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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana E1)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 54 sections

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2. A.1

   X […]

   (16 lines fragmentary or unclear)

3. A.2

   ? ⌈A⌉ […]

4. A.3

   UD X […]

5. A.4

   ḪA X […]

6. A.5

   X X […]

7. A.6

   [X] X […]

8. A.7

   […] X me-teš2 X […]

9. A.8

   X X X […] EZEN […]

10. A.9

    ?-? X X MU U3 X […]

11. A.10

    bur-e bur-ta […]

12. A.11

    ku6-ma-al ?-? X […]

13. A.12

    MUŠ2 X X ? X ?-ta ? […]

14. A.13

    ud-bi-a MUŠ2 ? UD NE […]

15. A.14

    X ki ĝiš gid2 […]

16. A.15

    saĝ TI X ? la2 […]

17. A.16

    tur-tur-? ? ? E X […]

18. A.17

    ki-sikil tur-ra suḫ ⌈mu⌉-[…]

    The young maiden …… a tiara. The young man …… sword belt. Let my girlfriend …… to the place of the festival. She rides on a beast, …… on a beast. …… on a lion ……. …… on a great beast ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

19. A.18

    ĝuruš tur-ra {tug2}niĝ2-la2 mu-[…]

20. A.19

    ? ?-ma-še3 ma-la-ĝu10-u3 ⌈?⌉-[…]

21. A.20

    ur-ra mu-un-u5 ur-ra ⌈mu⌉-[…]

22. A.21

    [X] X X ur-maḫ-a ⌈mu⌉-[…]

23. A.22

    […] X ur gal-la […]

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25. B.1

    […] X X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) …… gathers ……, …… on her ears. She blends (?), she blends (?) ……. She blends (?) kohl. She lets down her hair which was combed up. She bathes and rubs herself with soap. She rubs herself with soap from the white bowl, she bathes with water from the holy ewer. She anoints herself with sweet oil from the stone bowl. She dresses in her laundered clothes. She combs up her hair which was let down. She paints her eyes with kohl. She puts the lapis lazuli beads on her neck, arranging their button on her neck sinews. She …… a cylinder seal on the nape of her neck. She covers her body with a queenly robe.

26. B.2

    [X X] ⌈?-?⌉-de5-de5 ĝeštug2-⌈?⌉ […]

27. B.3

    im-da-du7-ru im-da-du7-ru X X i-[…]

28. B.4

    šem-bi-zid-da im-da-⌈du7⌉-[ru]

29. B.5

    mu-un-dub-dub-be2 mu-un-bur2-⌈bur2⌉-[re]

30. B.6

    a im-ma-tu5 naĝa im-ma-[su-ub]

31. B.7

    na-ma bur babbar-ra im-ma-[su-ub]

32. B.8

    a {urud}šen-dilim2 kug-ga im-ma-[tu5]

33. B.9

    u5 ze2-ba {na4}bur-ra ⌈im⌉-ma-[šeš4]

34. B.10

    tug2 dan3-na-ni im-ma-[mur10]

35. B.11

    mu-un-bur2-bur2-re mu-un-⌈dub⌉-[dub-be2]

36. B.12

    i-bi2-ni šem-bi-zid-da […-mar]

37. B.13

    {na4}za-gin3 gu2-ni!(si)-a im-ma-[sig9]

38. B.14

    murub2-bi gu2 sa-na si bi2-[sa2]

39. B.15

    {na4}kišib gu2-bar-ra-na im-mi-[…]

40. B.16

    {tug2}pala3 na-aĝ2-ga-ša-an-na-ka bar-⌈ra⌉ […-dul]

41. B.17

    {d}dur7-tur e2 ma-la-? […]

    Durtur …… the house of her girlfriend. Durtur, walking on the hills, ……. Durtur, circling (?) around in the valleys, ……. Durtur …… her girlfriend. Durtur ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

42. B.18

    {d}dur7-tur il2-la du-a KU ? X […]

43. B.19

    {d}dur7-tur du5-la2-ta ⌈du7⌉-[du7 …]

44. B.20

    {d}dur7-tur ma-la-ga […]

45. B.21

    ⌈{d}dur7-?⌉ X [X] X […]

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47. C.1

    […] X ḪA E X AN X X

    (2 lines fragmentary) …… Lugalbanda. …… Ninsumun. Durtur …… kohl on her eyes. (2 lines fragmentary)

48. C.2

    […] X X X X na-an-na

49. C.3

    […] {d}u3-mu-un-ban3-da

50. C.4

    […] [{d}ga]-⌈ša⌉-an-?-na

51. C.5

    {d}dur7-tur X X ŠE3-bi-ta šembi2-zid i-bi2-[na] […]

52. C.6

    X X di-de3 X X in-?-an-šum2-ma X […]

53. C.7

    X ? ĝiš ki […] —

54. C.8

    bal-bal-e {d}⌈inana⌉-[kam]

    A balbale of Inana.

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Copyright holders: Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Jarle Ebeling, Esther Flückiger-Hawker, Eleanor Robson, Jon Taylor and Gábor Zólyomi. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Source.