A šir-namursaĝa to Ninsiana for Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 241 sections

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niĝ2-ur2-4 an niĝ2-daĝal-ba an-⌈edin⌉ [daĝal-la]
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pu2-{ĝiš}kiri6 mu2-sar ĝiš-gi sig7-ga
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ku6 engur-ra-ke4 mušen an-na-[ke4]
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nin-ĝu10 ki-nu2-bi-še3 ĝiri3 [mu-ni]-ib-ul4-e
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zi-ĝal2 uĝ3 lu-a dub3 mu-un-ši-gam-e
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nin-ĝu10 gu3 de2-a bur-šu-ma-e-ne
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gu7 naĝ gal-gal-e niĝ2 mi-ni-ib-gu-ul-gu-ul-lu-ne
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nin-ĝu10 kalam-ma-na ni2 mu-ni-ib-te-en-ten
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ešemen kalam-ma ezem-ma du3-du3
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šul-e nitalam-a-ni šag4 ša-mu-un-di-ni-ib-kuš2-u3
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nin-ĝu10 an-šag4-ta u6 dug3-ge-eš im-me
From the midst of heaven my lady looks down with joy. They parade before her, holy Inana. The lady of the evening, Inana, is august; I praise the young lady, Inana. The lady of the evening, her grandeur reaches the borders of heaven!
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kug {d}inana-ra igi-ni-še3 i3-dib-be2
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nin an-usan-na {d}inana maḫ-⌈am3⌉
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ki-sikil {d}inana me-teš2 mu-e-i-i
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nin an-usan-na an-zag-še3 maḫ-⌈am3⌉
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ki-ru-gu2 7-kam-ma-am3
7th kirugu.
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an-zib2-ba zag ḫi-li an-na me-te an daĝal-la
At night the skilled and beautiful one (?), the joy of An, the ornament of broad heaven, appears like moonlight; in the heat of the noon she appears like sunlight. After the storehouses of the Land have been filled with fine food, and all the lands and the black-headed people have assembled, and the storehouses of the Land have been made full (?), those who sleep on the roofs and those who sleep by the walls step up before her with …… and bring her their cases. Then she makes her orders known, and identifies the evil. She judges the evil as evil and destroys the wicked. She looks with favour on the just and determines a good fate for them.
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ĝi6 u3-na iti6-gin7 mu-un-e3
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an-bar7-gana2 ud-ud-gin7 mu-un-e3
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ama5 kalam-ma-ka u2 dug3 ĝar-ra-ba
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kur-kur saĝ gig2 uĝ3 gu2 si-a-ba
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ama5 kalam-ma-ka du8-du8 ĝar-ra-ba
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ur3-ra nu2-a bad3-da nu2-a
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[X X] KA-KA mu-na-an-sug2-ge-eš inim-bi mu-na-an-tum3-uš
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ud-bi-a inim mu-ni-in-zu erim2-du mu-ni-in-zu
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erim2-du di erim2 ba-ab-šum2-mu ḫul-ĝal2 mu-un-gul-le
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si sa2-ra igi zid mu-un-ši-bar nam dug3 mi-ni-in-tar
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nin-ĝu10 an-šag4-ta u6 dug3-ge-eš im-me
From the midst of heaven my lady looks down with joy. They parade before her, holy Inana. The lady exalted as high as the heaven, Inana, is august! I praise the young woman, Inana. The lady exalted as high as the heaven, her grandeur reaches the borders of heaven.
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kug {d}inana-ra igi-ni-še3 i3-dib-be2
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nin an-še3 la2-a {d}inana maḫ-am3
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ki-sikil {d}inana me-teš2 mu-e-i-i
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nin an-še3 lu-a an-zag-še3 maḫ-am3
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ki-ru-gu2 8-kam-ma-am3
8th kirugu.
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nin sag9 ḫi-li an-na ur-saĝ-am3 an-ta nam-ta-an-e3
The beautiful lady, the joy of An, has ascended above like a warrior. She carries there what befits the …… of heaven. She takes counsel with An in his lofty place. Among youths and heroes heroic youths , may she be alone chosen!
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zag-si an-na-ka ḫe-du7 am3-mi-in-gur3-ru
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an-da ki maḫ-a-na šag4 mu-un-di-ni-ib-kuš2-u3
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šul-la ur-saĝ-ĝa2 šul nam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2 dili-ni ḫe2-pad3-de3
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ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Ĝišgiĝal.
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kalag-ga-am3 nir-ĝal2-am3 buluĝ3-ĝa2-am3 maḫ gal-la-am3 nam-šul-am3 dirig-ga-am3
She is mighty, she is respected, she exalted, she is august and great, she is surpassing in youthfulness.
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šag4-ba-tuku-am3
Šagbatuku.
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nin u6 di kalam-ma mul dili {mul}dili-bad
As the lady, admired by the Land, the lone star, the Venus star, the lady elevated as high as the heaven, ascends above like a warrior, all the lands tremble before her ……. The faithful black-headed people bow to her. The young man travelling on the road directs himself by her. The oxen raise their heads in their yoke to her. The melody of the song of those tending the cattle resounds …… on the plain. The farmer …… the cattle …… their yoke in the Land. With her the storehouses of the Land prosper.
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nin an-še3 la2-a ur-saĝ-ĝa2 an-ta nam-ta-an-e3
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kur-kur-re mu-un-ši-ḫu-luḫ-e X X
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uĝ3 saĝ gig2-ga zid gu2 mu-un-na-an-ĝar
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šul kaskal-la du ḫar-ra-an mu-un-na-ĝa2-ĝa2
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gud-de3 {ĝiš}šudul-bi-a saĝ mu-ni-ib-il2
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i-lu šir3 gud sub2-sub2-ba edin-na [… dug4]
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engar an im-du u3-a mu-un-[…]
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gud-de3 {ĝiš}šudul-bi-še3 kalam-ma X […]
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ama5 kalam-ma-ka niĝ2 mu-un-da-lu-lu
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kug {d}inana-ra ĝiri3 mu-un-ši-ib-ul4-e
Everybody hastens to holy Inana. For my lady in the midst of heaven the best of everything is prepared (?). In the pure places of the plain, at its good places, on the roofs, on the rooftops, the rooftops of the dwellings (?), in the sanctuaries (?) of mankind, incense offerings like a forest of aromatic cedars are transmitted to her. They sacrifice alum sheep, long-haired sheep, and fattened sheep for her. They purify the earth for the Mistress, they carry out purification rites for her celebrate her in songs .
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nin-ĝu10 an-šag4-ta dug3-ge-eš ḫu-mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2
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edin-na ki sikil-ba ki sag9-ga-bi
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ur3-re ur3-bad3-da ur3-bad3 dur2-ra-ka
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ki-šu-tag nam-lu2-ulu3-ka
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na-izi sig9 tir šim {ĝiš}erin-na-gin7 mu-na-ab-us2
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{udu}a-lum udu zulumḫi udu niga ĝiš mu-ni-ib-tag-ge
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nu-u8-gig-ra ki mu-na-an-sikil-e šu-luḫ mu-na-an-ĝa2-ĝa2 šir3-ra mu-un-na-ĝal2
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i3-nun zu2-lum ga-ar3 niĝ2-sa-ḫa 7-bi
They fill the tables of the Land with ghee, dates, cheese, and seven sorts of fruits as first-fruit offerings for her. They pour dark beer for her, they pour light beer for her. Dark beer, emmer beer, and emmer beer for my lady bubble in the šagub jar and the lamsari vat for her. From pastes of honey mixed with ghee From …… mixed with ghee , they bake date-syrup cakes for her. They pour out early-morning beer, flour, flour in honey, honey, and wine of sunrise for her. The personal gods of the people also attend upon her with food and drink. They provide the Mistress with food in the holy place, the pure place. They purify the earth for the Mistress, they celebrate her in songs.
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{ĝiš}banšur kalam-ma-ka nesaĝ mu-na-ab-si
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kurun gig2 mu-na-ra-de2
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kurun babbar mu-na-ra-de2
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kurun gig2 {kaš}ulušin
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nin-ĝu10-ra {kaš}ulušin
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{dug}šag4-gub {dug}lam-sa2-ri du-bu-ul-da-ba-al mu-un-da-ab-za
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šu-tu-bu-ur lal3 i3-nun-ta šar2-ra
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ku-bu-ul-lum i3-nun-[ta šar2-ra]
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{ninda}gug2-e lal3 zu2-lum-ma ninda mu-na-ab-ak-e
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kurun ud zal-la eša zid2 lal3-a
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lal3 ĝeštin ud e3-a mu-na-ab-bal-bal-e
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diĝir lu-u18-lu gu7-a naĝ-a-da ša-mu-un-na-an-sug2-sug2-ge-eš
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nu-u8-gig-ra ki kug ki sikil-la ninda mu-gu7-e mu-un-na-sikil-e šir3-ra mu-un-na-an-ĝal2
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nin-ĝu10 an-šag4-ta u6 dug3-ge-eš im-me
From the midst of heaven my lady looks down with joy. They parade before her, holy Inana. Inana, the lady exalted as high as the heaven is august! I praise the young lady, Inana. The lady exalted as high as the heaven, her grandeur reaches the borders of heaven!
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kug {d}inana-ra igi-ni-še3 i3-dib-be2
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nin an-še3 la2-a {d}inana maḫ-am3
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ki-sikil {d}inana me-teš2 mu-e-i-i
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nin an-še3 la2-a an-zag-še3 maḫ-am3
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ki-ru-gu2 9-kam-ma-am3
9th kirugu.
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e2-gal e2 na de5 kalam-ma-ka {ĝiš}rab3 kur-kur-ra-kam
When the black-headed people have assembled in the palace, the house that advises the Land, the neck-stock of all the foreign countries, the house of the river of ordeal, a dais is set up for Ninegala. The divine king stays there with her. At the New Year, on the day of the rites, in order for her to determine the fate of all the countries in order for the life of all the countries to be attended to , so that during the day (?) the faithful servants can be inspected, so that on the day of the disappearance of the moon the divine powers can be perfected, a bed is set up for my lady. Esparto grass is purified with cedar perfume and arranged on that bed for my lady, and a coverlet is smoothed out on the top (?) of it.
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e2 {d}id2-lu2-ru-gu2 saĝ gig2-ga uĝ3 gu2 si-a-ba
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la-ra barag mu-na-an-ri
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lugal diĝir-am3 šag4-bi-a mu-un-da-an-til3
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nam kur-kur-ra tar-re-da-ni zi kur-kur-ra en3 tar-re-de3
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ud saĝ zid-de3 igi kar2-kar2-de3
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ud nu2-a me šu du7-du7-de3
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zag-mu ud ĝarza-ka
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nin-ĝu10-ra ki-nu2 ba-da-an-ĝar
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{u2}numun2-bur2{sar} šim {ĝiš}erin-na-da mu-un-sikil-e-ne
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nin-ĝu10 ki-nu2-bi-še3 mu-na-ab-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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bar-ba {tug2}niĝ2-barag2-ge si mu-di-ni-ib-sa2
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{tug2}niĝ2-barag2 šag4 ḫul2-la ki-nu2 dug3-dug3-ge-da
In order to find sweetness in the bed on the joyous coverlet, my lady bathes her holy thighs. She bathes them for the thighs of the king; she bathes them for with head held high she goes to the thighs of Iddin-Dagan. Holy Inana rubs herself with soap; she sprinkles oil and cedar essence on the ground.
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nin-ĝu10 ur2 kug-ge a mi-ni-in-tu5-tu5
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ur2 lugal-la-še3 a im-ma-tu5-tu5
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ur2 {d}i-din-{d}da-gan-še3 a im-ma-tu5-tu5 saĝ il2-la mu-un-ĝen
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kug {d}inana-ke4 naĝa im-ma-an-su-ub-be2
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i3 šim {ĝiš}erin-na ki am3-sud-e
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lugal ur2 kug-še3 saĝ il2-la mu-un-ĝen
The king goes to her holy thighs with head held high, she goes to the thighs of Iddin-Dagan, he goes to the thighs of Inana with head held high. Ama-ušumgal-ana lies down beside her and caresses her holy thighs (says:) O my holy thighs! O my holy Inana! . After the lady has made him rejoice with her holy thighs on the bed, after holy Inana has made him rejoice with her holy thighs on the bed, she relaxes (?) with him on her bed: Iddin-Dagan, you are indeed my beloved!
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ur2 {d}i-din-{d}da-gan-še3 saĝ il2-la mu-un-ĝen
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ur2 {d}inana-ka-še3 saĝ il2-la mu-un-ĝen
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{d}ama-ušumgal-an-na ki-nu2 mu-un-da-ab-ak-e

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