Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000635: Q000638
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 29-16-008
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
link: def A = Q000635 = A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana D)
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
6'. di#-da#-gu10#-ne di-da-gu10-ne
en: As I was going, as I was going,
7'. e2 x [di-da-gu10]-ne# di-da-gu10-ne
en: As I was going to the house,
8'. ga-sza-an-[na-gu10] i-bi2 mu-szi-in-bar
en: My lady, he looked at you!
9'. szesz#-e# ta#? [...] ma#-ra-an-tah
en: The brother...what did he give to you again?
10'. sza3 ki#-ig-ga ag2 hi-li ag2 ku7-ku7-dam
en: A beloved belly and sexual delights are the sweetest things,
reverse
1. ku3-ga-sza-an-na-gu10 ag2-sze3 ma-ra-an-ba
en: My shiny Inanna, to you he gave them as a gift.
2. ki-bi? i-bi2-gu10 ma-ra-gu10-ne
en: As I looked upon that place,
3. mu-lu ki-ig ag2-gu10 gaba im-ma-an-ri
en: My beloved man came to meet (me) here.
4. hi-li mu-e-szi-in-te ASZ mu-e-da-hul2
en: He was attracted to you, he rejoiced with you alone!
5. szesz-e e2-ni-a im-ma-ni-in-ku4-re-en
en: The brother brought me into his house,
6. mu-nu2 lal3 hab2-ba bi2-in-nu2-e
en:He laid me on the bed of dripping honey,
7. ze2-ba kal-la-gu10 sza3-ab-gu10 a-ba-nu2
en: My precious sweet lay on my belly,
8. ASZ-ASZ-ta eme AK ASZ-ASZ-ta
en: One by one doing tongues, one by one,
9. szesz i-bi2 sa6-sa6-gu10 ninnu-am3 mu-un-AK
en: My brother of the beautiful eyes, he did it fifty times!
10. lu2 si-ga-gen7 mu-na-de3-gen
en: Like a silent man he came to her with it (there),
11. ki-ta tuku4-e-da SI-A mu-na-ni-in-gar
en: (And) as she trembles from below, he filled her,
12. szesz-gu10 ib2-ba-na szu gub-bu-de3
en: My brother, (for) setting my hands on his hips,
13. ze2-ba kal-la-gu10 u4 mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e
en: My precious sweet, I pass the time there with him.
14. szu ba-am3-mu-u8 nin9-gu10 szu ba-am3-mu-u8
en: Release me, my sister, release me!
15. DU# nin9 ki ag2-gu10 e2-gal-la ga-gen
en: Come, my beloved sister, let me go into the palace,
16. igi#-ad-da-gu10 dumu-tur he2-me-en
en: In my father’s eyes, you are a small child!
17. {d}#ba-u2 lu2 ha-ba-zu szu ba-e-ri-szi-bar-re
en: Bau truly knows the man, she will let you go to him!
18. bal-bal-e {d}inanna-kam#
en: It is a bal-bal-e song of Inanna.
19. [x]-x giri3-ni-i3-sa6#
en: [Written by?] Girini-isa
20. [x] x# giri3-ni-i3-[sa6]
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