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A balbale to Šara (Šara A) (Q000739)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Šara (Šara A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000739 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | X X X x si hu-mu-x | ... may ... |
| 31 | si mah-e KA nun x | The supreme horn ... |
| 32 | {d}šara₂ šir₃-zu me-te-aš ši-im-mi-ib-ŋal₂ | Šara, may your heart be pacified towards me |
| 33 | {d}šara₂ me-zu kal-kal a-a an u₃-tud-zu x | Šara, your divine powers are numerous, father An, your birth father |
| 34 | ama ugu-zu kug {d}inana-ke₄ | Your birth mother, holy Inana |
| 35 | x x X kug-ga dur₂ ša-mu-u₈-de₃-ŋar | May he lay down a pure ... for you |
| 36 | x-da nu-u₈-gig-ga-am₃ | ... is the nugig priestess. |
| 37 | x X am₃-mi-ni-in-DU-en | ... I go. |
| 38 | x mu dug₃-ga mi-ri-in-sa₄ | he named it with a good name. |
| 39 | x X-za hul₂-bi | rejoice over your ... |
| 40 | x ša-mu-un-til₃ en šag₄-ba dalla i₃-e₃ | Šamuntil, lord of the open country, shines forth brightly |
| 41 | x x an-na-ke₄ X X MU X X X X | ... of heaven ... |
| 42 | {d}šara₂ HAR-re X x X-en | Šara ... |
| 43 | X dug₃ kug-ga u₃-gul ŋar X X X X X-ga | ... the holy ugû-vessel ... |
| 44 | x dumu-gir₁₅ gal-di X kug X X | ... the wise son ... |
| 45 | eš₃ e₂-mah-ta ud-de₃-eš i-im-e₃ | The storm came out from the shrine Emah |
| 46 | bal-bal-e {d}šara₂-kam | It is a balbale of Svara. |
Sources & licences
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