A hymn to Inana for Išme-Dagan
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[…] ⌈mu⌉-ni-in-[X]
(1 line fragmentary) …… squatting in the dust ……. …… of Inana ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… of her garment of ladyship. …… with blood (?). …… her submission ……. (1 line unclear) …… insulted ……, cursed my temple. …… I despised him. …… cursed my city. …… devastated my ……. …… sullied my garments. (2 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
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[…] X saḫar tuš-a ša-mu-un-X
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[…] X ga-ša-an-na-ka
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[…] X ? RA ša-mu-un-?
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[…] tug2 na-aĝ2-egir3-ra-ka-na
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[…] ⌈?⌉-na ša-mu-un-šar2-ra
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[…] ⌈ša⌉-mu-ni-ib-be2 gam-ma-ni na-DU
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[…] mu-un-dag-dag-ge siki-pa IB TUG2 na-DU
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[…] in i3-ak e2-ĝu10 na-aĝ2 ba-an-kud
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[…] X ? AŠ-ta in-na-še-bi-da
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[…] ⌈uru2⌉-ĝu10 na-aĝ2 ba-an-kud
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[…]-ĝu10 sug-ge4 bi2-in-gu7
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[…] tug2-mu-ĝu10 mu-un-pe-el
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[…] X im-ma-da-an-TAR
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[…] X ba-ni-in-X
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ĝarza ? šu […]
…… rites ……. Thus …… my mood and heart. As if during the night watch …… like excrement. …… my countenance like smoke. …… my body like blazing straw. (1 line fragmentary)
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ur5-še3!(TUG2) ur5 ša3-ab-⌈ĝu10⌉ […]
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ĝi6 en-nu-uĝ3-ĝa2-⌈gin7⌉ […] šurum3-! X […]
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muš3-me-ĝu10 i-bi2-⌈gin7⌉ […]
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su-ĝu10 in bar7-a-⌈gin7⌉ […]
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mu-un-ak a-a X […]-!-ba TUG2 […]
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ki-⌈ru⌉-[gu2 X-kam]
…… kirugu.
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ga-ša-an […]
…… lady …….
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ĝiš-⌈gi4⌉-[ĝal2-bi-im]
Its ĝišgiĝal.
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X X […]
(1 line missing) (1 line fragmentary) …… whose hands were fettered, …… who had been treated unjustly. The son of Enlil, the son of ……. …… Sumer ……. I, Enlil, ……. From now on ……. (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
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šu du3-a […]
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še29-eš2 dug4-[ga …]
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dumu {d}en-lil2 dumu ⌈AN⌉ […]
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bar im-ak uĝ3-e X […] ki-en-⌈gi⌉ […]
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{d}en-lil2-me-en ⌈erin2⌉ LU-LU X […]
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i3-ne-eš2-ta ud TE […]
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X X X X X […]
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⌈nam⌉-lu2-ulu3 us2 zid im-mi-in-⌈dab5⌉
He made the people follow the proper path, and ousted (?) the enemy from Sumer. He removed the wicked tongues, and made justice shine forth like copper. That fathers should be feared and mothers respected, that sons should pay heed to the words of their fathers, and that mercy, compassion and pity should be shown, that one should provide even one's paternal grandparents with food and drink -- all this he established in Sumer and Akkad. Then she made Išme-Dagan, the son of Enlil, the en priest of Unug, into their guardian -- this is what Inana, the lady of heaven and earth, did; and the great An declared his consent. Enlil …….
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ki-en-gi-da lu2-erim2 im-ta-an-da-ra
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eme niĝ2 ḫa-lam-ma di im-da-an-kur2
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niĝ2-si-sa2 urud-gin7 pa bi2-ib-e3
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a-a-ra ni2 teĝ3-ĝe26-e ama-ra ni2 su4-ne2
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dumu ab-ba-ra inim-ma-ne2-eš dur2-u3
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arḫuš šag4-tur3 šag4-ne-ša4 gur-ru
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ad-da a-a-na an-gu7 ama a-a-na an-naĝ
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ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mi-ni-in-ĝar
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{d}iš-me-{d}da-gan dumu {d}en-lil2-la2
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en unug{ki}-ga saĝ keše2-ba mi-ni-in-⌈kur9⌉
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⌈bi2⌉-in-ak {d}inana nin an ki-⌈ke4⌉
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⌈an⌉ !-e ḫe2-am3-bi bi2-⌈in⌉-[dug4] {d}en-lil2-⌈le⌉ […]
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ki-⌈ru⌉-[gu2 X-kam]
…… kirugu.
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[…] ⌈ḫa⌉-ra-ni-ib-ĝal2
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[…] ḫa-ra-ab-be2
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[…] si ḫa-ra-sa2
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[… ḫa]-⌈mu⌉-ra-an-KU
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[… ḫa]-ra-ab-e3-a
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[…]-dib
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[…] X
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[…] X
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The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Copyright holders: Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Jarle Ebeling, Esther Flückiger-Hawker, Eleanor Robson, Jon Taylor and Gábor Zólyomi. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Source.