A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana G)
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? lam-lam-ma ama ugu-⌈?⌉ […] X
The burgeoning one, he …… with his own mother; the one with kindly eyes takes counsel with his father.
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šag4 i-bi2 sag9-sag9 ad-da-na ad mu-un-⌈da⌉-[gi4-gi4]
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šeš-me ḫe2-me-en šeš-me ḫe2-me-en
You are our brother, you are our brother. You are our brother in charge of the palace gate, you are our captain of the barge, you are our commander of the chariot, you are our servant of the hunting chariot; you are our city father and judge, you are the son-in-law of five things, the son-in-law of 10 things. Brother, you are the son-in-law of our father, you are our son-in-law supreme; our mother speaks favourably with you.
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šeš kan4 e2-gal-la-me ḫe2-me-en
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u3-mu-un-si {ĝiš}ma2-gur8-⌈ra⌉-me ḫe2-me-en
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nu-banda3 {ĝiš}gigir2-ra-me ḫe2-me-en
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kuš7 {ĝiš}gigir2 sar-ra-me ḫe2-me-en
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ad-da iri di ku5-ru-me ḫe2-me-en
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mussa niĝ2 5 mussa niĝ2 10 <ḫe2-me-en>
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šeš mussa ad-da-me ḫe2-me-en
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mussa gu2 zig3-!-me ḫe2-me-en
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ama-me niĝ2 ze2-ba ḫe2-me-da-ab-dug4
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im-ma-ĝen-na-zu na-aĝ2-til3 na-nam
Your coming here is life indeed, your entering the house is abundance; lying at your side is my utmost joy. My sweet, let us delight ourselves on the bed.
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e2-a kur9-ra-zu ḫe2-ĝal2-la-am3
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da nu2-da ḫul2-la dirig-ĝu10
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ze2-ba-ĝu10 !-nu2-[a] [du5]-⌈mu⌉-ni-ib-ze2-be2-en-de3-en
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bal-bal-e {d}inana-⌈kam⌉
A balbale of Inana.
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