A hymn to Inana as Ninegala (Inana D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 198 sections

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ud gal piriĝ an-na inim ḫe2-a dug4-dug4
Great light, heavenly lioness, always speaking words of assent! Inana, great light, lioness of heaven, who always speaks words of assent! Ninegala! As you rise in the morning sky like a flame visible from afar, and at your bright appearance in the evening sky, entrusts (?) the flocks of Sumer to you. Celestial sign, …… glory of heaven! All the countries are building a house for you as for the risen sun; a shining (?) torch is assigned to you, the light of the Land.
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{d}inana ud gal piriĝ an-na inim ḫe2-a dug4-dug4
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la an ud zal-le-da-ke4 izi su3-ud-bi il2-la
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an-u2-sa11-an-na dalla e3-a-na
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sipad-de3 maš2-anše ki-en-gi4-ra ša-mu-ra-ab-⌈dug4⌉
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an-zib2-ba zag ḫi-li an-na
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kur-kur-re {d}utu e3-a-gin7 e2 mu-e-ši-⌈ĝa2⌉-ĝa2
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[ĝiš]-nu11 kalam-ma-ke4 gi-izi-la2 UD ša-mu-⌈ra⌉-ĝal2
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{d}inana nin me šar2-ra-me-en diĝir nu-mu-e-da-sa2
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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[{d}]nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 ⌈nam⌉-[maḫ-za] ⌈ga-!⌉-dug4
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[X X] UD kalam-ma saĝ il2-la-a-ba
When bright …… had raised its head in the Land, and when you live …… with ……, the young woman …… the hero for you, she has grasped …… for you. …… has brought the numerous …… to you. They raise …… to your ……; kids …… are ordered, and your Egal-edina, the place of calm, has been arranged for you. You are the good woman who appears radiantly throughout the Land.
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[X] X DA X X til3-la-zu-ne
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[ki]-⌈sikil⌉-e [X (X)] ur-saĝ ma-ra-an-X
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[X X (X)] X-⌈da⌉ mu-ra-da-an-tab
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[X X (X)] ⌈?⌉ lu-a mu-ra-an-DU
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[X X (X)] AN-zu-še3 a-ba-ab-zi-zi-i
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maš2 [X (X)] X NINDA2 a-ba-ĝa2-ĝa2
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e2-[gal]-edin-na ki ni2 dub2-bu-za šu si ma-ra-ni-in-sa2
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munus zid ni2 pa e3-a kalam-ma-me-en
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{d}inana nin me šar2-ra-me-en diĝir nu-mu-e-da-sa2
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 nam-maḫ-za ga-am3-dug4
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ĝi6-ta en-nu-uĝ3 DIŠ zal-la-ba
After the first watch of the night has passed, as like a shepherd you get up from the grass, you seize your battle-mace like a warrior, you fasten the guma cloth on your arms, and you bind on your indefatigable strength. Thus you appear brilliantly, together with An, in . On earth, Inana, you emit awe-inspiring splendour from the holy dais. Your feet are placed on seven dogs, your seat is set upon a lion and a leopard. Cattle and sheep are brought to you for inspection. Lulal stands by your feet, bearing in battle the pitiless (?) mace. Beside them the cultic attendants stand at your service, lined up for you beside the dogs. They have taken over the temple Gu-ena-ida, to provide for you.
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sipad-gin7 u2-ta zig3-ga-zu-ne
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ur-saĝ-gin7 {ĝiš}tukul a-ma-ra-da-tab
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tug2-gum-ma a2-za i-ib2-du3
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uzu nu-kuš2-u3-za zag mi-ni-keše2
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an-da iri-a dalla mi-ni-in-e3
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{d}inana ki-ta barag kug-ga su zig3 du8-du8-a-me-en
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ur 7-na ĝiri3-zu bi2-in-gub
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piriĝ nemurx(PIRIĜ.TUR)-ra dur2-zu bi2-in-ĝar
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gud udu kurum7-ma mu-ra-an-DU
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{d}lu2-lal3-e ĝiri3-a mu-ra-an-DU
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šita2 sa nu-la2-e me3-a mu-e-da-ab-gur3-ru
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lu2-ur3-ra zag-ba mu-e-ši-re7-re7-eš
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zag ur-ra-ka mu-e-ri-la2-[eš]
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gu2-en-na-id2-da šukur2-še3 mu-ra-an-dab5-be2-eš
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{d}inana nin me šar2-ra-me-en diĝir nu-mu-e-da-[sa2]
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 nam-maḫ-za ⌈ga⌉-[am3-dug4]
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ur KA-ga-na-ke4 udu ma-ra-ab-te [X (X)]
The …… dog (?) has brought the sheep close to you; the powerful dog (?) has …… a wild bull …… in its paws, (2 lines unclear) the lion, the warrior …….
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ur usu-tuku am šu-bi-še3 ma-⌈ra⌉-[X X (X)]
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X dub3-tuku a-šag4 mu-ra-[…]
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⌈ki⌉ peš-a saĝ-ki šu2-⌈a⌉ […]
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ur-maḫ ur-⌈saĝ⌉ X X […]
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kur saĝ-ki-za ba-e-de3-gid2-da […]
Inana, in heaven you are lightning, on earth you move swiftly …… against the foreign land that you are angry with, ……. When in your precinct and shrine the Ibgal you regulate the divine ordinances like the divine powers of An, when you regulate the heavenly ordinances like the divine powers of Enki and cause awe of you to reach up to the heavens, then your seat is on the …… dais on the terrace by your Gate of Four Faces. Inana, you go into the interior of heaven like your father Suen; Ninegala, you appear like moonlight in your shrine the Ibgal, placing your foot on your ordinances, and dividing them among the …… dogs (?).
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{d}inana an-na nim ĝir2-me-en ki-a ⌈kušum tag⌉-[ga-me-en]
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še-er-tab eš3 ib-gal-zu-[a]
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ĝarza-zu me an-na-gin7 si u3-mu-ni-⌈sa2⌉
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ĝarza2-zu me {d}en-ki-ka3-gin7 ĝiš-ḫur u3-mu-e-ni-ḫur
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ni2-zu an-na u3-mu-e-ni-us2
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ki-sa2-! kan4 igi 4-za
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barag KA.AN.NI.SI-zu dur2-zu bi2-ĝar
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{d}inana a-a-zu {d}suen-gin7 an-šag4-ge am3-ĝen
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la eš3 ib-gal-zu-a iti6-gin7 ša-mu-e3
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ĝarza-zu ĝiri3 ba-ĝa2-ĝa2
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UR KA da-ga-na-ke4 ša-ba-ab-ḫal-ḫa-an
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{d}inana nin me šar2-ra-me-en <diĝir nu-mu-e-da-sa2>
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 [nam]-maḫ-⌈za⌉ [ga-am3-dug4]
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ĝiš-ab-ba {ĝiš}kiši17 gal ḫul mu2-a gir5-gir5-e-da-zu-ne
When you slip through where brambles and foul great thorns grow, when you stride along all the mountains, when you drink from puddles with the dogs, when you share the stall with the horses, when with the storm you reduce everything to a mere shadow, Inana, when you cause the rain to fall all day long, then your seat is in your E-kug-nuna at Eridug, on the dais where destinies are determined.
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gu2-saĝ kur-ra zukum-ma-zu-ne
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ur-da a šub6 naĝ-ĝa2-zu-ne
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anše-kur-da ki-nu2 ak-a-zu-ne
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IM-da lil2-e sag3-ga-zu-ne
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{d}inana bar-šeĝ3 ud gid2-da tag-tag-ge-da-zu-ne
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e2-kug-nun-na uru2-ze2-eb{ki}-ba-za
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barag nam tar-re-da dur2-zu bi2-ĝar
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zag-mu ezen {d}dumu-zid-da-ke4
At the New Year, at the festival of Dumuzid, your spouse Ama-ušumgal-ana, Lord Dumuzid, steps forward to you. …… of weeping are brought to you, Inana, as offerings. The tubes of the underworld are opened for you, and memorial libations are poured down them for you. The en priests, the lumaḫ priests and the nindiĝir priestesses, and the dead luzid and amalu, eat meals for you, to keep away the ghosts, and drink water for you, to keep away the ghosts. Your holy dais is set up beside them.
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nitalam-zu {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na
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en {d}dumu-zid !-mu-e-ri-DU
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{d}inana šu nu-gi4-a er2-ra nesaĝ ša-mu-ra-ab-tum3
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a-pap kur-ra-ke4 ĝal2 ša-mu-ra-ab-taka4-X
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a mu pad3-da ša-mu-ri-dub
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en lu2-maḫ nin-diĝir-bi
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lu2 zid amalu ug5-ga-ne
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u2 šu bar-ra ma-ra-gu7-u3-ne
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a šu bar-ra ma-ra-na8-na8-ne
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zag-ba barag kug-zu ši-im-ri
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{d}inana nin me šar2-ra-me-⌈en⌉ <diĝir nu-mu-e-da-sa2>
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 nam-maḫ-za ga-⌈am3⌉-[dug4]
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{d}inana an-da {d}en-lil2-da di ku5-ru-da-zu-ne
Inana, when you give judgment with An and Enlil; Ninegala, when you decide destinies on earth with Enki, when you shimmer (?), when you …… to a mere shadow, when you come forth from the corner, when you come forth from the side, when you are to be seen on the horizon, Inana, when in your destructiveness you make storm-floods wash over everything, then the great en priests ……, then the igi-dua priestesses wear the tonsure for you, then your seat is on your Dais of Silence.
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{d}nin-e2-gal-la ki-ta {d}en-ki-da nam tar-ra-zu-ne
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sag3-sag3-ga-zu-ne lil2-e NA-zu-ne
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ub-ta e3-a-zu-ne da-ta e3-a-zu-⌈ne⌉
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⌈!⌉-šar2-ra igi bar-ra-zu-[ne]
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{d}inana mar-uru5 kuš7-za su3-[su3-da-zu-ne]
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en gal DU.DU X […]
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igi-du8-a saĝ-ki gul ma-ra-ab-ak-e
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barag ĝiš-la2-ba-za dur2-zu bi2-ĝar
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ĝuruš {ĝiš}rab3 ĝar-ra šu-si ma-⌈ra⌉-[…]
The young men fastened in neck-stocks …… before you, the mother of the sick lays her child in your arms, the mother of the uprooted (?) …… in your great hall. You cut the …… of the weak, you release (?) …… the weak.
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ama lu2 tur5-ra-ke4 dumu ur2-ra mu-ra-ni-in-tum2-mu
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ama lu2 sag3 dug4-ga-ke4 unu2 gal-za a im-ma-ab-zi-?
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[X] sig9-ga i-im-kud-de3-en
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DI A X ⌈sig9⌉-ga i-im-bar-re-en
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[{d}]inana nin me šar2-ra-me-en diĝir nu-mu-e-[da-sa2]
Inana, you are the lady of all the divine powers, and no deity can compete with you. Here is your dwelling, Ninegala; let me tell of your grandeur!
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[{d}]nin-e2-gal-la ki-ur3-zu mu-ĝal2 ⌈nam⌉-[maḫ-za ga-am3-dug4]
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giri17-dab-da nam-sipad al-ak-zu-ne
When you act as a shepherd with the herdsman, when …… with the cowherd you throw the halters on the cows, when you mix the butter, when you purify the milk, when you find joy in the embrace of your spouse Dumuzid, when you have pleasure in the embrace of your spouse Dumuzid, when you take your seat on the high dais in the great hall in your Kura-igi-ĝal where judgment is passed, then the people of the holy uzga stand there at your service. (1 line unclear) They cannot compete with you, Inana. As a prostitute you go down to the tavern and, like (?) a ghost who slips in through the window, you enter there.
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PA [X] ? unud(UNU3)-ta ab2-ba saman2 šub-ba-zu-ne
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[i3] ḫi-a-zu-ne ga luḫ-ḫa-zu-ne
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⌈ur2 nitalam⌉-za {d}dumu-zid-da-ke4 ul gur3-ru-a-zu-ne
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ur2 nitalam-za {d}dumu-zid-da-ke4 ḫi-li-ḫi-li-a-zu-ne
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kur-ra-igi-ĝal2 ki di ku5-ru-za

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