A balbale to Nanna (Nanna C)
- A.1
e2 ⌈e3-a⌉ ki-en-gi-⌈ra⌉
O eastern (?) house of Sumer, I will declare your greatness! O E-kiš-nu-ĝal, whose purification rites are brilliant, O house of Nanna! O shrine Urim, I shall glorify your name. Emerging from the holy heart of the pure hills, Urim, wisdom of An and Uraš, appropriate for E-temen-ni-guru! With An you bestow kingship; your majesty …… the foreign lands. I shall glorify your name far and wide!
- A.2
e2-⌈kiš⌉-[nu]-ĝal2 šu-luḫ dadag-ga-am3
- A.3
e2 ⌈{d}nanna⌉ nam-maḫ-za ga-⌈ri⌉-dug4
- A.4
⌈eš3⌉? urim2{ki} mu-zu pa ga-an-e3
- A.5
⌈ḫur⌉-saĝ sikil šag4 kug-ta e3-a
- A.6
urim2{ki} igi-ĝal2 ta-ši-im-tum an uraš-a
- A.7
e2-temen-ni2-guru3-a tum2-ma
- A.8
an-da nam-lugal !-[X (X)] mu-un-da-e-ba
- A.9
nam-maḫ-zu kur-kur-re ba-X [X (X)]
- A.10
su3-ra2-še3 mu-zu pa ga-an-[e3]
- A.11
šu-luḫ nam-en-na-ke4 si ⌈bi2-sa2-a⌉
He keeps in order the lordly purification rites ……. He has taken his seat …… in Urim. Your name is sweet! The Prince ……. Your holy word is pleasing to An. May my En-ḫedu-ana excel even An. …… the purification rites of the ĝipar. …… the lordly divine powers. …… the excellent ĝipar. Ašimbabbar ……. (probably 1 line missing) (2 lines fragmentary)
- A.12
urim2{ki}-ma dur2 ki ba-ni-[…-ĝar]
- A.13
mu-zu dug3-ga-am3 nun-e mu-⌈un⌉-[(X) X]
- A.14
inim kug-zu an-ra ša-mu-⌈sag9⌉ [(X)]
- A.15
en-ḫe2-du7-an-na-ĝu10 an-na ḫe2-⌈dirig⌉
- A.16
šu-luḫ ĝi6-par4-ra SI […]
- A.17
me nam-en-na ba-ab-[…]
- A.18
ĝi6-par4-ra dib-dib-be2 [X X]
- A.19
⌈{d}⌉[aš]-⌈im2-babbar-re⌉ […]
- gap
(probably 1 line missing)
- A.21
⌈?⌉ […]
- A.22
šir3 DI […]
- A.23
šir3 ⌈kug⌉ […]
…… holy songs ……. The Prince ……. …… wisdom ……. …… the great divine powers. An and Enlil ……. Ningal …… May he excel ……. Aš-im-babbar ……. Like the sweet moonlight ……. …… the ĝipar, my delight, ……. An and Enlil ……. Mother Ningal …… charm ……. The high priestess of the moon god ……. En-ḫedu-ana ……. My king ……. …… the great divine powers ……. …… holy songs, light …… (1 line fragmentary) En-ḫedu-ana …… (1 line fragmentary) (probably 1 line missing)
- A.24
nun-e X […]
- A.25
ĝeštug2 […]
- A.26
me gal-gal-la […]
- A.27
an {d}en-lil2 ⌈?⌉ […]
- A.28
{d}nin-gal-la […]
- A.29
ḫe2-dirig u3-tud […]
- A.30
{d}aš-im2-babbar-re X X X […]
- A.31
iti6 niĝ2 dug3-gin7 X ? […]
- A.32
ĝi6-par4 šag4 ḫul2-la-⌈ĝu10⌉ […]
- A.33
an {d}en-lil2-bi […]
- A.34
ama {d}nin-gal ḫi-⌈li⌉ […]
- A.35
zirrux(EN.NU.NUNUZ.⌈ZI.{d}NANNA⌉) […]
- A.36
en-ḫe2-du7-⌈an⌉-[na] […]
- A.37
lugal-ĝu10 […]
- A.38
me gal-gal-la-ni […]
- A.39
šir3 kug su3-ra2-aĝ2 ⌈GA⌉ […]
- A.40
mu-zu A ⌈?⌉ X ⌈KI⌉ […]
- A.41
en-ḫe2-du7-an-na an-⌈na⌉ […]
- A.42
la-la [X] lu2-e […]
- gap
(probably 1 line missing)
- B.1
[…] ⌈lu2⌉ šu-luḫ-zu mu-un-zu-a
…… who is familiar with your purification rites, ……, may he do ……. …… shall build for you in the pure abode (?) ……. …… shall not enter ……. He shall grind your barley for you in the pure cloister. Your milled grain is not laid in his hall. Water shall not touch what you have ground, and your malt shall not be turned over. O palace of Suen, what do men know of you? (1 line unclear)
- B.2
[…]-⌈e⌉ ḫu-mu-un-ak-e
- B.3
[…]-⌈zu⌉ ! sikil-la ša-ra-an-du3
- B.4
[X X] ⌈nu2⌉-a šu-un-nu-um nu-un-ši-ku4-ku4
- B.5
⌈še⌉-zu ? sikil-la ma-ra-ar3-ar3-e iṭ-ṭe-e-en-kum
- B.6
ar3-ar3-ra-zu ? ṭe6-X-nu unu-na la-ba-e-nu2 u2-ul uš-ta-a-an
- B.7
niĝ2-ar3-ra-zu mu-un-da-ka a nu-tag-ge
- B.8
munu4-zu niĝ2 šu bal nu-ak-dam
- B.9
e2-gal {d}suen-na lu2 a-na-zu mu-un-zu
- B.10
al-la2-e i-na e-ri-iš-tim gudug-e-ne-ka
- B.11
{gi}ma-sa2-ab ku4-ku4-dam asil3-la2 di-dam
To bring offerings in baskets, to cause rejoicing, to make the house comfortable, to establish the house, to put in order the place of the holy purification rites -- may Ningal, my En-ḫedu-ana, restore your ……. …… Nanna, I shall praise you. …… Suen, I shall glorify your name.
- B.12
e2 dug3-ge-da e2 ĝa2-ĝa2-dam šu-X-(X)-a-am
- B.13
ki šu-luḫ kug-ga si sa2-e-dam
- B.14
⌈{d}⌉nin-gal en-ḫe2-du7-an-na-ĝu10
- B.15
[X]-zu ki-bi ḫu-mu-na-gi4-gi4
- B.16
[X] {d}nanna mi2 ga-e-dug4
- B.17
[X] {d}suen mu-zu pa !-an-e3
- B.18
[ĝiš]-⌈gi4⌉-ĝal2-bi-im
Its ĝišgiĝal.
- B.19
[bal]-⌈bal⌉-e {d}nanna-kam
A balbale of Nanna.
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