A hymn to Inana (Inana C)
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dungu sir2-sir2-ra-ni mu-e-⌈da⌉-[…]
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ud me gal-gal an ki-bi-da šu mu-⌈un⌉-[…]
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{d}inana u3-ma-zu ḫuš-am3 šag4 X X X […] X
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{d}a-nun-na giri17-bi gam-e-eš giri17 ba-e-dur2-ru-ne-eš
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ur gal-gal 7(IMIN)-bi ba-e-u5 an-na ba-e-ed2-de3
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an gal-e muš3-za ni2 bi2-te ki-tuš-zu im-mi-ḫu-luḫ
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ki-tuš an gal-la-ke4 dur2 ?-?-ĝar su nu-mu-e-da-zi-zi
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ĝarza2 maḫ ĝarza gal-⌈gal⌉ šu-zu ga-mu-un-si
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diĝir gal-e-ne giri17 ki-a bi2-in-su-ub-bu-uš šu-kin mu-un-dab5-be2-eš
The great gods kissed the earth and prostrated themselves. The high mountain land, the land of cornelian and lapis lazuli, bowed down before you, but Ebiḫ did not bow down before you and did not greet you. Shattering it in your anger, as desired, you smashed it like a storm. Lady, pre-eminent through the power of An and Enlil, ……. Without you no destiny at all is determined, no clever counsel is granted favour.
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kur un3-na kur {na4}⌈gug⌉ {na4}za-gin3-na giri17 ki-še3 mu-ra-an-te
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ebiḫ{ki} giri17 ki-še3 nu-mu-ra-an-te šu nu-mu-ra-mu2-mu2
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gu3-an-ne2-si-gin7 ib2-ba si-il-la-za ud-gin7 ib2-ra-ra
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nin an {d}en-lil2-da dirig-ga ĝiri3 X X X i-i
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za-e-da nu-me-a nam-nam-ma nu-un-tar sa2 galam nu-še
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kaš4 kar-re te-en-te-en ni2 dub2-bu-de3 {d}inana za-a-kam
To run, to escape, to quiet and to pacify are yours, Inana. To rove around, to rush, to rise up, to fall down and to …… a companion are yours, Inana. To open up roads and paths, a place of peace for the journey, a companion for the weak, are yours, Inana. To keep paths and ways in good order, to shatter earth and to make it firm are yours, Inana. To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are yours, Inana. To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man are yours, Inana. Desirability and arousal, bringing goods into existence and establishing properties and equipment are yours, Inana. Profit, gain, great wealth and greater wealth are yours, Inana. Profit and having success in wealth, financial loss and reduced wealth are yours, Inana. Observation Everything , choice, offering, inspection and embellishment are yours, Inana. Assigning virility, dignity, guardian angels, protective deities and cult centres are yours, Inana. (6 lines fragmentary)
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[X] X ul4-ul4 zi-zi LAGAB×X an-ta sa2-sa2-de3 ur-ru-ur ul-lu-ul zi-iz-zi gu-ru-da10 an-ta si-si-te {d}inana za-a-kam
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[ḫar]-⌈ra⌉-an ḫe2-en-<du> taka4 ĝiri3 dab ki silim-ma dili-us2 dim3-ma pe2-te ur-ḫi-im u3 ṭu2-di-im i-me2-te-qi2-im a-šar šu-ul-mi-im ta-pu-ut u2-la-li a-la-kum {d}inana za-a-kam
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ĝiri3-us2 ka-ĝiri3 si sa2-sa2-de3 ki dar ge-en-ge-en {d}inana za-a-kam
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gul-lu dim2-me zi-zi ĝa2-ĝa2 {d}inana za-a-kam
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[nitaḫ] munus-ra munus nitaḫ-ra ku4-ku4-de3 {d}inana za-kam
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la-la šag4-zig3-ga niĝ2-šu ĝal2 ? niĝ2-gun2 ĝa2-ĝa2 {d}inana za-a-kam
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dun sa5-bu8 kug bal kug dirig {d}inana za-a-[kam]
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kug-dun kug a2-tuku i-bi2-za kug im-ba {d}inana za-a-kam
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igi KAR2 igi KAR2 igi kar2-kar2 igi <bar zil2>-zil2-bi niĝ2-nam igi KAR2 igi kar2-kar2 igi bar ZALAG-ZALAG-biza-al-za-le-bi ta-ak-li-im-tum ta-ki-ir-tum ta-še-er-tum na-ap-lu-su-um u3 du-um-mu-qu2-um {d}inana za-a-kam
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me teš2 {d}alad {d}lamma ki-šu-peš11 zu {d}⌈inana⌉ [za-a-kam]
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šu bal ab-ak an-ta X X […]
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ze2-mu-ug X X BA X […]
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KA X X zag tag-⌈ga⌉ […]
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? X […]
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X […]
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[… {d}inana] za-a-[kam]
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[…] X X X šag4 gur šag4 šu niĝin {d}[inana] [za-a-kam]
…… mercy and pity are yours, Inana. …… are yours, Inana. To cause the …… heart to tremble, …… illnesses are yours, Inana. To have a favourite wife, ……, to love …… are yours, Inana. Rejoicing, being haughty, …… are yours, Inana. Neglect and care, raising and bowing down are yours, Inana. To build a house, to create a woman's chamber, to possess implements, to kiss a child's lips are yours, Inana. To run, to race, to plot and to succeed are yours, Inana. To interchange the brute and the strong and the weak and the powerless is yours, Inana. To interchange the heights and valleys, and raising up and reducing, is yours, Inana. To give the crown, the throne and the royal sceptre is yours, Inana. (12 lines missing)
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[…] X GUD-bi ?-bi GABA X X X […] {d}inana za-a-kam
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? X tuku4-e im-ba-X im-ba-sur ⌈im⌉-ba-X-X X {d}inana za-a-kam
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dam dam tuku UR-bi LU niĝ2 dug3 ki aĝ2-ĝa2 ? {d}inana za-a-kam
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ḫi-li-ḫi-li-a sun7-na DI-DI {d}inana za-a-kam
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gum2-gum2gu-um-gu-um ĝar-ĝar-ĝar te-em-ku-u2 te-ek-nu-u2 il2 gu2 zig3 gam-gam {d}inana za-a-kam
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e2 du3-a ama5 dim2-me niĝ2-gun2-na tuku-tuku nundum dim3 sag9 na-ša-qum {d}inana za-kam
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dub3 bad dub3 kaš4 [X] ⌈ni2⌉ sig10-sig10-ge sa2 did-de3 {d}inana za-kam
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ḫu-ru kalag-ga lu2-gam-ma lu2-sig-ga ḫi-ḫi {d}inana za-kam
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il2-la2 du5-la2 saĝ il2-la2 ib2-ba-lal ḫi-ḫi {d}inana za-kam
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aga {ĝiš}gu-za {ĝiš}ĝidru nam-lugal šum2-mu {d}inana za-kam
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tur maḫ sig daĝal gu2 šu daĝal tag-ga {d}inana za-a-kam
To diminish, to make great, to make low, to make broad, to …… and to give a lavish supply are yours, Inana. To bestow the divine and royal rites, to carry out the appropriate instructions, slander, untruthful words, abuse, to speak inimically and to overstate are yours, Inana.
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ĝarza!(PA) ĝarza2 šum2-mu a2-bi aĝ2-ĝa2 tum2-tum2-mu
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eme sig inim a-ša-an-ga-ra KA-e2-gal kur2 dug4-ga taḫ dug4-dug4 {d}inana za-a-kam
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ba-an-gi4 lul zid bi-ri-ig niĝ2-a2-zig3 dug4-dug4
The false or true response, the sneer, to commit violence, to extend derision, to speak with hostility, to cause smiling and to be humbled or important, misfortune, hardship, grief, to make happy, to clarify and to darken, agitation, terror, panic, awesome brilliance and radiance, triumph, pursuit, imbasur illness, sleeplessness and restlessness, submission, gift, …… and howling, strife, chaos, opposition, fighting and speeding carnage, ……, to know everything, to strengthen for the distant future a nest built ……, to instill fear in the …… desert like a …… poisonous snake, to subdue the hostile enemy, …… and to hate …… are yours, Inana.
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a-tar la2-la2 niĝ2 kur2 dug4-dug4 zu2 li2 pe-el dugud
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kana6 niĝ2-gig-ga šag4 ḫul gig ḫul ḫu-du-um zalag-ga ku10-ku10
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ni2-am3 ?-re ni2 ⌈ul4⌉ ni2 ⌈ri til3⌉-la ni2 gal me-lem4-ma
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u3-ma niĝ2 X X re-du-um im-ba-sur igi lib u3 nu-ku
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gu2 ĝar saĝ ĝar ĜAR BIR ? NI ? ? gu3 til4-a
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du14 igi suḫ3-[suḫ3] ⌈?⌉-ri erin2-ḫuš ĝiš-ĝiš-la2 sul-sul
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NI KAB naĝ X X X X niĝ2-nam-ma zu-zu
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gud3 X RI us2-sa X ul-le2-a-aš gen6-ne2
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a-ri-a X šag4-tur3-gin7 X ni2 ri-a-X ⌈gu2⌉-bar ⌈gu2⌉ ĝa2-ĝa2
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DI X X [X] ḫul gig X X X X-? keše2 X X X (X) [{d}]inana za-a-kam
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ĝiš-šub X X X X [X X] X ? [X] X
To …… the lots ……, to gather the dispersed people and restore them to their homes, to receive ……, to …… are yours, Inana. (1 line fragmentary)
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uĝ3 [sag2 dug4-ga] gu2 ĝar-ĝar ki-bi-še3 gi4-gi4
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[…] X šu tiĝ4-ĝe26 X X NE X
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[…]-du8-u3 {d}inana za-a-[kam]
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[…] X X AN […]
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X X […] lu2-kaš4-e-ne
…… the runners, when you open your mouth, …… turns into ……. At your glance a deaf man does not …… to one who can hear. At your anger what is bright darkens; you turn midday into darkness. When the time had come you destroyed the place you had in your thoughts, you made the place tremble. Nothing can be compared to your purposes (?); who can oppose your great deeds? You are the lady of heaven and earth! Inana, in (?) the palace the unbribable judge, among the numerous people …… decisions. The invocation of your name fills the mountains, An (?) cannot compete with your …….
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ka ba-zu šu X X [X]-ra ba-an-kur9
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igi bar-ra-zu ĝeštug2 la2 ĝiš tuku-uš nu-ši-bad-ba9-re6
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igi suḫ-a-zu dadag-ga ku10-ku10 an-bar7 mul-sig7-še3 mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2
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ki šag4-zu ud mi-[ni]-ib-dug4-ga-aš mu-un-gul ki mu-⌈un⌉-dub2-bu niĝ2-zu niĝ2 nu-sag2
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niĝ2 gal-gal-zu a-ba saĝ mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2 za-e nin an ki-me-en
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{d}inana e2-gal kadra nu-di-kud uĝ3 šar2-ra ka eš-bar X X X
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mu pad3-da-zu kur-ra ab-dirig an X-za nu-mu-un-da-sa2
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ĝeštug2-ga de5-a-zu niĝin diĝir-re-e-ne igi šub-ba MI X dili-zu-u3-de3 maḫ-me-en
Your understanding …… all the gods ……. You alone are magnificent. You are the great cow among the gods of heaven and earth, as many as there are. When you raise your eyes they pay heed to you, they wait for your word. The Anuna gods stand praying in the place where you dwell. Great awesomeness, glory ……. May your praise not cease! Where is your name not magnificent? (9 lines missing)
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diĝir an ki-a a-na me-a-bi immal2 gal-bi-me-en
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igi il2-la-zu lib bar mu-un-ak-e-ne inim-zu-še3 i3-dur2-ru-ne-eš
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ki za til3-la-za {d}a-nun-na al-sug2-ge-eš inim mu-un-da-sag9-sag9-ge-ne
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ni2 gal KA ka tar X X X X ŠE3 TUG2 GABA NIR mu-un-til3-le-ne
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ka tar si-il-la-zu ba-ra-mu-un-til-le me-a mu-zu X maḫ nu
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en3-du-zu zaraḫ a-nir X X DA šag4 X X IGI X […]
Your song is grief, lament ……. Your …… cannot be changed, your anger is crushing. Your creation cannot be ……, An has not diminished your …… orders. Woman, with the help of An and Enlil you (?) have granted …… as a gift in the assembly. Unison …… An and Enlil ……, giving the Land into your hand. An does not answer the word you have uttered to him.
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DI-DI-zu šu bal-a nu-ub-zu ib2-ba-zu zukum-ma
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šu dug4-ga-zu niĝ2 šu nu-GAN-X a2 aĝ2-ĝa2 du3-du3-a-zu an nu-mu-un-na-an-la2
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an-da {d}en-lil2-da lu2 zu-a unken-na gal-gal X munus saĝ-e-eš mu-e-rig7
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ka teš2 an {d}en-lil2 mu-e-X X GI kalam šu-zu-uš dab5 X
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inim bi2-in-dug4-ga-zu an nu-mu-un-na-an-gi4
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ḫe2-am3 dug4-ga-zu an gal nu-[mu]-⌈un⌉-na-an-bur2
Once you have said 'So be it', great An does not …… for him. Your 'So be it' is a 'So be it' of destruction, to destroy ……. Once you have said your …… in the assembly, An and Enlil will not disperse it. Once you have made a decision ……, it cannot be changed in heaven and earth. Once you have specified approval of a place, it experiences no destruction. Once you have specified destruction for a place, it experiences no approval.
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ḫe2-am3-zu ḫe2-am3 gul-lu [X (X X)] gul-lu
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gi4 unken-na bi2-in-dug4-ga-⌈zu⌉ an {d}en-lil2 nu-sag2
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eš-bar ab-bi bi2-in-dug4-ga-⌈zu⌉ an ki-ta nu-kur2-ru
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ki ḫe2-am3 bi2-in-dug4 gul-lu nu-DI
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ki gul-la bi2-in-dug4 ḫe2-am3 nu-DI
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nam-diĝir-zu {d}nanna {d}utu-gin7 an kug-ge dalla e3
Your divinity shines in the pure heavens like Nanna or Utu. Your torch lights up the corners of heaven, turning darkness into light. The men and women form a row for you and each one's daily status hangs down before you. Your numerous people pass before you, as before Utu, for their inspection. No one can lay a hand on your precious divine powers; all your divine powers ……. You exercise full ladyship over heaven and earth; you hold everything in your hand. Mistress, you are magnificent, no one can walk before you. You dwell with great An in the holy resting-place. Which god is like you in gathering together …… in heaven and earth? You are magnificent, your name is praised, you alone are magnificent!
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izi-ĝar-zu ub an-na zalag-ge ku10-ku10 zalag-ge-eš2 ĝar
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nitaḫ munus-bi gu dili-⌈a⌉ mi-ri-ed2-de3 niĝ2 ud-da-ka-ni ⌈igi⌉-zu-še3 bi2-ib2-ta-la2
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⌈uĝ3⌉ šar2-ra-zu kurum7 ak-da-bi {d}utu-gin7 igi-zu-še3 i3-dib-be2
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me kal-kal-la-za šu nu-tu-tu me kilib3 X X-še3 i3-dib-be2
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an ki til-bi-še3 nam-nin-bi mu-e-ak niĝ2-nam šu mu-e-du8
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in-nin za-e maḫ-me-en igi-zu-še3 na-me nu-dib-be2
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an gal-da [ki]-nu2 kug-ga mu-e-til
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diĝir a-ba za-gin7 ur4 an ki ur4-ur4
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za-e maḫ-me-en mu-zu ar2-re-eš e dili-zu-ne maḫ-me-en
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en-ḫe2-du7-an-na-me-<en> zirru
I am En-ḫedu-ana, the high priestess of the moon god. ……; I am the …… of Nanna. (1 line fragmentary) (20 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary)
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