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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana G) (Q000638)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana G) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000638 |
| 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 | niŋ₂ lam-lam-ma ama ugu-na x X | The fearsomeness of her birth mother ... |
| 2 | šag₄ i-bi₂ sag₉-sag₉ ad-da-na ad mu-un-da-gi₄-gi₄ | The one with beautiful eyes, his father, will answer. |
| 3 | šeš-me he₂-me-en šeš-me he₂-me-en | May you be our father, may you be [our father] |
| 4 | šeš kan₄ e₂-gal-la-me he₂-me-en | You are our gatekeeper of the palace gate |
| 5 | u₃-mu-un-si {ŋiš}ma₂-gur₈-ra-me he₂-me-en | You are our captain of the barge. |
| 6 | nu-banda₃ {ŋiš}gigir₂-ra-me he₂-me-en | You are our captain of the chariot. |
| 7 | kuš₇ {ŋiš}gigir₂ sar-ra-me he₂-me-en | You are our charioteer of the garden plots. |
| 8 | ad-da iri di ku₅-ru-me he₂-me-en | May you be our city elder who decides cases. |
| 9 | mussa niŋ₂ 5 mussa niŋ₂ 10 he₂-me-en | You are the one who divides a man into five and one-tenth. |
| 10 | šeš mussa ad-da-me he₂-me-en | You are our father’s son-in-law |
| 11 | mussa gu₂ zig₃-ga-me he₂-me-en | You are our rising lion. |
| 12 | ama-me niŋ₂ ze₂-ba he₂-me-da-ab-dug₄ | May our mother be satisfied with our sweet aura. |
| 13 | im-ma-ŋen-na-zu na-aŋ₂-til₃ na-nam | Your immanazu is indeed alive. |
| 14 | e₂-a kur₉-ra-zu he₂-ŋal₂-la-am₃ | In the house, may it be carried off as a gift! |
| 15 | da nu₂-da hul₂-la dirig-ŋu₁₀ | “The one who lies down with joy is surpassing. |
| 16 | ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ ki-nu₂-a du₅-mu-ni-ib-ze₂-be₂-en-de₃-en | We will give it to you in the bedroom. |
| 17 | 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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