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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D) (Q000673)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000673 |
| 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 | lu-lu-a-bi X X X X lu-lu-a-bi u₂-šim ki-ma ki dar-re-dam | (Sum) Its liar ... (Akk) The liluābi priestess ... |
| 2 | X-a {d}nanna lu-lu-a-bi u₂-šim ki dar-re-dam | The ... of Nanna, all of it, is to be set upon the ground. |
| 3 | x-bi {na₄}za-gin₃ dur₅-ru-am₃ | Its ... is lapis lazuli. |
| 4 | x-bi {d}nanna e₃-a-am₃ | Its ... is Nanna coming out. |
| 5 | ab₂-šilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu {na₄}šuba suh-a-am₃ | The cow with its calf is full of šuba stones. |
| 6 | X X X X im-mi-du₃ teš₂-bi um-me-X bi₂-ib₂-ŋal₂ | ... he built ... and carried its ... together. |
| x x X X-bi-a X mu-un-suh-suh-e HI x e-x | ... is swollen ... | |
| 8 | lu₂ ab₂-e ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-am₃ tur₃-ra mu-un-lah₅ | The cows are in a place of abundance, they bring them into the cattlepen. |
| 9 | x x lu₂ ab₂-e ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-am₃ ab₂-e mu-un-ni₁₀-ni₁₀ | ... the cow is lying down on the ground, the cow roams around. |
| 10 | x u₂ ab₂ gal-a-ni mu-na-an-DU i₃-bi i₃-dulu-i i-il-li-ip | ... his big cows ... |
| x i₃ dug₃-ga {dug}šakir₃ 7-e KA ša-na-ab-bala-e i-X-ra-a-tim tur KA mu-na-X-X-x i-zu-ŠU X-X | ... good oil, seven jars of ša-nabbalâ, ... small ... | |
| 12 | X x X i₃-bi i₃ kug-ga-am₃ ga-bi ga kug-ga-am₃ | ... its oil is pure oil, its milk is pure milk. |
| x x tur₃ kug-ta DU-a munus-e nu-na₈-na₈ si₂-ni-iš-tum u₂-ul IB-X-DA-AN kug-ŋa₂ | The woman does not eat the ... of the silver cowshed. | |
| 14 | x sikil-la dulu-e el-pu munus-e nu-gu₇-e | The pure ... does not eat the woman's work |
| 15 | x X tur₃-ra tuš-a-na tur₃-re a-ar₂ im-si | ... sitting in the cowshed, he smeared the cowherd. |
| 16 | x-e tur₃-ra tuš-a-na tur₃ me-te-aš bi₂-ib-ŋal₂ | ... who sits in the cowshed, he carried off a suitable cowshed |
| 17 | x {e₂}tur₃ giri₁₇-zal-am₃ {d}nanna lugal-la-am₃ | The ... of the cattle pen is joy, Nanna is king. |
| 18 | x {d}suen-na-ka-am₃ {d}nanna lugal-la-am₃ | It is the ... of Suen, Nanna is king. |
| 19 | x lugal urim₂{ki}-ma mi₂ zid iri in-ga-am₃-me | ..., king of Urim, loves the city faithfully. |
| 20 | x-bi-ta ku₆ mušen sug₄-ga-am₃ | Its ... is a fish, a dead snake. |
| 21 | x-bi-ta ku₆ mušen sug₄-ga-am₃ | Its ... is a fish, a dead snake. |
| 22 | x-bi ku₆-am₃ dirig-bi mušen-am₃ | Its ... is fish, its top is a snake |
| 23 | x-bi ku₆-am₃ dirig-bi mušen-am₃ | Its ... is fish, its top is a snake |
| 24 | x mu-un-du₃ X-ṣi-i-ma suhur{ku₆}-e a-ab-gur i-ir-te-e | ... he built. ... the suhur-fish he sank. |
| 25 | x mu-un-du₃ amar-e ha-ma-gu₇-e | ... he built, may the calf eat it. |
| 26 | x mu-un-du₃ ab₂-e ha-ma-gu₇-e | ... he built. May the cow eat it for me! |
| 27 | x X X x mu-un-gu₇-e | ... eats. |
| 28 | x X mu-un-na₈-na₈ | ... he drinks. |
| 29 | x X X RI | ...; |
| 30 | x ŋal₂ | ... carried; |
| 31 | x X na-nam | indeed |
| 32 | x X X X tur-e | [......] small |
| 33 | x lu₂ mu-DU | ... man ... |
| 34 | x X X X | |
| 35 | x X ki-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e x | ... the earth ... |
| 36 | x tur₃ X-e lu₂ hu-X-x | ... the cattlepen ... |
| 37 | x-ra nibru{ki}-a nam hu-x | ... in Nippur |
| 38 | x urim₂{ki}-še₃ X x | the ... of Urim |
| 40 | x x X-a ki X E X X | ... ... |
| 41 | bal-bal-e {d}nanna-kam | It is the balbale of Nanna. |
Sources & licences
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