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

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 57 sections

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   [X] X X X X

   (5 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary) …… his father like a messenger. (1 line fragmentary)

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   X ad-da-ni kiĝ2-gi4-a-gin7

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   [X] X DA [X] X-a-ĝu10 kaš4 […] ⌈?⌉-nu

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   mussa-⌈me⌉ [ud …-zal]

   (Utu speaks:)Our brother-in-law, the daytime will pass; our brother-in-law, night will come. Then I shall make the moonlight enter its house, I shall make the stars become dimmed in their house. Our brother-in-law, when the daytime has passed, our brother-in-law, when the night comes, and after the moonlight has entered its house, after the stars have become dimmed in their house, I shall draw the bolt from the door for you ……. (5 lines missing)

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   mussa-me ⌈ĝi6⌉ […-sa2]

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   iti6 e2-ba ⌈mi⌉-[ni-ib]-kur9 X X

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   mul e2-ba mi-ni-ib-di4-di4-en

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   mussa-me ud me-zal-la-gin7

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    mussa-me ĝi6!(me) me!(ĝi6)-sa2-a-gin7

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    iti6 e2-ba mi-ni-kur9-ra-gin7

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    mul!(iti6) e2-ba mi-ni-di4-di4-la2-gin7

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    ig-ta saĝ-kul

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    X X-ra-si-il-le-en X

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    nin9 ⌈gal⌉-[ĝu10 …]

    My elder sister! ……. My sweet! ……. My elder sister! ……. My brother with kindly eyes! (2 lines unclear) Here is our parapet! Tear down our parapet! Our spouse, exert (?) yourself, exert (?) yourself! If you are captured, what will become of us? They have let you go: come into our house!

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    ze2-ba-ĝu10 X […] zid-? […]

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    nin9 gal-ĝu10 ⌈da⌉ […]-⌈ta⌉

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    [šeš] i-bi2 ⌈sag9⌉-[sag9-ĝu10]

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    [X X]-⌈ra⌉-ĝu10 […]-⌈zi⌉-in

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    [X X] ? ⌈? LU⌉ [X X] im-me X X

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    bad3-si-me al-ĝal2 bad3-si-me gul-lu

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    ⌈nitalam⌉-me aĝ2 ?-u3 kuš2-u3

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    šu u8-ub-dab5-be2-en ta-me mu-un-ĝal2

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    šu e-ri-in-bar-re-eš e2-me-eš-e ĝa2-nu

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    suḫur-e du7-ĝu10 suḫur-e du7-ĝu10

    My one distinguished by a shock of hair, my one distinguished by a shock of hair! My sweet, my one distinguished by a shock of hair! My one distinguished by a shock of hair like a palm tree! My shaggy-necked one like a tamarisk, my one distinguished by a shock of hair! My man distinguished in the assembly by your shock of hair! Rub it against our breast, my sweet! Noble one (?), honoured in the assembly with your shock of hair! Rub it against our breast, my brother with kindly eyes! My lapis lazuli beard, my fermenting-vat shock of hair! My beard mottled like lapis lazuli! My shock of hair sturdy as a fermenting vat! My ivory figurine, my golden figure! My object fashioned by a skilled carpenter! My one worked on by a skilled metal worker!

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    ze2-ba-ĝu10 suḫur-e du7-ĝu10

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    mu-nim-mar-gin7 suḫur-e du7-ĝu10

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    {ĝiš}šinig-gin7 gu2 lum-lum-ĝu10 ⌈suḫur-e⌉ du7-ĝu10

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    mu-ti-in suḫur-? unken-na du7-⌈ĝu10⌉

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    ze2-ba-ĝu10 gaba-me-a su-ub-bi

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    gi-ru suḫur-⌈?⌉ unken-na dugud-da

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    šeš i-<bi2> sag9-sag9-ĝu10 gaba-me-a su-ub-bi

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    sun4 za-gin3-ĝu10 suḫur gakkul3-ĝu10

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    sun4 X za-gin3-gin7 gun3-a-ĝu10

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    suḫur gakkul3-gin7 ĝar-ĝar-ra-ĝu10

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    dim3 zu2-ĝu10 me-dim2 kug-sig17-ga-ĝu10

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    niĝ2 nagar kug-zu dim2-ma-ĝu10

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    tibira kug-zu kiĝ2 ak-a-ĝu10

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    ĝen nin9 ki aĝ2-ĝu10 ka-ga14 (X) ME RI MU !-e

    Come (?), my beloved sister! I will …… mouth. Her genitals are as sweet as her mouth. Her mouth is as sweet as her genitals. …… beautiful. …… eyes. (3 lines fragmentary or missing)

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    ka-ga14-ni-gin7 gal4-⌈la⌉-[ni dug3-ga-am3]

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    ⌈gal4-la⌉-ni-gin7 ka-ga14-[ni dug3-ga-am3]

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    sig7-ge X […]

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    igi bi2-[…]

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    TA […]

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    […] X MAŠ GUR-am3

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    ⌈?⌉-ga14 inim ze2-ba ḫe2-me-en

    May you be sweet words in the mouth! May you be a reign which brings forth happy days! May you be a feast which brightens the countenance! May you be a shining mirror! Beloved of Enlil, may the heart of your god your god be assuaged towards you! Come at night, stay at night! Come with the sun, stay with the sun! May your god pave the road for you, may he level the hills and depths for you!

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    bal ud sag9-ga e3 ḫe2-me-en

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    ezen saĝ-ki zalag-ga ḫe2-me-en

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    zabar-šu dadag-ga ḫe2-me-en

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    ki aĝ2 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2

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    šag4 diĝir-za diĝir-e ḫa-me-ši-ḫuĝ-e

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    ĝi6-a ĝa2-nu ĝi6-a gub-ba

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    {d}utu-da ĝa2-nu {d}utu-da gub-ba

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    diĝir-zu kaskal ḫa-ra-ab-sig10-ge

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    il2-la2 du5-la2 ḫa-ra-ab-sa2-sa2-<en>

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