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A balbale to Nanše (Nanše B) (Q000691)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Nanše (Nanše B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000691 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | x X šu du₇-a | ... perfect |
| 2 | x X X | |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | ku₆ ŋidru šu-na na-mu-un-ŋal₂ me X | He should not carry a fish in his hand |
| 2 | ku₆ {kuš}e-sir₂ ŋiri₃-na na-mu-un-sig₉ me X | The fish ... the esir sandals in his sandals |
| 3 | ku₆ izi ab-šag₄-ga na-mu-un-zalag-ge me X | May the fish shine like fire in the marshes, ... |
| 4 | ku₆ sur₉-re mu-na-an-du₁₂-am₃ | The fish of the marshes sang for him. |
| 5 | ku₆ gud-de₃ gu₃ nun mu-na-ab-be₂ | The fish calls out with a loud voice for him. |
| 6 | ku₆ tug₂-ba₁₃ šag₄-ge₄ nam-mi-in-la₂ | The fish carried a garment on the ground |
| 7 | kaš₄-kaš₄{ku₆}-e kaš₄ mu-na-ab-kar-re | The fox chases the fox for him |
| 8 | gur₄-gur₄{ku₆}-e ab mu-na-ab-gur₄-gur₄ | The gurgur fish makes the sea grow for her. |
| 9 | ŋir₂{ku₆}-e ab mu-na-ab-ŋir₂-re | The bir-fish splits the sea for him. |
| 10 | agargara{ku₆} zar-re-eš mu-un-du₈-du₈ | The agargara fish were smashed like sheaves. |
| 11 | ku₆ NE ab-ba mu-na-ab-mu₂-mu₂ | ... fish grow for him in the sea. |
| 12 | ku₆ sim{mušen} mu-na-ab-dal-dal-le-ne | The fish and the šimmu bird fly for him. |
| 13 | ga-ša-an-ŋen {ŋiš}ma₂-gur₈-še₃ da-an-u₅ me-e e₂-še₃ da-an-u₅ | Gašanben, I want to sail on the barge, (I want to) sail to the temple |
| 14 | {ŋiš}ma₂ si-bi da-an-u₅ me-e e₂-še₃ da-an-u₅ | I want to sail a boat with its horns, but I also want to go to the house. |
| 15 | a₂-sumur₃-bi kug-sig₁₇ šim {ŋiš}erin-da | its base of gold and cedar resin |
| 16 | ab-ba ša-mu-na-ab-ŋir₂-ŋir₂-re-dam | The elders are to be split apart for him |
| 17 | ŋiš-hum-bi iti₆ giri₁₇-zal-am₃ | Its reedbed is a joyous moonlight |
| 18 | ab-ba ša-mu-na-ab-dadag-ge | May the sea pacify for him |
| 19 | mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-kud ab-ba-ka | (Sum) My spouse, the one who eats the bread of the sea, (Akk) The spouse of the mother, the groom of the ocean, |
| 20 | u₃-mu-un-dar-a mu-un-kud ab-ba-ka | Umundara, the groom of the sea, |
| 21 | e₂ ud-bi | The house, its storm |
| 22 | a-a | father |
| 23 | bal-bal-e {d}nanše-kam | It is the balbale of Nanše |
Sources & licences
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