A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana W)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 42 sections

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(4 lines missing) (2 lines fragmentary) May my sheep eat my …… which is growing in the fields, my plants, my camel-thorn. May my sheep eat my ……, my plants, my winnowed barley. May my sheep eat my life of the Land which is growing in the fields, my plants, my stubble. May my sheep eat my support of orphans and sustenance of widows, my plants, my šakir plants. May my sheep eat my string of clay balls (?) which is growing in the fields, my plants, my colocynth. May my sheep eat my beer wort mixed with honey, my plants, my marsh reeds. May my sheep eat my calves going together with their bulls, my plants, my reed shoots. May my sheep eat my blossoming garden of apple trees, my plants, my reeds.
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[X X] X-ga IM X […]
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[X X] ⌈ḫa⌉-za buru3 a-šag4-<ga> ĝal2-⌈la⌉-[ĝu10]
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[u2-ĝu10] ⌈{ĝiš}⌉deḫi3-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-⌈ma⌉-[gu7-e]
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[X X] X e2-a sig9-ga-[ĝu10]
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⌈u2⌉-[ĝu10] ⌈še⌉ la2-a-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-[gu7-e]
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⌈zi kalam⌉-ma a-šag4-ga ĝal2-la-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 išin-na-<ĝu10> udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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⌈nu⌉-siki il2-il2-ĝu10 nu-mu-un-su da-ri-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 {u2}šakir3-ra-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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dub keše2-da a-šag4-ga ĝal2-la-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 ukuš2-ti-ki-il-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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sumun2 kaš-a lal3 dab5-ba-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 {gi}en3-bar-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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amar gud-da-bi-da di-a-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 {gi}ub-zal-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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{ĝiš}kiri6 {ĝiš}ḫašḫur-a ul gur3-ru-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 gi-zi-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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šim a-šag4-ga ⌈lal3⌉ ta-ḫab2-ba-ĝu10
May my sheep eat my aromatic plants of the fields, dripping with syrup, my plants, my licorice. May my sheep eat my …… waterskin hanging from the saddle, my plants, my ḫarub pods. May my sheep eat my grass spread out like a mantle, my plants, my meadow grass. May my sheep eat my native-born (?) of flourishing Sumer, my plants, my kali plants. May my sheep eat my unkempt long hair, my plants, my esparto grass. May my sheep eat my plants that ignore winter and summer, my plants, my date palm saplings. May my sheep eat my beautiful …… plants with a head of fine hairs, my plants, my lilangi plants. May my sheep eat my …… growing in the desert, my plants, my apple grass.
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u2-ĝu10 {u2}⌈munzer⌉-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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{kuš}ummud dag-si la2 X X-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 {u2}ḫarub-ba-ĝu10 udu-⌈ĝu10⌉ ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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u2 {tug2}bar-⌈dul5⌉-gin7 barag2-barag2-ga-ĝu10
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u2-ĝu10 {u2}sas(⌈KI⌉.KAL)-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-⌈gu7⌉-[e]
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ud tud-⌈da⌉-ta ki-en-gi ḫe2-ĝal2-<la-ĝu10>
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u2-⌈ĝu10⌉ teme{sar}-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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⌈siki gid2⌉-da {ĝiš}ga-rig2 nu-zu-ĝu10
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⌈u2⌉-ĝu10 {u2}numun2-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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⌈en⌉-te-en nu-zu e2-me-eš nu-zu-ĝu10
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[u2]-ĝu10 {u2}ĜIŠNIMBAR.TUR-ĝu10 udu-ĝu10 ḫa-⌈ma⌉-gu7-e
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[X] ⌈?⌉ sag9-ga dilib3-e sal-sal-⌈ĝu10⌉
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[u2-ĝu10] {u2}li-la-an-gi4-<ĝu10> udu-ĝu10 ⌈ḫa⌉-ma-gu7-e
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[X] X UD edin-na mu2-a-⌈ĝu10⌉
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[u2-ĝu10 u2]-⌈{ĝiš}⌉ḫašḫur-<ĝu10> udu-ĝu10 ḫa-ma-gu7-e
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[…] ⌈bi2⌉-in-gi4 ga lal3 šu bi2-in-gur
…… and smeared milk and honey on it. The youth is gentle towards his spouse; the wild bull stands in prayer before her. He is gentle towards holy Inana. Embracing ……, he treats her gently. Dumuzid stands in prayer before her. (approx. 5 lines missing)
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šul ⌈nitalam⌉-[a]-ni-ra mu-na-an-ḫum-ḫum-e
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am-e šudu3 im-ma-da-an-ša4
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⌈kug⌉ ⌈{d}inana⌉-ra mu-na-an-ḫum-ḫum-e
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[…] ⌈gu2⌉ la2 mi2 na-bi2-in-dug4
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[{d}dumu-zid šudu3 im-ma]-⌈da-an⌉-ša4
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