Dumuzid's dream

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 270 sections

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e2 um-ma {d}be-li-li zi-ĝu10 ga-ba-ši-in-de6
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{d}utu er2-na šu ba-ši-in-ti
Utu accepted his tears. He changed his hands into gazelle snake hands, he changed his feet into gazelle snake feet, so he evaded the demons and escaped with his life to the house of Old Woman Belili. He approached the house of Old Woman Belili.
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šu-ni šu maš-da3 muš-a u3-mu-ni-in-sig10
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ĝiri3-ni ĝiri3 maš-da3 muš-a u3-mu-ni-in-sig10
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[gal5-la2-gal5-la2]-e-ne im-ma-da-⌈an⌉-[ze2-er]
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e2 um-ma {d}be-li-li zi-ni ba-ši-in-de6
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e2 um-ma {d}be-li-li-še3 ba-an-na-te
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um-ma lu2 nu-me-en dam diĝir-ra-me-en
Old woman! I am not just a man, I am the husband of a goddess! Would you pour water -- please -- so I can drink water. Would you sprinkle flour -- please -- so I can eat flour.
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a ub-ta-an-bal-bal a tukum-bi ga-naĝ
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zid2 ub-ta-an-dub-dub zid2 tukum-bi ga-gu7
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a ub-ta-an-bal zid2 ub-ta-an-dub šag4-bi-a ba-an-tuš
She poured water, and she sprinkled flour, and he sat down inside the house. The old woman left the house. When the old woman left the house, the demons saw her.
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um-ma e2-ta ba-ra-e3
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um-ma e2-ta ed2-da-ni
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gal5-la2-e-ne igi ba-ni-in-du8-uš-am3
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tukum-bi ud-da um-ma ki {d}dumu-zid til3-la nu-ub-zu
Unless the old woman is aware of Dumuzid's whereabouts, she is indeed looking frightened! She is indeed screaming in a frightened way! Come, let us go to the house of Old Woman Belili! They caught Dumuzid at the house of Old Woman Belili. The men surrounded him and drained the standing waters. They twisted a cord for him, they knotted a net for him. They wove a reed hawser for him, they cut sticks for him, the one in front of him threw missiles at him, the one behind him ……. His hands were bound in handcuffs, his arms were bound in fetters. The lad raised his hands heavenward to Utu:
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igi ni2 te-a na-bar-bar-re
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gu3 ni2 te-a na-de2-de2-e
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ĝa2-nam-ma-an-ze2-en e2 um-ma {d}be-li-li-še3 ga-an-ši-re7-de3-en
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{d}dumu-zid-de3 e2 um-ma {d}be-li-li-še3 mu-un-dab5-be2-ne
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lu2 ba-an-⌈niĝin2-niĝin2-ne⌉-eš a-niĝin2 ba-ni-in-du8-uš
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gu mu-na-ab-[sur-ru-ne sa] mu-un-na-keše2-da-[ne]
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gu ⌈zi⌉-[ip]-pa-⌈tum⌉ [mu-un-na]-sur-[ru-ne]
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[{ĝiš}ma-nu] mu-na-an-ḫur-ru-ne
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⌈lu2⌉ [igi]-⌈na⌉-ke4 niĝ2 ⌈mu⌉-[un-ra-ra]
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⌈lu2⌉ [murgu-na-ke4 1 kuš3-gin7 mu-un]-⌈bur2⌉-re
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šu-[ni šu-du3-a ba-e]-dab5-be2
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a2-[ni a2-la2-a ba-e-la2]-e
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ĝuruš-[e] {d}utu-ra an-še3 šu-ni ba-ni-in-zig3
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{d}utu ⌈murum5-ĝu10-me-en⌉ ĝe26-e mussa-zu-me-en
Utu, you are my brother-in-law, I am your sister's husband! I am he who carries food to E-ana, I am he who brought the wedding gifts to Unug, I am he who kisses the holy lips, I am he who dances on the holy knees, the knees of Inana. Please change my hands into gazelle hands, change my feet into gazelle feet, so I can escape to the holy sheepfold, my sister's sheepfold.
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e2-an-na-⌈še3⌉ [u2 gur3]-⌈ru⌉-me-en
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unug{ki}-še3 niĝ2-mussa(⌈mi2⌉-[us2]-⌈sa2⌉) ak-me-en
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nundum kug-ge ne [su-ub]-⌈ba⌉-me-en
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dub3 kug-ge dub3 {d}inana-[ke4] e-ne di dug4-ga-me-en
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šu-ni šu maš-da3 [u3]-mu-ni-in-sig10
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ĝiri3-ni ĝiri3 maš-da3 u3-mu-ni-in-sig10
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amaš kug amaš nin9-ĝa2-še3 zi-ĝu10 ga-ba-ši-in-de6
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{d}utu er2-na šu ba-ši-ni-in-ti
Utu accepted his tears. He changed his hands into gazelle snake hands, he changed his feet into gazelle snake feet, so he evaded the demons, and escaped with his life to the holy sheepfold, his sister's sheepfold. He approached the holy sheepfold, his sister's sheepfold. Ĝeštin-ana cried toward heaven, cried toward earth. Her cries covered the horizon completely like a cloth, they were spread out like linen. She lacerated her eyes, she lacerated her face, she lacerated her ears in public; in private she lacerated her buttocks.
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šu-ni šu maš-da3 muš-a u3-mu-ni-in-sig10
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ĝiri3-ni ĝiri3 maš-da3 muš-a u3-mu-ni-in-sig10
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amaš kug amaš nin9-na-še3 zi-ni ba-ši-in-tum3
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amaš kug amaš nin9-na-še3 ba-an-na-te
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{d}ĝeštin-an-na-ke4 gu3 an-<še3 ba>-te gu3 ki-še3 ba-te
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gu3 šu niĝin2-bi an-ur2-ra tug2-gin7 i-im-dul gada-gin7 i-im-bur2
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igi mu-un-na-ḫur giri17 mu-un-na-ḫur
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ĝeštug2 ki u6 di mu-un-na-ḫur
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ki lu2-da nu-di ḫaš4-gal mu-un-[na-ḫur]
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šeš-ĝu10 sila-a ga-[…]-niĝin2-niĝin2 ĝe26-e […]
My brother, I will go round in the streets ……. (The demons said:) Unless Ĝeštin-ana is aware of Dumuzid's whereabouts, she is indeed looking frightened! She is indeed screaming in a frightened way! Come, let us go to the sheepfold and cow-pen! When the first demon entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he set fire to the bolt he shouted …… . When the second entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he set fire to the shepherd's stick. When the third entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he removed the cover of the holy churn.
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tukum-bi {d}ĝeštin-an-na-ke4 ki [{d}dumu-zid] til3-la nu-[ub-zu]
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igi ni2 te-a na-bar-bar-[re]-<en>
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gu3 ni2 te-[a] na-de2-de2-e
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ĝa2-nam-ma-an-ze2-en amaš tur3-še3 [ga-ba]-ši-ĝen
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gal5-la2 1 amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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{ĝiš}gag-ga-ra izi ⌈ba⌉-[ni]-in-ra
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ĜIŠ NI X gu3 ba-ni-ra
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2-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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{ĝiš}ma-nu izi ba-ni-ra
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3-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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{dug}šakir3 kug-ga-a TUN3-bi [ba]-ra-[ba9-re6]
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4-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
When the fourth entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he tore down the drinking cup from the peg where it hung. When the fifth entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, the churns lay on their sides, no milk was poured, the drinking cups lay on their sides, Dumuzid was dead, the sheepfold was haunted. When the fourth entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he poured water on my holy brazier. When the fifth demon entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, he tore down my holy drinking cup from the peg where it hung. When the sixth demon entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, the churns lay on their sides, and no milk was poured. When the seventh demon entered the sheepfold and cow-pen, the drinking cups lay on their sides, Dumuzid was dead, the sheepfold was haunted.
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an-za-am {ĝiš}gag-ta la2-a {ĝiš}gag-ta ba-ra-ab-si-ig
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5-kam-ma amaš tur3 kur9-ra-ni
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{dug}šakir3 i3-dur2-dur2 ga nu-un-de2
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ki-izi kug-ĝa2 a mu-da-an-de2
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5-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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an-za-am kug {ĝiš}gag-ta la2-ĝu10 {ĝiš}gag-ta ba-ra-ab-si-ig
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6-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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{dug}šakir3 i3-dur2-dur2 ga nu-un-de2
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7-kam-ma amaš tur3-še3 kur9-ra-ni
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an-za-am i3-dur2-dur2 {d}dumu-zid nu-un-til3 amaš lil2-la2 al-du3
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{d}dumu-zid ug5-ga šir3-kal-⌈kal⌉-[am3]
A šir-kalkal for the dead Dumuzid.

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