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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana E1) (Q000661)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana E1) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000661 |
| 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 x | |
| 2 | iri A x | City of ... |
| 3 | UD X x | day |
| 4 | HA X x | ... . |
| 5 | X X x | |
| 6 | x X x | |
| 7 | x X me-teš₂ X x | ... supplication |
| 8 | X X X x EZEN x | [......] ... |
| 9 | šul-e X X MU U₃ X x | (Sum) ... (Akk) The shepherd ... |
| 10 | bur-e bur-ta x | The bowl ... |
| 11 | ku₆-ma-al id₂-ta X x | The fish from the river ... |
| 12 | MUŠ₂ X X MUŠ₂ X balaŋ-ta I x | (If) a snake ... a ... snake from a reign of ... |
| 13 | ud-bi-a MUŠ₂ nitah UD NE x | At that time, a male snake ... |
| 14 | X ki ŋiš gid₂ x | ... long |
| 15 | saŋ TI X MES la₂ x | (If) the term has passed, ... . |
| 16 | tur-tur-ra SA A₂ E X x | Small ones ... |
| 17 | ki-sikil tur-ra suh mu-x | The young girl ... |
| 18 | ŋuruš tur-ra {tug₂}niŋ₂-la₂ mu-x | The young female lamb wore a cloak |
| 19 | ki ezem-ma-še₃ ma-la-ŋu₁₀-u₃ he₂-x | At the place of the festival, may ... |
| 20 | ur-ra mu-un-u₅ ur-ra mu-x | In the dog ... in the dog. |
| 21 | x X X ur-mah-a mu-x | ... a lion |
| 22 | x X ur gal-la x | ... great dog ... |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | x X X X x | |
| 2 | x x mu-un-degₓ(RI)-degₓ(RI) ŋeštug₂-ga x | ... he smote ..., |
| 3 | im-da-du₇-ru im-da-du₇-ru X X i-x | It was made perfect for me, it was perfect ... |
| 4 | šem-bi-zid-da im-da-du₇-ru | Šembizida has been perfected |
| 5 | mu-un-dub-dub-be₂ mu-un-bur₂-bur₂-re | She heaps up, she spreads it out. |
| 6 | a im-ma-tu₅ naŋa im-ma-su-ub | He bathed, he sat down. |
| 7 | na-ma bur babbar-ra im-ma-su-ub | The na-ma of the white bowl sat down. |
| 8 | a {urud}šen-dilim₂ kug-ga im-ma-tu₅ | He washed himself with water from a pure vendilim vessel. |
| 9 | u₅ ze₂-ba {na₄}bur-ra im-ma-šeš₄ | He poured sweet oil into a bowl. |
| 10 | tug₂ dan₃-na-ni im-ma-mur₁₀ | wore his clean garment. |
| 11 | mu-un-bur₂-bur₂-re mu-un-dub-dub-be₂ | She spreads it out, she strews it. |
| 12 | i-bi₂-ni šem-bi-zid-da X-mar | His eyes ... šembizida-plant |
| 13 | {na₄}za-gin₃ gu₂-ni-a im-ma-sig₉ | he decorated it with lapis lazuli. |
| 14 | murub₂-bi gu₂ sa-na si bi₂-sa₂ | Its middle part was balanced on its neck. |
| 15 | {na₄}kišib gu₂-bar-ra-na im-mi-x | He ... his seal on his neck. |
| 16 | {tug₂}pala₃ na-aŋ₂-ga-ša-an-na-ka bar-ra X-dul | The outer pala garment of Naašanana |
| 17 | {d}dur₇-tur e₂ ma-la-ga x | Durtur, in the house of Alaga |
| 18 | {d}dur₇-tur il₂-la du-a KU BI X x | “Durtur raises his head ... |
| 19 | {d}dur₇-tur du₅-la₂-ta du₇-du₇ x | From Durtur, the one who makes perfect(?), |
| 20 | {d}dur₇-tur ma-la-ga x | For Durtur, the lord |
| 21 | {d}dur₇-tur X x X x | Durtur |
| Seg.C, | ||
| 1 | x X HA E X AN X X | ... ... |
| 2 | x X X X X na-an-na | ... indeed |
| 3 | x {d}u₃-mu-un-ban₃-da | Umunbanda |
| 4 | x {d}ga-ša-an-sumun₂-na | of Gašansumuna, |
| 5 | {d}dur₇-tur X X ŠE₃-bi-ta šembi₂-zid i-bi₂-na x | Durtur ... the šembīzid offering before him |
| 6 | X X di-de₃ X X in-na-an-šum₂-ma X x | ... to go ... is given and ... |
| 7 | X ALAM ŋiš ki x | [x] statues of ... |
| 8 | bal-bal-e {d}inana-kam | It is a balbale of Inana |
Sources & licences
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