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Inana and Gudam

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 50 sections

1. A.1

   gud-dam iri{ki} […]

   Gudam …… the city. (unknown no. of lines missing)

2. gap

   (unknown no. of lines missing)

3. B.1

   gud-[dam] […]

   Gudam ……. Gudam ……. Inana ……. Gudam …… within Unug ……. He …… the storehouse ……. Gudam …… the beer, …… the wine, …… the bronze vessels, …… the bronze vessels ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

4. B.2

   gud-dam […]

5. B.3

   {d}inana […]

6. B.4

   gud-dam šag4 unug⌈{ki}⌉ […]

7. B.5

   {e2}⌈šutum⌉ […] im-ma-ni-[…]

8. B.6

   gud-dam kaš i-[…] kurun i-[…]

9. B.7

   {zabar}aga […] ⌈{zabar}⌉aga […]

10. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

11. C.1

    {zabar}aga [(X)] im-gur4-gur4-re

    They filled the bronze vessels to the brim. He made the tilimda vessels shine like the holy barge, …… fine chickpea flour, bearded carp ……. ……, he …… fish like dates. Many followed Gudam on the streets of Unug. They sat armed before him. (?) singer Lugal-gabaĝal came out to ……, and looked at the troops. The singer met him with a song, …… string with his hand:

12. C.2

    ti-lim-da ma2-gur8 kug im-bi-bi-re

13. C.3

    zid2-gu sig5 suḫur-sun4-⌈la2⌉{ku6} X X X (X) TUM X X

14. C.4

    E ku6 šum2-e E ku6 zu2-lum-ma-gin7 im-BUL-[X]

15. C.5

    gud-dam-ra e-sir2 unug{ki}-ga-ke4 šar2-am3 mu-na-⌈an⌉-[us2 …]

16. C.6

    šar2-ra {ĝiš}tukul-a mu-na-an-dur2-ru-ne-eš

17. C.7

    nar-a-ni lugal-gaba-ĝal2 DI gub-bu-de3 ba-ra-e3

18. C.8

    ugnim-e igi im-ma-an-sig10

19. C.9

    nar-e en3-du-a šu i-ni-in-gi4 sa šu-na bi2-in-RU

20. C.10

    i3-gu7-a-zu i3-gu7-a-zu

    What you have eaten, what you have eaten -- it was not bread that you have eaten, it was your flesh that you have eaten! What you have drunk, what you have drunk -- it was not beer that you drank, it was your blood that you drank! Gudam, many followed you on the streets of Unug; they sat armed before you.

21. C.11

    ninda nu-e-gu7 uzu-zu-um i3-gu7

22. C.12

    i3-naĝ-a-zu i3-naĝ-a-zu

23. C.13

    kaš nu-e-naĝ uš2-zu-um i3-naĝ

24. C.14

    gud-dam-e e-sir2 unug{ki}-ga-ke4 šar2-am3 ma-ra-mi-u3-us2

25. C.15

    šar2-ra-am3 {ĝiš}tukul-a ma-ra-dur2-ru-ne-eš

26. C.16

    DU a-na-ak-en munus-e ĝa2-a ma-an-dug4-ga un-ne-DU-de3-en

    …… what the woman ordered me, when I have ……. Gudam slapped his thigh with his fist in annoyance; fear overcame him: He did not grasp the Šar-ur, my heroic weapon. For me the temple of Zabalam …….

27. C.17

    gud-dam-e ḫaš2 tibir-ra bi2-in-ra ni2 su-e bi2-ib2-us2

28. C.18

    šar2-ur3 a2 nam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2-ĝu10 šu nu-um-ma-ti

29. C.19

    e2 zabalam{ki} ĝa2-a GIL ki-bi dal-la mi-ni-gi4

30. C.20

    {ĝiš}dal e2-an-na pa-ba mi-ni-in-kud

    He lopped off the crossbeams of E-ana as if (?) they were branches. Gudam went out into the street. Gudam crushed many on the streets of Unug, and killed many with his mace. He hacked down the door of the city gate …… the gate, the gate of Iškur . He went out from …….

31. C.21

    gud-dam sila-še3 im-ma-na-ra-e3

32. C.22

    gud-dam-e e-sir2 unug{ki}-ga-ke4 šar2-ra mu-ni-in-gaz

33. C.23

    šar2-ra {ĝiš}tukul-a-na mu-ni-in-ug7

34. C.24

    {ĝiš}ig abul-la im-ma-an-guru5-guru5 abul-a abula {d}iškur […]

35. C.25

    a gaba-na-ka im-ma-da-an-e3

36. C.26

    šu-peš tur šu-peš {d}inana-ke4

    A junior fisherman, a fisherman of Inana, turned …… the double-axe against him and struck Gudam down. Gudam began to grieve, and was tear-stricken:

37. C.27

    {urud}dur10-tab-ba mu-na-an-bar-re-ia-ka šu ḫe2-[…]

38. C.28

    gud-dam-ra im-ma-an-ra-aḫ

39. C.29

    gud-dam-e er2 im-ma-an-pad3!(RU) šex(SIG7)-šex(SIG7) i3-ĝa2-ĝa2

40. C.30

    {d}inana zi-ĝu10 šum2-ma-ab

    Inana, spare my life! I will give you bulls of the mountains, I will make your cow-pen full! I will give (?) you sheep of the mountains, I will make your sheepfold full!

41. C.31

    gud kur-ra ga-mu-ra-ab-šum2 tur3-zu ga-mu-ra-ab-lu

42. C.32

    udu kur-ra ga-mu-ra-ab-! amaš-zu ga-mu-ra-ab-lu

43. C.33

    kug {d}inana-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4

    Holy Inana replied to him: …… bulls of the mountains for me. …… sheep of the mountains for me. …… weapon ……. The fields of Zabalam, where you dwelt: its villages ……. Over a wide area, may …… calm for you, may …… desire (?).

44. C.33A

    gud kur-ra ĝa2-a-[ra …]

45. C.33B

    udu kur-ra ĝa2-a-[ra …]

46. C.33C

    ⌈?⌉tukul-še3 ma-⌈ra⌉-[…]

47. C.34

    a-šag4 zabalam{ki}-a dur2 ĝar bi2-e-ĝar-ra e-duru2-? ki-nu2-ba

48. C.35

    daĝal-ba anše ḫa-ra-ab-ḫuĝ-e X al ḫu-mu-ra-ab-be2

49. C.36

    {d}inana nam-ur-saĝ ga-am3-dug4

    Inana, I will speak of your heroism. It is pleasant to praise you!

50. C.37

    za3-mi2-zu dug3-ga-am3

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