A balbale to Ninĝišzida (Ninĝišzida B)
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en me-te kug-ga ni2 ḫuš gal gur3-ru
Lord with holy dignity, imbued with great savage awesomeness! My king, Lord Ninĝišzida, imbued with great savage awesomeness! Hero, falcon preying on the gods, my king -- dignified, with sparkling eyes, fully equipped with arrows and quiver, impetuous leopard, murderous, howling mušḫuš, …… …… , dragon snarling (?) in the lagoon, raging storm reaching covering all people! Lofty-headed prince, resting in the midst of the mountains, …… smashing heads!
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lugal-ĝu10 en {d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da ni2 ḫuš gal gur3-ru
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ur-saĝ sur2-du3{mušen} diĝir-re-e-ne
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lugal-ĝu10 giri17-zal igi gun3 ti mar-uru5 šu du7
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nemurx(PIRIĜ.TUR) ban3-da saĝ ĝiš ra-ra muš-ḫuš ! gi4-gi4
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DU.DU-ma bi-ḪI keše2-ra2-gin7 bi-DU ušumgal ambar-ra guruš3 bur2-ra u18-lu lu2-ra te-a dul-la
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nun saĝ maḫ kur-šag4-ga lug-ga edin DIB saĝ dub2-dub2 [(X)] —
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lugal ka-zu maš-maš maš muš ⌈eme⌉ maḫ maš-maš maḫ muš uš11 en {d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da ki ⌈ra⌉ [ki ra-ra]
Lord, your mouth is that of a pure magician a snake with a great tongue, a magician a poisonous snake , Lord Ninĝišzida, ……! Ninĝišzida, your mouth is that of a pure magician, Lord Ninĝišzida, ……! My linen-clad one, when you ……, who can find out your intentions? Ninĝišzida, when you ……, who can find out your intentions? Your holy word is known to them that know it, but is unknown to them that do not know it. To them that do not know it, to them that do not know it, ……. Ninĝišzida, to them that do not know it, …… When your great word comes to the earth, you are indeed a great mušḫuš …….
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{d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da ka-zu maš-maš maš en {d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da ki [ra ki ra-ra]
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gada la2-a-ĝu10 a-gin7 ĝar-ra-zu šag4-zu a-ba mu-un-zu
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{d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da a-gin7 ĝar-ra-zu šag4-zu a-ba mu-un-zu
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inim kug-zu mu-un-zu-ra mu-un-zu nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu
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nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-X
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{d}nin-ĝiš-zid-da nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-X
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inim maḫ-zu ki-še3 du-a-ba muš-ḫuš gal na-nam ? X X —
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id2-da a-ĝi6-am3 na-šub-šub
You fall upon the river as a flood-wave, you rise in the fields as a devastating flood. Magilum boat, high flood of battle which cuts down which chops down . …… in his own heart ……, (1 line fragmentary) …… as a dead man …… (2 lines fragmentary) Lord Ninĝišzida, your praise is sweet.
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a-šag4-ga mar-uru5-am3 na-zi-zi
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ma2-gi-lum a-u3 me kud-ku5-ru im-[me] gu2-guru5 am3-me
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[X X] X šag4 ni2-te-na-ka mu-un-[…]
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[…] X ? RA X me-a ? ĝar E […]
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[X X] X lu2 ug5-ga-gin7 X […]
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[…] X […] X […]
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AN ⌈?⌉ X AN X X
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⌈en⌉ {d}nin-⌈ĝiš-zid⌉-da [za3-mi2]-zu dug3-[ga-am3]
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bal-bal-e [{d}nin-ĝiš-zid]-⌈da⌉-ka
A balbale of Ninĝišzida.
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.