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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana D) (Q000635)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana D) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000635 |
| 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 | di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they talk, when they talk. |
| 2 | e₂ X di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the ... house, when I was coming. |
| 3 | ga-ša-an-na-ŋu₁₀ i-bi₂ mu-ši-in-bar | Gašanana looked at me |
| 4 | šeš-e ta ma-ra-an-dug₄ ma-ra-an-tah | What did the hand say to you, what has it done to you? |
| 5 | šag₄ ki-ig-ga aŋ₂ hi-li aŋ₂ ku₇-ku₇-dam | The beloved field, woe, allure and sweetness |
| 6 | kug ga-ša-an-na-ŋu₁₀ aŋ₂-še₃ ma-ra-an-ba | The silver of Gašanana has been paid in full |
| 7 | ki-bi i-bi₂-ŋu₁₀ ma-ra-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they look at this place, |
| 8 | mu-lu ki-ig-ga aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ gaba im-ma-an-degₓ(RI) | (Sum) The one who is angry, he screamed at his chest (Akk) The man who is hurting, the chest is slain |
| 9 | hi-li mu-e-ši-in-te dili mu-e-da-hul₂ | You bring out allure, you rejoice alone. |
| 10 | šeš-e e₂-ni-a im-ma-ni-in-kur₉-re-en | The hand brought me into his house |
| 11 | mu-nu₂ lal₃ hab₂-ba bi₂-in-nu₂-en | I lie down in a bed of ruined honey. |
| 12 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ab-ŋu₁₀ a-ba-nu₂ | The sweet one, the šabbû priest, the father |
| 13 | dili-dili-ta eme ak dili-dili-ta | (Sum) From the one who is alone, the tongue is swollen (Akk) The one who has been alone, from the one that is alone |
| 14 | šeš i-bi₂ sag₉-sag₉-ŋu₁₀ 50-am₃ mu-un-ak | He made the hand of the one with a beautiful face fifty times. |
| 15 | lu₂ sig₉-ga-gin₇ mu-na-de₃-gub | He set it up for him like a good man. |
| 16 | ki-ta tuku₄-e-da si-a mu-na-ni-in-ŋar | When he goes down from the ground, he makes it straight for him. |
| 17 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ ib₂-ba-na šu gub-bu-de₃ | In order to stand in his anger |
| 18 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e | He spends the day with his precious sweety. |
| 19 | šu ba-am₃-mu-u₈ nin₉-ŋu₁₀ šu ba-am₃-mu-u₈ | It is mine, sister, it is mine |
| ŋen nin₉ ki aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂-gal-la ga-ŋen e₂-me-še₃ | I, the sister, I want to go to the place of prayer in the palace, to our house | |
| 21 | igi ad-da-ŋa₂ dumu tur he₂-me-en | Before Addaba, you are a young child. |
| 22 | {d}ba-u₂ lu₂ ha-ba-zu šu ba-e-re-ši-bar-re | May Bau, the one who has sinned, release your hand. |
| 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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