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A balbale to Ninurta (Ninurta F) (Q000725)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Ninurta (Ninurta F) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000725 |
| 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 | a zid-da numun zid-da | True water, true seed |
| 2 | lugal {d}en-lil₂-le mu pad₃-da | the king whom Enlil had chosen |
| 3 | a zid-zid-da numun zid-zid-da | The rising water, the rising seed, |
| 4 | {d}nin-urta {d}en-lil₂-le mu pad₃-da | Ninurta named by Enlil |
| 5 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name as a king. |
| 6 | {d}nin-urta ŋe₂₆-e lu₂-zu lu₂-zu | Ninurta, “Your man, your man! |
| 7 | ŋe₂₆-e mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name |
| 8 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ u₈ sila₄ na-an-tu-ud | Lugal-bu gave birth to a ewe and a lamb. |
| 9 | u₈ sila₄ na-an-tu-ud u₈ {udu}utua₂ na-an-tu-ud | He should not give birth to a ewe or a lamb, (or) he should not grant the birth of a baby. |
| 10 | ŋe₂₆-e mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name |
| 11 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ ud₅-e maš₂ na-an-tu-ud | Lugal-bu, the goat gave birth to a kid |
| 12 | ud₅-e maš₂ na-an-tu-ud maš₂-ud₅-da na-an-tu-ud | The goat should not give birth to kids, the goat should never give birth. |
| 13 | ŋe₂₆-e mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name |
| 14 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ ab₂-e amar na-an-tu-ud | The king should not give birth to a cow and calf. |
| 15 | ab₂-e amar na-an-tu-ud ab₂ gud-ab₂-ba na-an-tu-ud | The cow did not give birth to a calf, the cow gave birth to an ox. |
| 16 | ŋe₂₆-e mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name |
| 17 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ eme₃ amar na-an-tu-ud | Lugalbu gave birth to a weaned she-ass and calf. |
| 18 | eme₃ amar na-an-tu-ud X anše X X-an-tu-ud | She gave birth to a she-ass and a calf ... |
| 19 | ŋe₂₆-e mu-zu ga-am₃-pad₃-da-de₃ | I want to find out your name |
| 20 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-ulu₃ dumu na-an-tu-ud | Lugal-bu, the man, did not give birth to a child. |
| 21 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu na-an-tu-ud {d}nin-urta lugal-e x | The man, the child born by Ninurta the king |
| 22 | lugal-da gu na-an-tu-ud | did not give birth to by the king. |
| 23 | lugal-da še na-an-tu-ud | did not give birth to by the king |
| 24 | id₂-da a-eštub mu-da-ab-si | In the river he fills the marshes |
| 25 | a-šag₄-ga še gu-nu mu-da-ab-mu₂ | In the field he made a pitfall. |
| 26 | ambar-ra |HI.SUHUR|{ku₆} suhur{ku₆} mu-da-ab-si | In the marshes he filled the marsh with suhur fish. |
| 27 | ŋiš-gi gi sumun gi henbur mu-da-ab-mu₂ | He made the old reeds, the old [ree]ds and the henbur trees grow. |
| 28 | tir-tir šeg₉ šeg₉-bar mu-da-ab-si | He fills the meadows with greenery and greenery |
| 29 | an-edin-na {ŋiš}maš-gurum mu-da-ab-mu₂ | In the high steppe mašgurum plants grow. |
| 30 | pu₂-{ŋiš}kiri₆ lal₃ ŋeštin mu-da-ab-si | He filled the orchard with honey and wine. |
| 31 | e₂-gal-la zi su₃-ud-ŋal₂ mu-da-ab-mu₂ | In the palace, he carries long life with him. |
| 32 | bal-bal-e {d}nin-urta-kam | It is a balbale of Ninurta |
Sources & licences
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