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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana O) (Q000646)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana O) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000646 |
| 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 | X x | |
| 2 | mu-zu DI X x | Your name ... |
| 3 | di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they talk, when they talk. |
| 4 | gu₂ id₂ nun-na dib-ba-ŋu₁₀-ne | when they pass on the bank of the princely river, |
| 5 | gu₂ {id₂}buranun-na šu niŋin₂-na-ŋu₁₀-ne | The bank of the Euphrates is a hand that should not be used |
| 6 | za-pa-aŋ₂ u₃-mu-un-e gub-ba-ŋu₁₀-ne | When the lord stands at the door, |
| 7 | e-sir₂ gun₃-a dib-ba-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they pass through the speckled street, |
| 8 | gi gam-ma x X X X he₂-me-en | May you be a pure reed ... |
| 9 | še ab-sin₂-na x sag₉-ga he₂-me-en | May you be the fine ... of the furrow! |
| 10 | {d}ezina₂ x sag₉-ge he₂-me-en | May you be Ezina's beautiful ... |
| 11 | šag₄-tur₃ ama gan-bi he₂-me-en | May you be the stall mother of the market place |
| 12 | ama-za |NE.KA| {ŋiš}ŋeštin he₂-me-en | May you be the wine of your mother's ... |
| ki-ig-ga aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ diŋir-za |NE.KA| nam-nun-e ak-a x-zu nam-lu₂-ulu₃ i₃-ak | Beloved one, you are the one who ... your ... of princeliness. | |
| i₃-ma-al i₃-ma-al nam-zu he₂-a ka silim de₂-a | There is, there is, may your fate be a favorable mouth. | |
| 15 | nu-ma-al niŋ₂-gig-zu he₂-a | May there be none, may it be your fearsomeness. |
| 16 | e₂ i₃-ma-al-la lu₂-bi he₂-me-en | If there is a house, that man may you be. |
| 17 | nin₉ sag₉-ga ban₃-da sag₉-ga | the beautiful sister, the beautiful one, |
| 18 | eš₂-gin₇ X e₂ niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ra sag₉-ga | Like a ..., a beautiful house, |
| 19 | nitah lu₂ he₂-me-en lu₂ he₂-me-en | May you be a malevolent man, may you be another man. |
| 20 | he₂-me-en dumu diŋir-za he₂-me-en | May you be a son of a birza priest. |
| 21 | in-sag₉ he₂-me-en in-buluŋ₃ he₂-me-en | May you be beautiful, may you be a flood! |
| 22 | diŋir iri-ni ba-an-sag₉ he₂-me-en | May you be one whose city is pleasing to Ibir. |
| 23 | dumu ama-ni ba-an-zil₂-zil₂-i he₂-me-en | May you be the child whose mother has sinned against him. |
| 24 | zi-šag₄-ŋal₂ iri-za-ka he₂-me-en | May you be the one who takes away the oath of your city |
| 25 | lu₂ saŋ-kal-la numun zid he₂-me-en | May you be a mighty man with a true seed. |
| 26 | niŋ₂-gur₁₁ tuku nam-tar-ra x he₂-me-en | May you be the one who has fear and fate. |
| 27 | za-e lu₂ kug tuku-bi he₂-me-en | You, may you be that one who has silver. |
| 28 | za-e lu₂ še tuku-bi he₂-me-en | You, may you be the one who has a hand. |
| 29 | kug tuku kug-ta hul₂-la he₂-me-en | May you be one who has silver, one who rejoices over silver. |
| 30 | še tuku še-ta hul₂-la he₂-me-en | May you be one who has a heart, who rejoices in his heart |
| 31 | lipiš-tuku šag₄ la-la-ŋal₂ he₂-me-en | May you be a slanderer of the heart |
| 32 | X saŋ-ŋa₂ nu-gig-ge he₂-me-en | ... you are the nugig priestess. |
| 33 | šag₄ kuš₂-u₃ inim-ma nu-kuš₂-u₃ he₂-me-en | May you be the one who does not tire of speaking words |
| 34 | bal-bal-e {d}inana-kam | It is a balbale of Inana |
Sources & licences
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