Dumuzid and Enkimdu

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 88 sections

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{lu2}ki-sikil tur3 […]
Maiden, the cattle-pen ……; maiden Inana, the sheepfold ……. …… bending in the furrows. Inana, let me stroll with you; …… the emmer ……. Young lady, let me …….
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ki-sikil {d}inana amaš […]
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ab-sin2-na gam-gam-e […]
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{d}inana ⌈ga⌉-e-re-dib-dib […]
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ziz2 ⌈?⌉ […]
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in-nin […] GA […]
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[nu]-nus-ĝen nu-me-en ne nu-[me-en]
I am a woman and I won't do that, I won't! I am a star ……, and I won't! I won't be the wife of a shepherd! Her brother, the warrior youth Utu, said to holy Inana:
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[X X X]-ta mul-ĝen nu-[me-en]
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⌈nitalam⌉ sipad-da nu-me-⌈en⌉-[X]
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šeš-a-ni ur-saĝ šul {d}utu
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kug {d}inana-⌈ra⌉ gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e
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nin9-ĝu10 ḫe2-tuku-tuku su8-ba-de3
My sister, let the shepherd marry you! Maiden Inana, why are you unwilling? His butter is good, his milk is good He of good butter, he of good milk -- all the work of the shepherd's hands is splendid. Inana, let Dumuzid marry you. You who wear jewellery, who wear šuba jewels, why are you unwilling? His butter is good, his milk is good -- all the work of the shepherd's hands is splendid. He will eat his good butter with you. Protector of the king, why are you unwilling?
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ki-sikil {d}inana za-e a-na-aš nu-ub-še-ge-en
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i3-ni dug3-ga-am3 ga-ni dug3-ga-am3 i3 dug3-ga-ke4 ga dug3-ga-ke4
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{lu2}su8-ba niĝ2 šu dug4-ga-ni dadag-ga-am3
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{d}inana ḫe2-tuku-tuku {d}du5-mu-zid-[de3]
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⌈unu2⌉ la2 šuba la2 za-e a-na-[aš] nu-ub-še-ge-en
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[i3]-ni dug3-ga-am3 ga-⌈ni⌉ [dug3-ga-am3]
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⌈{lu2}⌉su8-ba niĝ2 šu dug4-ga-ni dadag-[ga-am3]
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i3-ni dug3-ga mu-un-da-gu7-e
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an-dul3-e lugal-la za-e a-na-aš nu-ub-še-ge-en
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ĝe26-e su8-ba-de3 ba-ra-mu-tuku-tuku-un ? i-ḫa-[…]
The shepherd shall not marry me! He shall not make me carry his garments of new wool. His brand new wool will not influence me. Let the farmer marry me, the maiden. With the farmer who grows colourful flax, with the farmer who grows dappled grain ……. (1 line fragmentary) (approx. 7 lines missing) The shepherd shall not marry me!
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[tug2] gibil-la2-na ba-ra-mi-ni-ga-ga-an ṣu2-ba-ti-šu na-ap-ši-im X a ?
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[siki gibil]-la2-a-ni sa2 ba-ra-mu-e-en re-še20-et ša ši-pa-ti-šu X a ?
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⌈ki⌉-sikil-ĝen me-e mu-un-gar3-e de3-mu-tuku-tuku-un
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mu-un-gar3 gu gun3-gun3-a-da
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mu-un-gar3 še gun3-gun3-a-da
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[…] X gu2-⌈un⌉ […]
gap
(approx. 7 lines missing)
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me-[e] [su8-ba-de3] ⌈ba⌉-[ra-mu-tuku-tuku-un]
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inim-bi […]
These words ……. ……the farmer to the shepherd. My king ……, the shepherd, Dumuzid ……. …… to say ……:
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sipad-ra ? […]
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lugal-ĝu10 X […]
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su8-ba {d}du5-mu-⌈zid-de3⌉
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[X] X X dug4-ge-de3 in-[X X]
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⌈engar-e⌉ ĝa2-a-ra engar-e ĝa2-a-ra engar-e a-na mu-un-dirig-ga-am3
In what is the farmer superior to me, the farmer to me, the farmer to me? Enkimdu, the man of the dykes and canals -- in what is that farmer superior to me? Let him give me his black garment, and I will give the farmer my black ewe for it. Let him give me his white garment, and I will give the farmer my white ewe for it. Let him pour me his best beer, and I will pour the farmer my yellow milk for it. Let him pour me his fine beer, and I will pour the farmer my soured (?) milk for it. Let him pour me his brewed beer, and I will pour the farmer my whipped milk for it. Let him pour me his beer shandy, and I will pour the farmer my …… milk for it.
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{d}en-ki-im-du lu2 eg2 pa5-ra-ke4
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ĝa2-a-ra engar-e a-na mu-un-dirig-ga-am3
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tug2 gig2-ga-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu
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engar-ra u8 gig2-ĝu10 ĝe26-e ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2
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tug2 babbar2-ra-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu
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engar-ra u8 babbar2-ra-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2
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e-ne kaš saĝ-ĝa2-ni ḫa-ma-an-de2-e
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engar-ra ga sig7-a-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-in-de2
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e-ne kaš sig5-ni ḫa-ma-an-de2-e
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engar-ra ga-ki-si-im-⌈?⌉-[ĝu10] ga-mu-na-ši-in-⌈de2⌉
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e-ne kaš sa2 gi4-a-ni ḫa-ma-an-de2-e ḫi-iq-?
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engar-ra ga BUL-a-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-in-de2
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e-ne kašbir-a-ni ḫa-ma-an-de2-e X X X ?-šu
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engar-ra ĝe26-e ga u2-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-in-de2
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ḫa-ḫa-la sig5-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu
Let him give me his best filtered beer, and I will give the farmer my curds (?). Let him give me his best bread, and I will give the farmer my …… milk for it. Let him give me his little beans, and I will give the farmer my small cheeses for them. Let him give me his large beans, and I will give the farmer my big cheeses for them. After letting him eat and letting him drink, I will even leave extra butter for him, and I will leave extra milk for him. In what is the farmer superior to me?
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engar-ra ĝe26-e ga i3-ti-ir-da-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2
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ninda sig5-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu
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engar-ra ga ⌈nunuz-te⌉-a-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2
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gu2 di4-di4-la2-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu
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engar-ra ga-ar3 tur-tur-ĝu10 ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2
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⌈gu2⌉ [gal-gal-la-ni ḫa-ma-ab-šum2-mu]
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[engar]-ra ⌈ga-ar3 gal-gal-ĝu10⌉ [ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum2] X X X […]
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u3-mu-ni-gu7 u3-mu-ni-naĝ-ĝa2-ta i-zu-ba
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i3 niĝ2 dirig-ga ga-mu-na-ra-ab-šub [wa-at]-ri-im
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ga niĝ2 dirig-ga ga-mu-na-ra-ab-šub
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ĝa2-a-ra engar-e a-na mu-un-dirig-⌈ga⌉-[am3]
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ul am3-te ul am3-te gaba peš10-a ul am3-te
He was cheerful, he was cheerful, at the edge of the riverbank, he was cheerful. On the riverbank, the shepherd on the riverbank, now the shepherd was even pasturing the sheep on the riverbank. The farmer approached the shepherd there, the shepherd pasturing the sheep on the riverbank; the farmer Enkimdu approached him there. Dumuzid …… the farmer, the king of dyke and canal. From the plain where he was, the shepherd from the plain where he was provoked a quarrel with him; the shepherd Dumuzid from the plain where he was provoked a quarrel with him.
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peš10-am3 sipad-de3 peš10-am3
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sipad-de3 peš10-⌈am3⌉ udu na-an-ga-am3-⌈mi⌉-[ni-in-lu-lu]
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sipad peš10-a udu lu-a-ra
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{lu2}sipad-ra engar mu-na-ni-[in-te]
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engar {d}en-ki-im-du ⌈mu⌉-[na-ni-in-te]
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{d}dumu-zid lugal eg2 pa5-re […]
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edin-a-na sipad-de3 [edin]-a-na du14 mu-⌈un⌉-[di-ni-ib-mu2-mu2]
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su8-ba {d}dumu-zid-de3 edin-a-na du14 mu-un-di-ni-ib-mu2-mu2
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ĝa2-a za-a-da su8-ba ĝa2-a za-a-da su8-ba ĝa2-a za-a-da
Why should I compete against you, shepherd, I against you, shepherd, I against you? Let your sheep eat the grass of the riverbank, let your sheep graze on my stubble. Let them eat grain in the jewelled (?) fields of Unug, let your kids and lambs drink water from my Surungal canal.
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a-na-aš mu-da-ab-sa2-e-en
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udu-zu u2 peš10 ḫe2-em-mi-gu7
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išin-ĝa2 udu-zu ḫe2-em-mi-gu7!((lu?))
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a-šag4 šuba unug{ki}-ga še ḫa-ba-ni-gu7
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maš2 sila4-zu {id2}surungal-ĝa2 a ḫa-ba-ni-in-naĝ
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{lu2}sipad-me-en nam-nitalam-ĝu10-še3
As for me, I am a shepherd: when I am married, farmer, you are going to be counted as my friend. Farmer Enkimdu, you are going to be counted as my friend, farmer, as my friend.
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engar gu5-li-ĝa2 na-ba-ni-in-kur9-ra
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engar {d}en-ki-im-du gu5-li-ĝa2 engar gu5-li-ĝa2
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na-ba-ni-in-kur9-ra-am3
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gig ga-mu-ra-de6 gu2 ga-mu-ra-de6
I will bring you wheat, and I will bring you beans; I will bring you two-row barley from the threshing-floor. And you, maiden, I will bring you whatever you please, maiden Inana, …… barley or …… beans.
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gu2-nida bir-un4-na ga-mu-ra-de6
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{lu2}ki-sikil niĝ2 za-a-ra sig9-ga
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ki-sikil {d}inana še giĝ4 gu2 MUNUS ga-mu-ra-de6
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sipad engar-da a-da-min3 dug4-ga
The dispute between the shepherd and the farmer: maiden Inana, your praise is sweet.
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ki-sikil {d}inana za3-mi2-zu dug3-ga-am3
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bal-bal-e-dam
A balbale.

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