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A balbale to Ninĝišzida (Ninĝišzida B) (Q000700)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Ninĝišzida (Ninĝišzida B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000700 |
| 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 | en me-te kug-ga ni₂ huš gal gur₃-ru | Lord, fitting one of the pure, who bears a great fearsomeness |
| 2 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ en {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da ni₂ huš gal gur₃-ru | Lugal-bu, lord Nin-išzida, who bears a great fearsomeness |
| 3 | ur-saŋ sur₂-du₃{mušen} diŋir-re-e-ne | Ursa, the surdu-bird of the bīr-demons, |
| 4 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ giri₁₇-zal igi gun₃ ti mar-uru₅ šu du₇ | Lugal-bu, radiant one with a speckled face, perfect in strength |
| 5 | nemurₓ(|PIRIG.TUR|) ban₃-da saŋ ŋiš ra-ra muš-huš šeg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄ | The wild nemur demons, the raging wild bulls, (and) the enraged mušḫu-demons, turn back! |
| |DU.DU|-ma bi-HI ušumgal ambar-ra guruš₃ bur₂-ra u₁₈-lu lu₂-ra te-a keše₂-ra₂-gin₇ bi-DU dul-la | ... the ušumgal priestess of the marshes, the young man ... a storm approaching a man, like a wind blowing in the wind | |
| 7 | nun saŋ mah kur-šag₄-ga lug-ga edin DIB saŋ dub₂-dub₂ X | Prince, supreme crown of the land, king of the steppe, ... crown ... |
| lugal ka-zu maš-maš maš en {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da ki ra ki ra-ra muš eme mah maš-maš mah muš uš₁₁ | King, your mouth is a mašmaṣ priestess, lord Nin-Isvzida, a place of prayer and rejoicing The snake, the supreme tongue, the magnificent mashtakal snake | |
| 9 | {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da ka-zu maš-maš maš en {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da ki ra ki ra-ra | Ninbišzida, your mouth is an exorcist, a en priestess of Ninbisida ... |
| 10 | gada la₂-a-ŋu₁₀ a-gin₇ ŋar-ra-zu šag₄-zu a-ba mu-un-zu | (Sum) The linen ... (Akk) How have you been treated? Who can know your body? |
| 11 | {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da a-gin₇ ŋar-ra-zu šag₄-zu a-ba mu-un-zu | Ninbišzida, how have you yourself been treated? Who can know of your body? |
| 12 | inim kug-zu mu-un-zu-ra mu-un-zu nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu | He knows your silver, he knows nothing. He does not know nothing. |
| 13 | nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim₂ mu-un-na-X | The one who does not know, the one who did not know ... |
| 14 | {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim₂ mu-un-na-X | For Nin-išzida, who does not know, he fashioned a statue of himself. |
| inim mah-zu ki-še₃ du-a-ba muš-huš na-nam KA X X gal | Your exalted word is indeed a snake on the ground | |
| 16 | id₂-da a-ŋi₆-am₃ na-šub-šub | The river is a flood-wave |
| 17 | a-šag₄-ga mar-uru₅-am₃ na-zi-zi | The field is a flood, do not rise! |
| ma₂-gi-lum a-u₃ me kud-ku₅-ru im-me gu₂-guru₅ am₃-me | The magilum boat, "Au! Cut me!" she says, she shouts at the barge. | |
| 19 | x x X šag₄ ni₂-te-na-ka mu-un-x | ... in his own ... |
| 20 | x X ki RA X me-a zag ŋar E x | ... where ...? |
| 21 | x x X lu₂ ug₅-ga-gin₇ X x | Like a dead man ... |
| 22 | x X x X x | |
| 23 | AN AL X AN X X | ... ... |
| 24 | en {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃-ga-am₃ | Lord Ninbišzida, your praise is sweet |
| 25 | bal-bal-e {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da-ka | The balbale of Nin-idda |
Sources & licences
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