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Inana and An

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 113 sections

1. gap

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2. A.1

   AN […]

   (unknown no. of lines missing) (1 line fragmentary) Holy Inana ……. The hero, youthful Utu, ……. At dead of night ……. E-ana ……. Inana ……. The great (?) heavens ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

3. A.2

   kug {d}⌈inana⌉ […]

4. A.3

   ur-⌈saĝ šul⌉ [{d}utu …]

5. A.4

   ĝi6 u3-na X […]

6. A.5

   e2-an-na AN […]

7. A.6

   {d}inana-ke4 X […]

8. A.7

   ⌈an ?⌉ […]

9. gap

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10. B.1

    […] X mu-da-an-X-X-e

    (1 line fragmentary) …… E-ana comes forth from heaven, …… the lady of heaven set her mind to capturing the great heavens, …… Inana set her mind to capturing the great heavens, …… set her mind to capturing the great heavens from the …… of heaven, …… youthful Utu, she set her mind to capturing the great heavens.

11. B.2

    […] [e2-an]-⌈?⌉ an-da ba-ta-ed2-de3

12. B.3

    […] ⌈?⌉ an-na-ke4 an gal kar-re-de3 ĝeštug2-ga-ni ba-an-gub

13. B.4

    [X X] {d}inana-ke4 an gal kar-re-de3 ĝeštug2-ga-ni ba-an-gub

14. B.5

    […] an-na-ta an gal kar-re-de3 ĝeštug2-ga-ni ba-an-gub

15. B.6

    […] šul [{d}utu] an gal kar-re-de3 ĝeštug2-ga-ni ba-an-gub

16. B.7

    [šeš-a]-⌈ni⌉ ur-saĝ šul {d}utu kug {d}inana-ke4 gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e

    Holy Inana spoke to her brother the hero, youthful Utu: ……, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech. ……, my twin, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech.

17. B.8

    [X X] inim ga-ra-ab-dug4 inim-ĝu10-še3 ĝeštug2-zu

18. B.9

    [X X] X X-la maš-ĝu10 inim ga-ra-ab-dug4 inim-ĝu10-še3 ĝeštug2-zu

19. B.10

    ⌈šeš⌉-a-ni ur-saĝ šul {d}utu kug {d}inana-ke4 mu-un-na-ni-ib2-!-!

    Her brother the hero, youthful Utu, answered holy Inana: My sister, I swear an oath by the life of heaven, I swear by the life of the rainbow (?) of heaven, my ……, ……, I swear by the life of my throne, by my majesty: I will follow what my sister says to me, I will follow what holy Inana says to me.

20. B.11

    [nin9-ĝu10] ⌈?⌉ an-? nam-⌈?⌉ mu-un-?

21. B.12

    [zi IM].⌈?⌉ an du-ru-un A X X-ĝu10 mu-un-pad3

22. B.13

    [X X] zi {ĝiš}gu-za-ĝa2 nam-maḫ-ĝa2 mu-un-pad3

23. B.14

    ⌈inim⌉ nin9-ĝu10 ma-ab-be2-a ĝe26-e ḫa-ba-da-ab-še-ge

24. B.15

    [inim] ⌈kug⌉ {d}inana-ke4 ma-ab-be2-a ĝe26-e ḫa-ba-da-ab-še-ge

25. B.16

    [ki-sikil] {d}inana-ke4 šeš-a-ni ur-saĝ šul {d}utu mu-un-na-ni-ib2-!-!

    The maiden Inana answered her brother the hero, youthful Utu: ……, my spouse (?), has made love to me, has kissed me. I wanted …… for him but …… he did not give it to him. I hastened (?) with him …… but majestic An would not give him E-ana. The heavens are ours, the earth is ours: E-ana should be captured from An. After you have taken ……, listen to what I say to you. Examine …… for me, you must observe these instructions: …… the evil wind, the south wind, against me. (approx. 23 lines missing)

26. B.17

    X ⌈?⌉-ĝu10 ma-a-ra ĝiš ma-an-dug4 ne mu-un-su-ub

27. B.18

    […] al mu-na-an-dug4 X-a-ra nu-mu-na-ze2-eĝ3

28. B.19

    […] ⌈?⌉-da-ze2-eĝ3 X X an maḫ-⌈e⌉ e2-an-na nu-mu-na-ze2-eĝ3

29. B.20

    [an] me-en-de3-na ki me-en-de3-na an-da e2-an-na ḫa-ba-da-⌈kar⌉-[(X)]

30. B.21

    ? […] X X mu-un-dab5-ba-ta gu3 i-ra-de2-e ĝiš tuku-ma-[ab]

31. B.22

    […] X bar tam-ma-ab a2 aĝ2 za-e igi ⌈du8⌉-[ma-ab]

32. B.23

    […]-dug4 ud ⌈im⌉-[ḫul] ⌈{tum9}u18⌉-lu mu-da-[…]

33. gap

    (approx. 23 lines missing)

34. C.1

    X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) (Adagbir speaks:) …… great net. …… the flood. …… the fisherman.

35. C.2

    {sa}šu2-[uš-gal …]

36. C.3

    ku-kur […]

37. C.4

    šu-KU6 […]

38. C.5

    kug {d}⌈inana⌉ […] ⌈?⌉

    Holy Inana embarked (?) on the ……. The barge ……. The rope ……. The south wind, that south wind, rose up. The evil wind, that evil wind, rose up. In the distant heavens ……. Ḫienḫi-sag ……. The fisherman ……. The reed thickets and the tall reeds …….

39. C.6

    {ĝiš}ma2-⌈gur8⌉ […]

40. C.7

    eš2 mu-un-[…]

41. C.8

    {tum9}u18-lu {tum9}⌈u18⌉-[lu-bi im-ma-ta-an-zig3]

42. C.9

    im-ḫul im-ḫul-[bi im-ma-ta-an-zig3]

43. C.10

    an su3-ra2 […]

44. C.11

    {d}ḪI-en-ḪI-⌈sag9⌉ […]

45. C.12

    šu-KU6-de3 AN […]

46. C.13

    ? ?-⌈? ?⌉-[zi gal …]

47. C.14

    {d}inana […]

    Inana spoke to Adagbir: Youthful Utu ……. The barge ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 15 lines missing)

48. C.15

    šul [{d}utu …]

49. C.16

    {ĝiš}[ma2-gur8 …]

50. C.17

    AN […]

51. C.18

    X […]

52. gap

    (approx. 15 lines missing)

53. D.1

    ĝe26-[e …]

    (Inana speaks:) I ……. …… the way ……. (2 lines fragmentary)

54. D.2

    ĝiri3 […]

55. D.3

    AN […]

56. D.4

    KU ⌈lu2⌉ […]

57. D.5

    {d}a-dag-⌈bi⌉-[ir-e] [kug {d}inana-ke4 mu-un-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi]

    Adagbir answered holy Inana: My lady, you cannot ……. Your divinity ……. The fisherman …… the south wind. My lady, if you travel on the barge, and he raises the south wind, that south wind, and he raises the evil wind, that evil wind, barges and small boats will sink in the marshes.

58. D.6

    nin-ĝu10 nu-⌈da⌉-[…]

59. D.7

    nam-diĝir-zu ba-⌈ab⌉-[…]

60. D.8

    šu-KU6-de3 {tum9}u18-[lu …]

61. D.9

    nin-ĝu10 {ĝiš}ma2-gur8-X ḫa-ba-u5-⌈u5⌉

62. D.10

    {tum9}u18-lu {tum9}u18-[lu]-bi ḫa-ma-ta-an-zig3

63. D.11

    im-ḫul im-ḫul-bi ḫa-[ma]-ta-an-zig3

64. D.12

    {ĝiš}ma2-gur8 {ĝiš}ma2 tur X X gi ⌈ambar⌉-[a] ba-an-su

65. D.13

    {sa}⌈šu2⌉-uš-gal-la-? X X X ḫe2-en-da-an-te

    Whenever (?) he approached the …… with his great net, as (?) it came out of the flood, the swelling sea, it lashed the water and made an evil …….

66. D.14

    ku-kur-ta a-ab zig3-X ?-ta

67. D.15

    a nam-⌈?-?⌉-? [X] ⌈?⌉ ba-ak-e

68. D.16

    kug {d}inana-ke4 šu-⌈KU6⌉-[de3 inim mu-na-ni]-⌈ib⌉-gi4-gi4

    Holy Inana answered the fisherman: If you are to find …… E-ana …… and I am to gaze in admiration …… at that place, you said …… the narrow passage.

69. D.17

    ud-da e2-an-na X […] za-e mu-ni-in-pad3

70. D.18

    ki-bi ĝe26-⌈e⌉ [… u6 ba-ni]-⌈in⌉-e-a

71. D.19

    a-ra2 sig-⌈ge⌉ […] RU mu-e-ni-dug4

72. D.20

    {d}a-dag-bi-ir-[e] [kug {d}inana-ke4 inim mu-na-ni]-ib-gi4-gi4

    Adagbir answered holy Inana: …… through the reed thickets and the tall reeds. For you …… find E-ana, which comes forth from heaven.

73. D.21

    gi šu2-? ⌈gi⌉-[zi gal …] ḫe2-en-da-an-RU

74. D.22

    e2-an-na an-ta ed2-[da …]-ra-pad3-de3

75. D.23

    {d}a-dag-bi-ir […] X […] X {d}en-lil2-la2

    Adagbir, …… of Enlil, …… through the reed thickets and the tall reeds. She gazed in admiration at E-ana which comes forth from heaven.

76. D.24

    gi šu2-? gi-zi gal X X X mu-un-da-an-RU

77. D.25

    e2-⌈an⌉-[na] an-ta ed2-da-bi u6 mu-ni-in-dug4

78. D.26

    {d}⌈?⌉-a2-zid-da unud(UNU3) an-na-ke4 samanx(EŠ2.SU3.UD.NUN.EŠ2.TU) šu ba-ni-in-dab5

    Šul-a-zida, An's herdsman, grasped the cosmic tethering rope in his hands. After he had brought the …… forth from the sky, he overcame the protective deities. He …… and kept it below the horizon.

79. D.27

    X X X ⌈?⌉-ḫe-ta a-ba-da-an-e3 u2-dug4-ba ? nam-me

80. D.28

    ? […] X AN nam-me ki-šar2-ra ba-an-sud-e

81. D.29

    {id2}?-la-a a nir a-ba-naĝ-a-ta

    Having drunk cleansing water from the Ulaya river, Inana stamped on the scorpion and cut off its tail. Like a lion it bellowed in an angry roar but its cries died down. …… she threw it …… and made it secure.

82. D.30

    {d}inana-ke4 ĝiri2 im-ma-da-an-gu4-ud kun-bi im-ma-da-⌈kud⌉

83. D.31

    ⌈ur-maḫ⌉-gin7 gu3 mir-a ba-ni-in-ra za-pa-aĝ2 mu-da-an-sed4-e

84. D.32

    […] ⌈?⌉ BA im-da-an-šub [(…)] X im-mi-in-ge-en

85. D.33

    [… za]-⌈?⌉-aĝ2 [X X]-a-ni ĝiš bi2-in-tuku-a-ta

    Having heard its …… cries, …… poured forth the ……, the clay of creation, …… and laid it ……. (2 lines missing) …… the great lady of heaven delivered those words to An.

86. D.34

    […] X X-ta ba-⌈?⌉-de2 im agarin3

87. D.35

    […] ?-be2 ba-da-an-nu2

88. gap

    (2 lines missing)

89. D.38

    […] nin gal an-na-ke4 inim-bi an-ra šu-a ba-an-⌈gi⌉

90. D.39

    [an-ne2] inim-bi ĝiš ba-an-tuku-a-ta

    Having heard those words, An slapped his thighs in ……, his voice filled with sighs of grief: What has my child done? She has become greater than me! What has Inana done? She has become greater than me! From now on, the normal length of daylight becomes shorter, and daylight converts to night-time. From today, when the day's watch is three units long, daylight is equal to night-time. And now, when day began, it was indeed so.

91. D.40

    [X X]-a ḫaš2-<bi>-ni bi2-in-ra !-! dug4-ge bi2-in-si

92. D.41

    ⌈dumu⌉-ĝu10 a-na-am3 bi2-in-ak ĝe26-e bi2-in-dirig-ga

93. D.42

    [{d}]⌈inana⌉ a-na-am3 bi2-in-ak ĝe26-e bi2-in-dirig-ga

94. D.43

    i3-ne-eš2-ta ud-da šid-bi ba-da-tur ud ĝi6-bi-a ba-da-bur2

95. D.44

    ud-da-ta en-nu-uĝ3-bi 3-am3 ud ĝi6-bi-a ba-an-da-sa2

96. D.45

    [i3-ne]-eš2 {d}utu e3-a ne3 ḫe2-en-na-nam

97. D.46

    diĝir nam-lu2-ulu3 mu-un-dim2-ma dam dam bar gid2-de3 nam-mu-da-ab-be2

    An, who created gods and humankind, gazed at holy Inana and addressed the favourite wife who travels by his side , unable to describe this arrogance, this arrogance -- An was unable to describe to Inana this arrogance, this arrogance: My child, …… you did not say …… -- you were able to capture E-ana! Inana, …… you did not say …… -- you were able to capture E-ana! E-ana should be as firm as heaven, it should not be toppled its attractions should never be exhausted . Its name should be 'The Settlement of the Land'. It should have no rival. Mankind, all of the people, should prostrate themselves at her (?) feet. And now, under that sun and on that day, it was indeed so.

98. D.47

    an-ne2 kug {d}inana-ke4 igi bi2-in-du8-am3

99. D.48

    ni2 bur2 ne-en-nam ni2 bur2 ne-en-nam KA-bi nu-du3-a-ba

100. D.49

     an-ne2 {d}inana-ke4 ni2 bur2 ne-en-⌈nam⌉ [ni2 bur2 ne-en-nam] KA-bi nu-du3-a-ba

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