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Balag 31B = {d}utu-gin₇ e₃-ta ahû (Unknown god) (Q003077)
Liturgy, First Millennium
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| Designation | Balag 31B = {d}utu-gin₇ e₃-ta ahû (Unknown god) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003077 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Liturgy |
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 | {d}utu-gin₇ e₃-ta x | like Utu coming out |
| a+2 | e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | I am the one who has left the house, I am one who does not destroy in tears. |
| a+3 | balag-di e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The balaŋdi singer is coming out of the house, she is not destroyed in tears. |
| a+4 | gašan men₃ e₂-kur-ra e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | I want to ride a chariot, in the Ekur, from the house of the king, I am one who does not destroy in tears. |
| a+5 | egi₂ men₃ ki-ur₃ ki-gal e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | You are the princess, you are the one who left the Kiʾur and the Kigal from the house - she is in tears, she is not destroyed. |
| a+6 | egi₂ uru₂-zu tin-tir{ki} men₃ | Princess, your city is Babylon! |
| a+7 | ama-e₂-a e₂-saŋ-il₂-la men₃ | The mother of the house, the Esaila, |
| a+8 | a gašan-mu {d}pa-nun-an-ki men₃ | I want to say “Alas, my Panunanki! |
| a+9 | egi₂ zi-da gašan-bara₂-ge-si men₃ | True princess, I want to utter a lament |
| a+10 | e₂-gi₄-a dumu-saŋ an uraš-a men₃ | Princess, daughter of An and Uraš, |
| a+11 | dumu e₂-a dumu-saŋ e₂-i-bi₂-{d}a-nu-um men₃ | The son of the temple, the daughter of E-ibbi-Anum |
| a+12 | egi₂ zi-da gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ke men₃ | The true princess Gašangutešassi is it! |
| a+13 | egi₂ gu-la gašan-mu {d}na-na-a men₃ | Great princess, I am my rival Nanaya |
| a+14 | uru₂-mu nibru{ki} e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | My city Nippur, you are the one who has been taken away from the house; you are one who does not destroy in tears. |
| a+15 | še-eb e₂-kur-ra e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | In the brickwork of the Ekur, from the house, I want to utter an arazu prayer, but it is not destroyed. |
| a+16 | ki-ur₃ ki-gal e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The Kiʾur and the Kigal are separated from the house, it is an incantation that cannot be undone. |
| a+17 | eš₃ e₂-nam-ti-la e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The shrine Enamtila, I want to utter an arazu prayer from the house. I want a lament that cannot be overturned. |
| a+18 | še-eb zimbir{ki} e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | In the brickwork of Sippar, from the house, I am the one who is not destroyed by tears. |
| a+19 | eš₃ e₂-babbar-u₃ e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The shrine Ebabbar, I want to utter an arazu prayer from the house. I want a lament that cannot be overturned. |
| a+20 | še-eb tin-tir{ki} e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | In the brickwork of Babylon, from the house, I am the one who is not destroyed by tears. |
| a+21 | še-eb e₂-saŋ-il₂-la e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The brickwork of the Esaila, I am the one brought out from the house - I am one whose tears cannot be overturned. |
| a+22 | še-eb barsip{ki} e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The brickwork of Borsippa, from the house, I want to utter an arazu prayer, but it is not completed |
| a+23 | še-eb e₂-zi-da e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | In the brickwork of the Ezida, from the house, I am weeping, it is not destroyed. |
| a+24 | e₂-mah-ti-la e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ e₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The Emahtila, you are the one who is taken out of the house - she weeps, she does not destroy the house. |
| a+25 | e₂-dara₃-an-na e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | The E-dara-ana is destroyed from the house, it is an incantation that cannot be undone. |
| a+26 | ša₃-ba i-ni-in-hun bar x-ib₂-šed₇ | In its midst he rejoiced, his liver was pacified |
| a+27 | i-gi-in-zu x ša₃-ba | Your eye ... in it |
| a+28 | i-gi-in-zu x-x-še₃ ša₃-ba | Your eye ... in its ... |
| a+29 | e₂ x x x a-še-er ma-al-la-še₃ ša₃-ba | In the house where ... is present |
| a+30 | gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ga e₂-ta mar-ra men₃ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | Gašanguteš-asiga, you are the one who is brought out of the house; you are one who does not destroy in tears. |
| a+31 | x gi₆-dam nigin-e iti₆ ba-an-da-šu₂ ir₂ nu-gul-la men₃ | ... at night, all of it, moonlight has passed, it is not destroyed in tears. |
| a+32 | u₃-li-li a-e a mu-un-de₂ | Ulili, woe, he pours water. |
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