A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana O)
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X […]
(1 line fragmentary) Your name ……. As I walk, as I walk, as I pass along the banks of the august river, as I roam along the banks of the Euphrates, as I stand …… the lord, as I pass along the gaudy streets:
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mu-zu DI X […]
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di-da-ĝu10-ne di-da-ĝu10-ne
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gu2 id2 nun-na dib-ba-ĝu10-ne
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gu2 {id2}buranun-na šu niĝin2-na-ĝu10-ne
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⌈za⌉-pa-aĝ2 u3-mu-un-e gub-ba-ĝu10-ne
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e-sir2 gun3-a dib-ba-ĝu10-ne
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gi gam-ma [X] X X X ⌈ḫe2-me-en⌉
May you be …… a bending reed, may you be barley in the furrows, a beautiful ……, may you be Ezina, who beautifies ……, may you be a nursing mother of the womb, may you be your mother's ……, a vine, my your beloved, your personal god's ……, acting grandly humanely !
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še ab-sin2-⌈na⌉ […] ⌈sag9⌉-ga ḫe2-me-en
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{d}ezina2 […] sag9-ge ḫe2-me-en
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šag4-tur3 ama ⌈gan⌉-bi ḫe2-me-en!(eš)
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ama-za NE.KA {ĝiš}? ḫe2-me-en
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ki-ig-ga aĝ2-⌈ĝu10⌉ […]-zu diĝir-za NE.KA nam-nun-e ak-a nam-lu2-ulu3 i3-ak
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i3-ma-al i3-⌈ma⌉-al nam-zu ḫe2-a ka silim de2-a
May There is enough, there is enough be your blessing is a splendid utterance , and may There is none be your abomination. May you be the owner of a house where there is enough, with (?) a beautiful sister, beautiful children! A beautiful storehouse …… like a rope (?). May you be, may you be a male among men, among men. May you be, may you be the son of your god, may you be handsome, may you be praised!
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nu-ma-al niĝ2-gig-zu ḫe2-a
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e2 i3-ma-al-[la] lu2-bi ḫe2-me-en
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⌈? sag9⌉-ga ban3-da sag9-ga
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eš2-⌈gin7⌉ [(…)] e2 niĝ2-gur11-⌈?⌉ sag9-ga
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nitaḫ lu2 ḫe2-⌈me⌉-[en] ⌈lu2 ḫe2-me⌉-[en]
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ḫe2-me-en dumu diĝir-za ḫe2-[me-en]
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in-sag9 ḫe2-me-en in-buluĝ3 ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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diĝir iri-ni ba-an-sag9 ḫe2-⌈me⌉-[en]
May you be one who pleases his city's god, may you be a son who delights his mother, may you be the life-force of your city, may you be an honourable man, good offspring, may you be prosperous and …… destiny, may you own silver there, may you own grain there! Owning silver, may you delight in silver; owning grain, may you delight in grain! May you be valiant and joyous, may you not be blighted by ……. May you be a soother of hearts, who never wearies of words!
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dumu ama-ni ba-an-zil2-zil2-i ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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zi-šag4-ĝal2 iri-za-ka ḫe2-me-en
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lu2 saĝ-kal-la numun zid ḫe2-[me-en]
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niĝ2-gur11 tuku nam-tar-ra [… ḫe2-me-en]
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za-e lu2 kug tuku-bi [ḫe2-me-en]
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za-e lu2 še ⌈tuku⌉-[bi ḫe2-me-en]
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kug tuku kug-ta ḫul2-la ḫe2-[me-en]
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še tuku še-ta ⌈ḫul2⌉-[la] ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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lipiš-tuku ⌈? la⌉-la-<ĝal2> ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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X saĝ-ĝa2 nu-gig-ge ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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šag4 kuš2-u3 inim-ma nu-kuš2-u3 ⌈ḫe2⌉-[me-en]
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bal-bal-e {d}inana-[kam]
A balbale of Inana.
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