Home › Tablets › Q000664

A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid (Q000664)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets

Designation	A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid
ID	Q000664
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	uncertain

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	ab₂ gu₃ dug₃-ga amar gu₃ su₃-ra	cow with good voice, calf with long voice
2	in-nin₉ {e₂}tur₃-ra niŋ₂-niŋin₂-na-me-en	Lady, you are the one who makes the cattlepen tremble
3	{lu₂}ki-sikil nu-um-ši-dun₅-na-am₃	The maiden was not dressed in soiled garments
4	{d}inana {dug}šakir₃-e gu₃ he₂-em-me	May Inana cry out in the churn!
5	{dug}šakir₃ nitalam₂-zu gu₃ he₂-em-me	May your spouse cries out in the vat
6	{dug}šakir₃ {d}dumu-zid-da gu₃ he₂-em-me	May the churn of Dumuzi cry out.
7	{d}inana {dug}šakir₃-e gu₃ he₂-em-me	May Inana cry out in the churn!
8	{dug}šakir₃ {d}dumu-zid-x gu₃ he₂-em-me	May Dumuzi cries out in the vat
9	dun₅-ru {dug}šakir₃-ra ša-mu-ra-an-du₁₂-am₃	It is a šunru of the churn for you to sing.
10	{d}inana ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-hul₂-le	May Inana rejoice over you.
11	{dug}šakir₃ kug-ge gu₃ X ša-mu-ra-ab-be₂	May he speak to you in a pure churn
12	{d}nin-e₂-gal ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-hul₂-le	Ninegal, may he rejoice over you
13	sipad zid lu₂ i-lu dug₃-ga-ke₄	The true shepherd, the one of sweet laments,
14	mur ša₄-am₃ i-lu ša-mu-ra-an-ib-be₂	May he utter an ilu prayer to you
15	in-nin i-lu niŋ₂ ku₇-ku₇-da	Lady, whose lament is sweet in itself
16	{d}inana šag₄-zu he₂-em-hul₂-le	Inana, may your heart rejoice over me
17	in-nin {e₂}tur₃-ra kur₉-ra-zu-ne	Lady, when you enter the cowshed
18	{d}inana tur₃ ša-mu-u₈-da-hul₂-le	may Inana rejoice with you in the cattlepen
19	nu-u₈-gig amaš-a kur₉-ra-zu-ne	When you change the nugig priestess in the sheepfold
20	{d}inana amaš ša-mu-u₈-da-hul₂-le	Inana, may she rejoice with you in the sheepfold
21	e₂-ubur-ra-ka kur₉-ra-zu-ne	When you enter the Eubur,
22	siki u₈ zid-de₃ ša-mu-ra-an-barag₂-ge	So that the wool of the faithful ewe is poured out for you
23	nitalam₂-zu {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na	Your spouse Amaušumgalana
24	gaba kug-za x GAN MA AL he₂-em-me	May he say ... on your holy chest.
25	amaš kug-ge i₃ ki ha-ra-sud-e	May the pure sheepfold be filled with oil for you
26	u₅ i₃-sud-e ga i₃-sud-e	He stretches out oil, he stretches the milk.
27	{d}inana ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-hul₂-le	May Inana rejoice over you.
28	amaš kug-ge i₃ ki ha-ra-sud-e	May the pure sheepfold be filled with oil for you
29	{d}nin-e₂-gal ur₅-re ša-mu-u₈-hul₂-le	Ninegal, may he rejoice over you
30	lugal šag₄-ge bi₂-pad₃-da-zu	Your king who has chosen you in battle
31	{d}dumu-zid dumu {d}en-lil₂-ra	for Dumuzid, son of Enlil
32	{e₂}tur₃-e i₃ ga he₂-en-da-ab-be₂	May he say to him “The cowshed should be filled with milk!"
33	amaš-e giri₁₇-zal-la he₂-en-da-ab-be₂	May he say to you "the sheepfold is filled with joy"
34	sipad zid-dam ud-da-ni he₂-su₃-ud	May the faithful shepherd prolong his days.
35	sipad zid {d}dumu-zid-de₃ ud nam-he₂-a-ke₄ X	The righteous shepherd Dumuzi in the days of abundance
36	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)

Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.