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A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P) (Q000647)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000647 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | x-ŋa₂ kug-ga-a-am₃ | ... is silver. |
| 2 | x si sa₂-sa₂ me-e | ... I want to utter ... |
| 3 | x gal₄-la ki X x x-am₃ | ... the vagina ... |
| 4 | x-an-du₇ nam-nun-na ba-an-du₇ | ... made perfect for princeliness. |
| 5 | x KI X X GAM-e | ... will come up. |
| 6 | x igi ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | before Baba |
| 7 | x si sa₂-sa₂ me-e | ... I want to utter ... |
| 8 | x X šu BA x | Hand of |
| 9 | x X X X x X | |
| 10 | x X x X | |
| 11 | x-ŋu₁₀ gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ MA X X x | ... galla-demons |
| 12 | x diŋir-e ba-ab-du₇-a-ŋu₁₀ | The ... of the intertwined ... is perfect. |
| 13 | x dur₂-ra-ŋu₁₀ | of Urrabu, |
| 14 | X X x X-er-tab gun₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | speckled ... |
| 15 | X X x x X il₂-il₂ dur₂-ra-ŋu₁₀ | ... raising ... |
| 16 | X X X x X-e mar-ra-ŋu₁₀ | ... Marrabu |
| 17 | X X X x X X dug₄-ga-ŋu₁₀ | ... good ... |
| 18 | X X X e₂-gal me-te-ŋu₁₀ | ... of the palace ... |
| 19 | X X MA ZA ud zal-la-ŋu₁₀ muš₃ X X | ... the day passed, the snake |
| 20 | MUNUS x x PA-za kušum₄ tag-ga-am₃ | (Sum) Your ... is swollen(?) |
| 21 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ a X E mi-ni-in-ga-ga | Dumuzid has placed ... |
| 22 | uŋ₃ šar₂-re-da i-bi₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-ma-al | The king looks at me. |
| 23 | {d}dumu-zid nam-diŋir kalam-ma-še₃ mu-pad₃ | Dumuzid, the scepter of the Land, he fashioned. |
| 24 | {d}dumu-zid ki-ig-ga aŋ₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ra | For Dumuzid, the beloved of Enlil, |
| 25 | mu mu-ni-mah nam mu-ni-tar | he named it for him, he decreed a fate for it. |
| 26 | ama-ŋu₁₀ saŋ us₂ mu-na-kal | The mother eats grass for him. |
| 27 | ad-da-ŋu₁₀ silim-e-eš mu-un-na-e | The father speaks to him in peace. |
| 28 | a mu-ši-tu₅ na-ma mu-ši-su-ub | He bathed, indeed he bathes. |
| 29 | šen a tu₅-a X u₃-mu-ši-gub | I set up a ... sheepfold for you |
| 30 | tug₂-ŋu₁₀ tug₂ aŋ₂ kalag-ga-gin₇ si ba-sa₂-e | he put together like a heavy garment a strong garment. |
| 31 | {tug₂}pala₃ mah mu-na-kalag-ge-en | I adorned him with a supreme robe. |
| 32 | x e₃-bi-še₃ ma-ma-ma-an | ... came out for me. |
| 33 | x-bur₂-bur₂-re-en | I will tear out ... |
| 34 | x-ba-en | ... you |
| 35 | x X x | |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | nin X X x AN x | Lady ... |
| 2 | uru₂ bar e₂ x x za-gin₃ AN x | The outer city, the house ... lapis ... |
| 3 | šag₄ eš₃-ŋu₁₀ a-ra-zu-a mu-ni-x | He ... in prayer and supplication |
| 4 | kug a-ra-zu-a mi-X-pad₃-x | I ... the silver in arazu prayer |
| 5 | X X tug₂ kalag-ga ga-ša-an-an-na-me-en | I am the mighty garment of Gašanana |
| 6 | gala-e šir₃-ra mu-ni-ib₂-x | The gala-priest ... in the midst |
| 7 | nar-e en₃-du-a mu-ni-ib₂-be₂ | The singer utters a lament. |
| 8 | mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-an-hul₂-le | He rejoices over his spouse. |
| am {d}dumu-zid mu-da-an-hul₂-le u₃-mu-un | Wild bull Dumuzi rejoices over me, lord | |
| 10 | kurku₂ ka ka silim A x | The kurkû-offering, the mouth of the well-being ... |
| 11 | ga-ša-an kur-kur-ra tur mu-ni-ib₂-x | The lady of all the lands ... |
| 12 | u₃-gul zi-zi nibru{ki} x | foreman of the zizi prayer of Nippur, |
| 13 | u₃-gul mar-mar tur an X x | The small ugul vessel ... |
| 14 | in-nin₉-e ni₂ silim-e-eš X-e | The lady ... fearsomeness |
| 15 | gala-e šir₃-ra mu-x | The gala-priest ... in the midst |
| 16 | {d}inana-ke₄ silim-e-eš X-e | Inana, in peace ... |
| 17 | gal₄-la-ni šir₃-ra mi-ni-x | His vagina ... in the womb |
| 18 | gal₄-la ŋar-ra ne-en GAG X x | This vagina ... |
| 19 | si-gin₇ {ŋiš}mar gal-e keše₂ x | Like a horned eagle ... the great ... |
| 20 | ma₂ an-na ne-en eš₂ la₂ x | This boat of heaven ... |
| 21 | ud-sakar gibil-gin₇ hi-li gur₃-ru-ŋu₁₀ | Like a new moon bearing allure, |
| 22 | kislah ne-en edin-na šub-x | The ... of the steppe |
| 23 | a-šag₄ uz{mušen} ne-en uz{mušen} dur₂-ra-ŋu₁₀ | The field is indeed a uzmuššen bird, it is an urra bird |
| 24 | a-šag₄ an-na ne-en a ma-ra-ŋu₁₀ | The field of heaven - woe! |
| 25 | ma-a gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ du₆ du₈-du₈-a a ma-ra | “Woe, the galla demons, the dudu-demons, woe! |
| 26 | ki-sikil-ŋen a-ba-a ur₁₁-ru-a-bi | Who is it that will slander the maiden? |
| 27 | gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ ki duru₅ a ma-ra | The galla demons ... for me. |
| 28 | ga-ša-an-ŋen gud a-ba-a bi₂-ib₂-gub-be₂ | Gašan-Bel, who will stand by you with an ox? |
| 29 | in-nin₉ lugal-e ha-ra-an-ur₁₁-ru | May the queen please the king! |
| 30 | {d}dumu-zid lugal-e ha-ra-ur₁₁-ru | May Dumuzi, the king, curse you! |
| 31 | gal₄-la-ŋa₂ ur₁₁-ru mu-lu ša₃-ab-ŋa₂-kam | The galla demon is the one of the womb |
| 32 | x ur₂ kug-ge a ba-an-tu₅ | ... bathed in water. |
| 33 | x kug-ga-am₃ šen kug X | ... is pure, the pure hand ... |
| 34 | x X X X x | |
| Seg.C, | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-e₂-gal kug-ga-am₃ x | Ninegal is pure |
| 2 | x X ŊA₂ X x | ... ; |
| 3 | x NUN-bi x | its prince |
| 4 | x-e dam x | ... spouse ... |
| 5 | x LA x | ... ; |
| 6 | x X X X x | |
| 7 | ur₂ kug x | the holy lap |
| 8 | |GIŠ.BIL₂| pa-pa-al mu-x | ... the cella |
| 9 | ur₂ lugal-la-ta zig₃-ga-ni-ta | From the lap of the king, from his rising |
| 10 | gu mu-un-da-zig₃ še mu-un-da-zig₃ | He raised his neck, he raised his hand |
| 11 | edin {ŋiš}kiri₆ giri₁₇-zal-gin₇ mu-un-da-ab-si | He filled the plain like a joyous orchard |
| 12 | e₂-nam-til₃-la e₂ lugal-la-ka | in the Enamtila, the royal house |
| 13 | nitalam₂-a-ni ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš | His spouse dwells with him in joy |
| 14 | e₂-nam-til₃-la e₂ {d}dumu-zid-da-ka | in the Enamtila, the temple of Dumuzi |
| 15 | {d}inana ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš | Inana sat with him in joy. |
| 16 | {d}inana e₂-a-ni hul₂-la-e | Inana, who rejoices in his temple |
| 17 | lugal-ra u₃-gul mu-na-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | For the king he erected a fortress. |
| 18 | ga sig₇-a-ma-ab mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ ga sig₇-a-ma-ab | I want to libate red milk for him, I would rather drink red milk with my spouse. |
| 19 | mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ me-e ga de₃-e-da-na₈-na₈ | My spouse, I want to drink milk with you. |
| 20 | am {d}dumu-zid ga sig₇-a-ma-ab | Wild bull Dumuzid, pour out yellow milk for me! |
| 21 | mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ me-e ga de₃-e-da-na₈-na₈ | My spouse, I want to drink milk with you. |
| 22 | ga ud₅-da-ke₄ amaš x | Milk of the goats in the sheepfold |
| 23 | nin šar₂-ra {dug}šakir kug-ŋa₂ sug₄-x | Lady of the king, purified šakir vessel |
| 24 | {d}dumu-zid ga am-si-har-ra-an-na x | Dumuzid, the milk of Amsiḫarana |
| 25 | am-si-har-ra-an-na ga-bi x | Amsiharrana, its milk ... |
| 26 | u₅ ga-bi ze₂-ba-am₃ x | Its milk is sweet ... |
| 27 | u₃-mu-un {d}du₅-mu-zid x me-e ga de₃-e-da-na₈-na₈ | Lord Dumuzid, I want to drink milk with you. |
| 28 | nitalam-ŋu₁₀ ama₅ niŋ₂ dug₃-ga X x | (Sum) The spouse(?) ... the chamber with a sweet aura (Akk) The husband(?) of the chamber ... |
| 29 | {d}inana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be₂-en | Inana, I will serve you. |
| 30 | e₂-nam-til₃-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib₂-gub-be₂-en | I will stand before you in your Enamtila. |
| 31 | su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ ki u₆ di kalam-ma-kam | Sūrāya, the place where the light of the Land shines, |
| 32 | e₂ nam kur-kur-ra tar-ra na-nam | The house where the fates of all the lands are determined, indeed. |
| 33 | uŋ₃ zi-ŋal₂-la si sa₂-e-dam | “It is arranged in a straight way.’ |
| 34 | {d}nin-e₂-gal me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be₂-en | Ninegal, I will serve you. |
| 35 | e₂-nam-til₃-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-be₂-en | I will stand before you in your Enamtila. |
| 36 | e₂-nam-til₃-la ama₅ zi su₃-ud-ŋal₂-la-am₃ | In the Enamtila, the true chamber that has been purified, |
| 37 | {d}inana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be₂-en | Inana, I will serve you. |
| 38 | e₂-nam-til₃-la-za igi mu-e-ni-ib-gub-be₂-en | I will stand before you in your Enamtila. |
| 42 | X x | |
| 43 | šag₄ X x | field ... |
| 44 | e₂-nam-til₃-la x | the Enamtila temple |
| 45 | ga-ša-an-gal-e zid-de₃-eš X X | Gašangal faithfully |
| 46 | nam-til₃ ud su₃-ra₂-aš du₅-mu-ra-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃ | For the well-being of Uraš, may he give it to you! |
| 47 | {d}dumu-zid {d}inana hi-li ki-ga aŋ₂-bi-im | Dumuzid (is) Inana, whose loveliness is true |
| 48 | {d}inana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-be₂-en | Inana, I will serve you. |
| 49 | e₂-nam-til₃-la-za igi mu-e-ni-gub-be₂-en | I look at your Enamtila. |
| 50 | e₂ me-lem₄-bi kalam-ma dul-la | Its radiance covers the land. |
| 51 | e₂ šag₄-bi-ta šu-luh kug-kug-ga-am₃ | It is a pure šuluh ritual in the house. |
| 52 | e₂ niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ra gal-bi tum₂-ma | The house fitting for a great aura, |
| 53 | X x X u₅ ga-ar₃-ni-ta | ... oil and cheese |
| 54 | x-e ma-ra-ni-ib₂-gub-be₂ | ... stands for you. |
| 55 | x X-la-še₃ | to ... |
| 56 | x-an-ši-ak-e | he shall pay back. |
| 57 | x-la si-a-na | ... in his ... |
| 58 | x X nin-a-na | ... his mistress |
| 59 | x ki-ig-ga aŋ₂-bi | its labor: |
| 60 | x kalag-ga-ba | in its mighty |
| 61 | x-ga-ba | in its ... |
| 62 | x lugal-la | of the king |
| 63 | x-e | ..., |
| 64 | x X | |
| 65 | x X | |
| 66 | x {d}inana-kam | It is of Inana. |
| Seg.D, | ||
| 1 | in-nin₉ x | The lady ... |
| 2 | {d}inana x | Inana |
| 3 | mi₂ zid X x | faithfully |
| 4 | {d}en-lil₂ X x | Enlil |
| 5 | zag an x | the right side of ... |
| 6 | in-nin₉ x | The lady ... |
| 7 | mi₂ zid x | faithfully |
| 8 | in-nin₉ x | The lady ... |
| 9 | mu-un-x | ... |
| 10 | ŋiš X x | “This ... |
| 11 | mi₂ zid X x | faithfully |
| 12 | šu BI x | Hand of ... |
| 13 | KA X x | ... . |
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