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A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 41 sections

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   lu-lu-a-bi X X X X lu-lu-a-bi u2-šim ki-ma ⌈ki⌉ dar-re-dam

   They are as numerous, as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth. Nanna, in the …… they are as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth. Their …… are translucent lapis lazuli. Their …… are the colour of the rising moon. The cows with their calves are numerous and are precious šuba stone. …… built and …… together. In their …… he chooses …….

2. 2

   X-a {d}nanna lu-lu-a-bi u2-šim ki dar-re-dam

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   [X]-bi {na4}za-gin3 dur5-ru-am3

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   [X]-⌈bi⌉ {d}nanna e3-a-am3

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   ab2-šilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu {na4}šuba ⌈suḫ⌉-a-am3

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   X X X X ⌈?⌉-mi-du3 teš2-bi um-me-X ⌈bi2⌉-ib2-ĝal2

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   [X X] X X-bi-a X mu-un-suḫ-suḫ-e ḪI […] e-[…]

8. 8

   [lu2 ab2]-⌈e⌉ ki aĝ2-ĝa2-am3 tur3-ra mu-un-⌈laḫ5⌉

   He who loves the cows herds them into the pen. …… who loves the cows rounds up the cows. He has …… his great cows for her, and their butter ……. Seven small churns resound with …… and sweet butter for her. …… their butter is holy butter, their milk is holy milk.

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   [X X] ⌈lu2⌉ ab2-e ki aĝ2-ĝa2-am3 ab2-e mu-un-ni10-ni10

10. 10

    […] u2 ab2 gal-a-ni mu-na-an-DU i3-⌈bi⌉ i3-dulu-i i-il-li-ip

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    [X X] i3 dug3-ga {dug}šakir3 tur 7-e ! ?-⌈na⌉-ab-bal-e i-X-?-a-tim ! mu-na-X-X-[X] i-zu-ŠU X-X

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    [(X) X] X i3-bi i3 kug-ga-am3 ga-bi ga kug-ga-am3

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    [X X] ⌈tur3⌉ kug-ta kug-ĝa2 DU-a munus-e nu-na8-na8 si2-ni-iš-tum u2-ul IB-X-?-?

    …… from the holy pen in my holy pen , the woman does not drink. …… in the holy ……, the woman does not eat. When he sits …… in the pen, he fills the pen with praise. When he sits …… in the pen, he is an ornament of the pen. …… the temple, the cattle-pen is a glory -- Nanna is the master. The …… is Suen's -- Nanna is the master.

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    […] ⌈sikil⌉-la dulu-e ⌈el⌉-pu munus-e nu-gu7-e

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    […] X ⌈tur3-ra tuš⌉-a-na tur3-re a-ar2 im-si

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    […]-e tur3-ra tuš-a-na tur3 me-te-aš bi2-ib-ĝal2

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    […] {e2}tur3 giri17-zal-am3 {d}nanna lugal-la-am3

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    [X] [{d}]⌈suen⌉-na-⌈ka-am3⌉ {d}nanna lugal-la-am3

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    […] ⌈?⌉ ⌈?⌉[{ki}]-ma mi2 zid iri in-ga-am3-me

    …… truly cares for ……, the king of Urim (?). In its …… fish and birds are abundant. In its …… fish and birds are abundant. The fish …… and the birds skim (?). The fish …… and the birds skim (?). He has planted ……, and the carp grow fat.

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    […]-⌈?-?⌉ ku6 mušen sug4-ga-am3

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    […]-bi-ta ku6 mušen sug4-ga-am3

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    […]-⌈bi⌉ ku6-⌈am3⌉ dirig-bi mušen-am3

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    […]-⌈bi⌉ ku6-⌈am3⌉ dirig-bi mušen-am3

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    […] ⌈mu⌉-un-du3 ⌈X⌉-ṣi-i-ma suḫur{ku6}-e ⌈?⌉-ab-gur [i]-ir-te-e

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    [… mu]-⌈un⌉-du3 amar-e ḫa-⌈ma⌉-!-e

    He has planted …… so that the calves may feed for me. He has planted …… so that the cows may feed for me. …… eats. …… drinks. (12 lines fragmentary or missing)

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    […] ⌈mu-un⌉-du3 ab2-e ḫa-ma-gu7-e

27. 27

    […] X X [X] mu-un-⌈gu7⌉-e

28. 28

    […] X mu-un-na8-na8

29. 29

    […] X X RI

30. 30

    […] ⌈?⌉

31. 31

    […] X ⌈na-nam⌉

32. 32

    […] X X X tur-e

33. 33

    […] ⌈?⌉ ?-?

34. 34

    […] X X X

35. 35

    […] X ?-? ?-e […]

36. 36

    […] ⌈?⌉ X-e ? ḫu-X-[…]

37. 37

    […]-? nibru{ki}-a nam ⌈ḫu⌉-[…]

38. 38

    […] ⌈?⌉{ki}-še3 X […]

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40. 40

    [X X] X-a ki X E X X

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    [bal]-⌈bal⌉-e {d}⌈nanna-kam⌉

    A balbale of Nanna.

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.