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A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 150 sections

1. A.1

   […]-⌈? kug⌉-ga-a-am3

   …… of my …… is holy. I am she who directs ……. …… genitals ……. …… is perfect for august status. Subduing ……, fixing my gaze ……, I am she who directs ……. (3 lines fragmentary)

2. A.2

   […] si sa2-sa2 me-e

3. A.3

   […] gal4-la ki X [X X]-am3

4. A.4

   […]-⌈an⌉-du7 nam-nun-na ba-an-du7

5. A.5

   […] ? X X GAM-e

6. A.6

   […] igi ĝa2-ĝa2

7. A.7

   […] si sa2-sa2 me-e

8. A.8

   […] X šu BA […]

9. A.9

   […] X X X [X] X

10. A.10

    […] X […] X

11. A.11

    […]-ĝu10 gal4-la-ĝu10 ? X X […]

    …… my genitals ……, my …… which is seemly for a deity, …… of my buttocks, my brightly coloured ……, …… of my buttocks, my …… established by ……, my …… ordered by ……, my …… which befits the palace, my …… which passes the time ……, …… is racing. Dumuzid brings …….

12. A.12

    […] diĝir-e ba-ab-du7-a-ĝu10

13. A.13

    […] dur2-ra-ĝu10

14. A.14

    X X [X] X-er-tab gun3-a-ĝu10

15. A.15

    X X [X X] X il2-? ?-ra-ĝu10

16. A.16

    X X X [X] X-e mar-ra-ĝu10

17. A.17

    X X X [X] X X dug4-ga-ĝu10

18. A.18

    X X X e2-gal me-te-ĝu10

19. A.19

    X X MA ZA ud zal-la-ĝu10 ? X X

20. A.20

    MUNUS [X X] PA-za kušum4 tag-ga-am3

21. A.21

    {d}dumu-zid-? a X E mi-ni-in-ga-ga

22. A.22

    uĝ3 šar2-re-da i-bi2-ĝu10 mu-ma-al

    I gazed over all the people, and chose Dumuzid as god of the Land. For Dumuzid, beloved by Enlil, I exalted his name and decreed his destiny. My mother cherishes him constantly, and my father speaks his praise.

23. A.23

    {d}dumu-zid nam-diĝir kalam-ma-še3 mu-pad3

24. A.24

    {d}dumu-zid ki-ig-ga aĝ2 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ra

25. A.25

    mu mu-ni-maḫ nam mu-ni-tar

26. A.26

    ama-ĝu10 saĝ us2 mu-na-kal

27. A.27

    ad-da-ĝu10 silim-e-eš mu-un-na-e

28. A.28

    a mu-ši-tu5 na-ma mu-ši-su-ub

    I bathed and rubbed myself with soap for him, standing at the washing basin. For him I straightened my clothes as the garments of power, I reinforced for him the noble vestments. I put ……, I loosened …… (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 7 lines missing)

29. A.29

    šen a tu5-a X u3-mu-ši-gub

30. A.30

    tug2-ĝu10 tug2 aĝ2 kalag-ga-gin7 si ba-sa2-e

31. A.31

    {tug2}pala3 maḫ mu-na-kalag-ge-en

32. A.32

    […] e3-bi-še3 ma-ma-ma-an

33. A.33

    […]-bur2-bur2-re-?

34. A.34

    […]-?-⌈?⌉

35. A.35

    […] X […]

36. gap

    (approx. 7 lines missing)

37. B.1

    ? X X […] AN […]

    The queen ……. Outside (?) the city, the house (?) …… lapis lazuli ……. In my sanctuary, …… in prayer, in holy prayer, ……. I am Inana …… powerful garment. The gala singer …… in song, the musician performs a hymn. My bridegroom rejoices beside me, the wild bull lord Dumuzid rejoices beside me.

38. B.2

    ? bar ? [X X] za-gin3 AN […]

39. B.3

    šag4 eš3-ĝu10 a-ra-zu-a mu-ni-[…]

40. B.4

    kug a-ra-zu-a mi-X-⌈pad3⌉-[…]

41. B.5

    X X tug2 kalag-ga <ga>-ša-an-an-na-me-[en]

42. B.6

    gala-e šir3-ra mu-ni-ib2-[…]

43. B.7

    nar-e en3-du-a mu-ni-ib2-[be2]

44. B.8

    mu-ud-na-ĝu10 mu-da-an-[ḫul2-le]

45. B.9

    am u3-mu-un {d}dumu-zid mu-da-an-[ḫul2-le]

46. B.10

    kurku2 ? ka ? A […]

    …… a desire in laudatory words. The lady of all the lands ……, who raises up prayers in Nibru ……, who lowers prayers ……, the lady praises herself; the gala singer …… in song. Inana praises …… her genitals in song:

47. B.11

    ga-ša-an kur-kur-<ra> tur ?-ni-⌈ib2⌉-[…]

48. B.12

    u3-gul zi-zi nibru⌈{ki}⌉ […]

49. B.13

    u3-gul mar-mar tur an X […]

50. B.14

    in-nin9-e ni2 silim-e-⌈eš⌉ […-e]

51. B.15

    gala-e šir3-ra ⌈mu⌉-[…]

52. B.16

    {d}inana-ke4 silim-e-eš […-e]

53. B.17

    gal4-la-ni šir3-ra mi-ni-[…]

54. B.18

    gal4-la ĝar-? ne-en GAG X […]

    These genitals, ……, like a horn, …… a great waggon, this moored Boat of Heaven …… of mine, clothed in beauty like the new crescent moon, this waste land abandoned in the desert ……, this field of ducks where my ducks sit, this high well-watered field of mine: my own genitals, the maiden's, a well-watered opened-up mound -- who will be their ploughman? My genitals, the lady's, the moist and well-watered ground -- who will put an ox there?

55. B.19

    si-gin7 {ĝiš}mar gal-e ⌈keše2⌉ […]

56. B.20

    ma2 an-na ne-en eš2 la2 […]

57. B.21

    ud-sakar gibil-gin7 ḫi-li ⌈gur3⌉-[ru-ĝu10]

58. B.22

    kislaḫ ne-en edin-na ?-[…]

59. B.23

    a-? uz{mušen} ne-en uz{mušen} dur2-[ra]-⌈ĝu10⌉

60. B.24

    a-šag4 an-na ne-en a ma-ra-ĝu10

61. B.25

    ma-a gal4-la-ĝu10 du6 du8-du8-a a ma-<a>-ra

62. B.26

    ki-sikil-ĝen a-ba-a ur11-ru-a-bi

63. B.27

    gal4-la-ĝu10 ki duru5 a ma-ra

64. B.28

    ga-ša-an-ĝen gud a-ba-a bi2-ib2-gub-be2

65. B.29

    in-nin9 lugal-e ḫa-ra-an-ur11-ru

    Lady, the king shall plough them for you; Dumuzid the king shall plough them for you.

66. B.30

    {d}dumu-zid lugal-e ḫa-ra-ur11-ru

67. B.31

    [gal4-la]-ĝa2 ur11-ru mu-lu ša3-ab-ĝa2-kam

    Plough in my genitals, man of my heart! …… bathed her holy hips, …… holy ……, the holy basin (1 line fragmentary) (approx. 3 lines missing)

68. B.32

    […] ur2 kug-ge a ba-an-tu5

69. B.33

    […] kug-ga-am3 šen ⌈?⌉ X

70. B.34

    […] X X X […]

71. gap

    (approx. 3 lines missing)

72. C.1

    {d}nin-e2-gal kug-ga-⌈am3⌉ […]

    Ninegala, the holy ……. (5 lines fragmentary) The holy embrace ……. Fresh fruits (?) and shoots ……. As she arises from the king's embrace, the flax rises up with her, the barley rises up with her. With her, the desert is filled with a glorious garden.

73. C.2

    […] X ĜA2 X […]

74. C.3

    […] NUN-? […]

75. C.4

    […]-e ? […]

76. C.5

    […] LA […]

77. C.6

    […] X X X […]

78. C.7

    ? ⌈?⌉ […]

79. C.8

    ĜIŠ.? pa-pa-al ⌈mu⌉-[…]

80. C.9

    ur2 lugal-la-ta zig3-ga-ni-[ta]

81. C.10

    gu mu-un-da-zig3 še mu-un-da-zig3

82. C.11

    ⌈edin⌉ {ĝiš}kiri6 giri17-zal-gin7 mu-un-da-ab-si

83. C.12

    e2-nam-til3-la e2 lugal-la-ka

    His wife dwelt happily with him in E-namtila, the king's house; Inana dwelt happily with him in E-namtila, Dumuzid's house. Rejoicing in his house, Inana pleads with the king:

84. C.13

    nitalam2-a-ni ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš

85. C.14

    e2-nam-til3-la e2 {d}dumu-zid-da-ka

86. C.15

    {d}inana ul-la mu-un-da-an-tuš

87. C.16

    {d}inana e2-a-ni ḫul2-la-e

88. C.17

    lugal-ra u3-gul mu-na-ĝa2-ĝa2

89. C.18

    ga sig7-a-ma-ab mu-ud-na-ĝu10 ga sig7-⌈a⌉-[ma-ab]

    Make the milk yellow for me, my bridegroom, make the milk yellow for me, and I will drink the milk with you, my bridegroom! Wild bull Dumuzid, make the milk yellow for me, and I will drink the milk with you, my bridegroom! …… the goat's milk …… the fold; lord (?) of all things, fill my holy churns. Dumuzid, …… camel's milk. The milk of the camels ……. Their butter and milk are sweet, ……. Lord Dumuzid, …… I will drink the milk with you.

90. C.19

    mu-ud-na-ĝu10 me-e ga de3-e-da-⌈na8⌉-[na8]

91. C.20

    am {d}dumu-zid ga sig7-a-ma-⌈ab⌉

92. C.21

    mu-ud-na-ĝu10 me-e ga de3-⌈e-da⌉-[na8-na8]

93. C.22

    ga ud5-da-ke4 amaš […]

94. C.23

    nin šar2-ra {dug}šakir kug-ĝa2 sug4-[…]

95. C.24

    {d}dumu-zid ga am-si-ḫar-ra-⌈an⌉-[na …]

96. C.25

    ⌈am-si⌉-ḫar-ra-an-na ga-bi […]

97. C.26

    u5 ga-bi ze2-ba-am3 […]

98. C.27

    u3-mu-un {d}du5-mu-zid […] me-e ga de3-e-⌈da⌉-[na8-na8]

99. C.28

    nitalam-ĝu10 ama5 niĝ2 dug3-ga X […]

    My spouse, …… the pleasant building. Inana, I will place them at your disposal, I will place them there before you in your E-namtila, the amazing source of the Land's radiance, the house where the destiny of all the lands is decreed, where the living people are correctly guided. Ninegala, I will place them at your disposal, I will place them there before you in your E-namtila. Inana, I will place them at your disposal in E-namtila, the building which grants long life. I will place them there before you in your E-namtila. (3 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary)

100. C.29

     {d}inana me-e a-ra-ab-gub-[be2-en]

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