A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana J)
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[X] nin9 ki aĝ2 {d}dumu-zid-de3
…… beloved sister of Dumuzid, beloved …… of Durtur, …… seed implanted into the womb by a good bull, my lady, born to ladyship! With her aid the cattle-pen was filled with butter and cream, with her aid the sheepfold was long provided with milk. On the high plain, my ……, you are Ĝeštin-ana. O girl, …… indeed! Your little ones …… indeed! Unug …… indeed! Kulaba …… indeed! …… you are …….
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[X] ⌈GADA×KID2⌉ ki aĝ2 {d}dur7-tur8-e
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a X am zid-de3 šag4-ga ri-a
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nin-ĝu10 nam-nin-e tud-da
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{e2}tur3-e i3 gara2 mu-un-da-ab-si
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amaš-e ga [mu]-un-da-an-gid2-e
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an-edin-ne2 [(X)] X-ĝu10 {d}ĝeštin-an-na-me-en
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a ki-sikil X [… na]-nam
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tur-tur-zu […] ⌈na⌉-nam
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unug{ki}-ga […]-⌈bi⌉ na-nam
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kul-aba4{ki} […] X-bi na-nam
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mu ud X X-me-en RU-RU-a-na X [(X)]
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ki-sikil-[e bar] šeš-a-na-[ka]
Because of her brother, the girl lacerated her eyes and lacerated her mouth; she lacerated her buttocks, the place not spoken of to men. She made her way towards the tavern of the palace. The girl questioned a minister who was coming out of the palace.
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igi mu-un-na-ḫur giri17 mu-un-⌈na⌉-[ḫur]
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ki lu2-da nu-u6-di ḫaš2-gal mu-⌈un⌉-[na-ḫur]
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{e2}eš2-dam e2-gal-la si ba-ni-in-sa2
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sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-e en3en mu-un-tar-re-<en>
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sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-[ra] mu-un-na-ab-gi4
The minister who was coming out of the palace answered the girl: Those endowed with divine powers, 10 incantation priests, prostration priests, bathed priests and ablution priests will never cease coming every month, once a month, to the great shrine, for (?) your brother, who has taken possession of the en priesthood, the en priesthood of Unug ……, for (?) your brother, who has taken possession of the en priesthood.
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šeš-zu nam-en-še3 šu mu-⌈un-ĝa2⌉-ĝa2-a
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nam-en unug{ki}-ga niĝ2 X X-e
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me ḫal-ḫal-ne 10 išib-ne
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ki za-za-a-ne a-tu5-a-tu5-a-ne susbu2-be-e-ne
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itid-da eš3 gal-e itid du-de3 muš2 nu-tum2-mu-ne
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šeš-zu nam-en-še3 šu mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2-a
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ud-bi-a 7 ḫe2-en-na-me-eš 7 ḫe2-en-na-me-eš
At that time there were seven, there were seven, the song performers of Unug were seven; in Zabalam the lament singers were fifty. They knew the stars of the heavens, and they knew the roads of the earth. In the broad heavens, they carried the first-fruit offerings. They raised songs, and they lowered songs; they did not declare the beginning of the song to them. They were elders not yet assigned to their positions.
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šir3 dug4-dug4 unug{ki}-ga 7-me-eš
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zabalam{ki} ad ša4-ša4 50-me-eš
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e-ne-ne an-na mul zu-me-eš ki ḫar-ra-an zu-me-eš
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an-na daĝal-ba nesaĝ il2-la-me-eš
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e-ne-ne šir3 im-zi-zi-ne šir3 im-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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šir3-e saĝ-bi nu-mu-un-ne-pad3-ne
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ad-da ki-gub-ba nu-mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2-me-eš
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nin9 ban3-da murub4-bi-a til3-la gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e
The little sister dwelling among them spoke to them (1 line unclear) While we raise the song, you will lower the song. …… she did not dwell among them ……. She dwelt in the …… of the eršema (?). She dwelt …… the eršema (?), of precious metal and lapis lazuli, of the goldsmith.
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gaba ba-da-ab-gu-la gaba ba-da-ab-[tur-ra] gu3 mu-⌈un⌉-[na-de2-e]
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me-e-de3 šir3 ⌈im-zi⌉-zi-de3 ? [im-ĝa2]-⌈ĝa2⌉-ze2-en
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[… murub4]-⌈bi⌉-a nu-mu-un-til3
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[X X er2]-⌈šem3⌉-ma-ka mu-un-til3
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[er2]-⌈šem3⌉-ma-kam kug za-gin3-a-ka gu3-dim-ma-ka mu-un-til3
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