A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana Z)
- A.1
[ama] ugu-ĝu10 za-a-ra ĝa2-a im-mi-in-tu-ud-en
My own mother gave birth to me for your sake, my Ningal gave birth to me for your sake. ……, my beloved heart will come. ……, my beloved heart will come there. May …… come to me (?), and I will rejoice over him. May Dumuzid come to me (?), and I will rejoice over him. (1 line unclear) Dumuzid …… (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- A.2
[ga]-⌈ša-an⌉-?-ĝu10 za-a-ra ĝa2-a im-mi-in-tu-ud-en
- A.3
[X X]-⌈?⌉-ma-al-e-en ša3-ab ki-ig aĝ2-ĝa2 i3-du
- A.4
[X X]-⌈da⌉-ĝa2 ša3-ab ki-ig aĝ2-ĝa2 bi2-du
- A.5
[X X] [de3]-mu-un-ši-du me-e mu-!-ḫul2-en
- A.6
[{d}du5-mu]-⌈zid⌉ de3-mu-un-ši-du me-e mu-da-ḫul2-en
- A.7
[X X] ĜIŠ KU ? X ⌈?-? mu-?⌉-X-⌈BU⌉
- A.8
[{d}du5-mu]-zid ⌈de3⌉-[…] X […]
- A.9
[…] X […]
- gap
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- B.1
X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) Let us embrace, my bridegroom! Come, let us rejoice in play! Let us embrace, my Ama-ušum! Come, let us rejoice in play! Friend of An, lord, my heart's desire, cheering the mood, gladdening the heart: may you be our sun god! I will go to the lord, I will talk with him, I will say to the lord of my heart:
- B.2
mu-⌈ud-na⌉-ĝu10 ⌈gu2⌉-[da ĝa2-la2-e-en-de3-en]
- B.3
ĝa2-nu e-ne di de3-⌈ḫul2-?⌉-[en-de3-en]
- B.4
{d}!-ušum-ĝu10 gu2-da ĝa2-la2-e-⌈en-de3-en⌉
- B.5
ĝa2-nu e-ne ? de3-ḫul2-?-en-de3-en
- B.6
gu5-li an-na u3-mu-un aĝ2 ša3-ba-ĝu10
- B.7
ur5 sag9-ge šag4 ḫul2-la {d}utu-me ḫe2-me-en
- B.8
u3-mu-un-ra da-an-ši-ĝen me-e du5-mu-na-da-ab-dug4
- B.9
u3-mu-un ša3-ab-ĝa2 me-e du5-mu-ne-de-be2
- B.10
ki {d}mu-ul-lil2-da X KU ? ?-en
…… with Enlil, and my father, Suen, chose you in his heart. I myself chose you in my heart; you are the man of the heart. He has placed on your head for me the good headdress and the holy crown. You shall stand in service before the great gods, the Anuna gods who shine forth radiantly. Let us embrace, my bridegroom! Let us lie on my flowered bed! Let us embrace, my Ama-ušum! Let us lie on my flowered bed!
- B.11
a-a-ĝu10 {d}suen-e šag4-ge bi2-in-pad3-de3-en
- B.12
ša3-ab-ĝa2 bi2-in-pad3-de3-en me-e mu-lu ša3-ba-ĝen
- B.13
aga zid men kug saĝ-za ma-ra-ni-ma-al
- B.14
dim3-me-er gal-gal-e-ne i-bi2-bi ša-mu-un-gub-en
- B.15
{d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne mu-lu dalla bi2-in-e3-a
- B.16
mu-ud-na-ĝu10 gu2-da ĝa2-la2-e-en-de3-en
- B.17
mu-nu2 gi-rin-ĝa2-da ga-ba-e-nu2-en-de3-en
- B.18
{d}ama-ušum-ĝu10 gu2-da ĝa2-la2-⌈e⌉-[en-de3-en]
- B.19
mu-nu2-<da> gi-rin-ĝa2-da ga-ba-X-[nu2-en-de3-en]
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