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A balbale to Inana for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen C) (Q000424)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen C) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000424 |
| 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 | siki-ŋu₁₀ hi-iz{sar}-am₃ a im-ma-an-dug₄ | he was able to give water to the būša and ḫizsar wool. |
| 2 | hi-iz gakkul₃(|U.DIM|){sar}-am₃ a im-ma-an-dug₄ | He poured water into the kukul-vessel. |
| 3 | su-hu-uh₂-hu-ub₄-bi ba-tag-tag x | Its limbs are shattered ... |
| 4 | emeda(|UM.ME|){da}-ŋu₁₀ mah mu-un-X-x x | The exalted nursemaid |
| 5 | siki-ŋu₁₀ a-a-lum im-mi-in-ak | he made a good quality wool-garment. |
| 6 | suh tur-tur-bi mu-un-dub-dub | he heaped up the small reeds. |
| 7 | he₂-em-du-ŋu₁₀ si im-sa₂-sa₂-e | he made it perfect for him, |
| 8 | he₂-em-du siki-ŋu₁₀ hi-iz{sar} nisig sag₉-sag₉-ga-am₃ | It is the hair of the būšu-plant, the lettuce, and the sweet nisig plant. |
| 9 | šeš-e igi bar lu₂ til₃-la-na im-ma-ni-in-kur₉-re-en | The hand brought me into the presence of a living man |
| 10 | {d}šu-{d}suen saŋ-ba lu₂ sag₉-ga im-ma-ni-in-pad₃-de₃-en | Šū-Sîn has chosen me as a good man. |
| 11 | x x X X hi-li-ŋu₁₀ nu-til-le-dam | ... is not finished in allure. |
| 12 | x-re-dam | ...-redam |
| 18 | u₃-mu-un-me he₂-me-en u₃-mu-un-me he₂-me-en | “May you be our lord, may you be us! |
| 19 | kug {na₄}za-gin₃-na u₃-mu-un-me he₂-me-en | May you be our lord of silver and lapis lazuli! |
| 20 | mu-un-gar₃ še mah tum₃-me he₂-me-en | May you be our farmer who brings great harvests. |
| 21 | igi-ŋa₂ lal₃-bi-im šag₄-ŋa₂ hi-li-bi-im | It is its honeyed face, it is its šag-vessel with allure |
| 22 | ud nam-til₃-la he₂-en-na-e₃ {d}šu-{d}suen x | may he bring forth a day of life for him. |
| 23 | bal-bal-e {d}inana-kam | It is a balbale of Inana |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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