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A balbale to Inana for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen B) (Q000423)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000423 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mu-ti-in šag₄-ŋa₂ mu-lu ki-ig-ga aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ | The man in charge of the field, the one who loves (him) |
| 2 | hi-li-zu aŋ₂ ze₂-ba-am₃ lal₃-am₃ ku₇-ku₇-da | Your allure is sweet water, sweet honey. |
| 3 | gi-ru šag₄-ŋa₂ mu-lu ki-ig-ga aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ | The reedbed of the field, the one who is beloved, woe! |
| 4 | hi-li-zu aŋ₂ ze₂-ba-am₃ lal₃-am₃ ku₇-ku₇-da | Your allure is sweet water, sweet honey. |
| 5 | en-dab₅-en ni₂-ŋa₂ du₅-mu-u₈-ši-ŋen | You are seized by fear, you are the son-in-law |
| 6 | mu-ti-in ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nud-da-še₃ | I want to flee with the man, to the place of the man. |
| 7 | en-dab₅-en ni₂-ŋa₂ du₅-mu-u₈-ši-ŋen | You are seized by fear, you are the son-in-law |
| 8 | gi-ru ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nud-da-še₃ | I want to flee from the reed screen, to the place where one lies. |
| 9 | mu-ti-in aŋ₂ ze₂-ze₂-ba du₅-mu-u₈-ak | “You are the one who makes the sweet laborer do it for me! |
| 10 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ lal₃-e da-aŋ₂-e-ga | The sweet one, the kalla-priestess, the honey-bearer ... |
| 11 | e₂ ki-nu₂-a lal₃ hab₂ dug₄-ga-ba | In the bedroom where honey is poured, |
| 12 | hi-li aŋ₂ ze₂-ba-zu ga-ba-hul₂-hul₂-le-en-de₃-en | Let us rejoice over your sweet labor and allure! |
| 13 | gi-ru aŋ₂ ze₂-ze₂-ba du₅-mu-u₈-ak | I want to do the sweet labor of the reed bed. |
| 14 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ lal₃-e da-aŋ₂-e-ga | The sweet one, the kalla-priestess, the honey-bearer ... |
| 15 | mu-ti-in ma-ra hi-li mu-e-kar | The man took away allure for me. |
| 16 | ama-ŋu₁₀-ra dug₄-ga-na-ab ni₂ mu-ra-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃-e | Speak to his mother, she will soothe him. |
| 17 | ad-da-ŋu₁₀-ur₂ aŋ₂ ba-ba mu-un-ba | Ada-buri, the father who bore him, brought it. |
| 18 | ur₅-za ki ur₅ sag₉-ge-bi mu-zu | You know your place, its beautiful place. |
| 19 | mu-ti-in ud te-en-še₃ e₂-me-a nu₂-a | Young man, when the storm approaches, lying down in our house |
| 20 | šag₄-za ki šag₄ hul₂-bi mu-zu | Your heart knows how to rejoice over your place |
| 21 | gi-ru ud te-en-še₃ e₂-me-a nu₂-a | The reedbed of distant days, lying in our house |
| 22 | za-e ma-a-ra ki mu-e-a-aŋ₂-a-ta | You, from the place where you were born, |
| 23 | gi-ru ma-a-ra aŋ₂ ze₂-ba-zu nu-uš-mu-e-a-ak-e | For me, I will not do your sweet labor for you. |
| 24 | u₃-mu-un diŋir-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-un {d}lamma-ŋu₁₀ | Lord Ibirbu, lord Lammabu |
| 25 | {d}šu-{d}suen šag₄ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ ba-ze₂-be₂-en-na-ŋu₁₀ | Šū-Sîn, you are the one who pleases Enlil |
| 26 | ki ze₂-ba-zu nu-uš-mu-e-a-ak-a | If only you would act in your sweet place |
| 27 | ki lal₃-gin₇ ze₂-ba-zu šu nu-uš-mu-e-tag-ge | You should not touch your sweet place like honey |
| 28 | tug₂ {ŋiš}ba-an-na-gin₇ šu de₆-ma-ni | Like a soiled garment, his hand is drawn. |
| 29 | tug₂ {ŋiš}ba-an sum-ki-na-gin₇ šu gun₃-gun₃-ma-ni | Like a embroidered garment, his hand is speckled with blood |
| 30 | bal-bal-e {d}inana-kam | It is a balbale of Inana |
Sources & licences
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