-ra	for Dumuzi, son of Enlil
32	{e2}tur3-e i3 ga he2-en-da-ab-be2	May he say to him “The cowshed should be filled with milk!"
33	amasz-e giri17-zal-la he2-en-da-ab-be2	May he say to him "the sheepfold is filled with joy"
34	sipa zi3-dam u4-da-ni he2-su3-u4	May his days be long for the shepherd who provides flour.
35	sipa zi3 {d}dumu-zi3-de3 u4 nam-he2-a-ke4 [...]	The shepherd, the flour of Dumuzi, the day of abundance
36	bala-bala-e {d}inanna-kam	It is a balabala of Inanna.

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