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A balbale to Inana (Inana A) (Q000622)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana (Inana A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000622 |
| 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 | ud huš gal me-lem₄ x | Great storm, radiance |
| 2 | {d}inana me₃-a ni₂ me-lem₄ gur₃-ru | Inana, fearsome in battle, carrying radiance |
| A | {d}inana me₃ e-ne di-di | Inana, how can I go? |
| B | {d}inana me₃-a ni₂ me-lem₄ gur₃-ru | Inana, fearsome in battle, carrying radiance |
| 3 | ki {d}en-lil₂-le bi₂-in-dug₄-ga-še₃ | to the place where Enlil had satisfied him, |
| 4 | su piriŋ sa piriŋ-ŋa₂ ši-im-ma-zi-zi-de₃-en | I want to rise up high in the reedbeds, in the grasses |
| AB sig nim-ma-ke₄ u₂-gin₇ E GA A BA NIŊIN | ... the lowland, like ... ... | |
| 6 | {d}iškur-gin₇ KA mah dib i₃-ŠID | Like Iškur he uttered a great utterance |
| 7 | ur-saŋ gal-gal gu₂-tuku-bi-gin₇ | like a great hero whose strength is strong |
| giri₁₇-bi ki ša-mu-X x ki-še₃ šu ha-ra-ab-X-X | Its radiance ... the earth ... may it ... for you | |
| ur-saŋ gal lugal nin-e-ne gu₂-tuku | Ursa, great king of the ladies, strong one | |
| 10 | eš₃ keš₃{ki}-e ki ha-ra-ab-gi₄-gi₄ | May the shrine Keš be restored for you |
| 11 | giri₁₇-bi ki-še₃ ha-ra-ab-X-e | May its nose ... to the ground for you |
| 12 | nin-ŋu₁₀ abzu-ta igi ša-mu-ni-in-ŋar | The lady looked at him from the Abzu |
| 13 | an-ne₂ SI saŋ-bi ŋiri₃ ki mu-x ša-mu-ra-ab-dug₄ | May An make its horns tremble for you(?) |
| 14 | an lugal-da me ba-a-me-en | I am the cosmic powers of An, the king. |
| 15 | {d}en-lil₂-gin₇ zag-ge₄ si-a-me-en | Like Enlil, you are the one who stands at your side. |
| 16 | ka-aš mah unken-na ša-mu-un-bar-re-en | May you be the supreme beer of the assembly |
| 17 | ŋiš-nu₁₁-gin₇ an-ta šag₄ unken-na-ka | Like a lion rising from heaven in the midst of the assembly |
| zid-du ša-mu-un-ni-DU erim₂-du ša-mu-ni-dab₅ erim₂ ša-mu-ni-DU | (Sum) He seized the captive, he took the captive (Akk) He captured the captive(?) and the captive | |
| zid-du e₂-gal-la {d}utu nam-mi-DU ša-mu-na-e₃ | In the life of the palace Šamaš came forth to her. | |
| 20 | KA-bi dug₄-ga X-bi ši-im-ma-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄-in | May he/she say to you "its mouth is good" |
| 21 | lugal-ra uŋ₃ ša-mu-na-X KIŊ₂ X x | For the king ... |
| 22 | igi-zu huš-am₃ saŋ-ki-zu dugud-dam | Your face is furious, your limbs are heavy |
| 23 | {d}en-lil₂-le za-a-ra mu-ra-an-šum₂ | Enlil gave it to you. |
| 24 | bal-bal-e {d}inana-kam | It is a balbale of Inana |
Sources & licences
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