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A hymn to Nanna (Nanna G)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 47 sections

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2. A.1

   ⌈{d}nanna⌉ […]

   Nanna, ……, lord, son of Enlil, ……, Nanna, lord, ……, lord, son of Enlil, ……!

3. A.2

   en dumu ⌈{d}en-lil2-la2⌉ […]

4. A.3

   {d}nanna en X […]

5. A.4

   en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 […]

6. A.5

   en u6 di dug3-⌈ga⌉ […]

   Lord, sweet wonder ……! The woman perfect in beauty ……. Nanna, lord, sweet wonder ……! The woman perfect in beauty …….

7. A.6

   munus ḫi-li šu du7 […]

8. A.7

   {d}nanna en u6 [di dug3-ga …]

9. A.8

   munus ḫi-li šu du7 […]

10. A.9

    {d}nin-ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2 […]

    Ninḫursaĝa ……, the great mother Ninḫursaĝa ……. Nanna, ……, the great mother Ninḫursaĝa …….

11. A.10

    ama ⌈gal⌉ {d}nin-⌈ḫur⌉-[saĝ-ĝa2] […]

12. A.11

    {d}nanna X […]

13. A.12

    ama gal {d}⌈nin⌉-[ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2] […]

14. A.13

    mu-ni-in-X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) you ……. Nanna, ……, you …….

15. A.14

    za-e lu2 nir […]

16. A.15

    {d}nanna mu-[…]

17. A.16

    [za]-⌈e⌉ lu2 nir X […]

18. A.17

    [X] X X ⌈?⌉ X […]

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20. B.1

    […] X X [X X]

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21. B.2

    […] la-la-zu ma-[ak-ak]

    …… you have shown your attractiveness to me. May your beauty cover my body like a …… garment. Nanna, …… you have shown your attractiveness to me. May your beauty cover my body like a …… garment.

22. B.3

    [ḫi-li-zu {tug2}X]-gin7 bar-ĝa2 ḫe2-em-⌈mi⌉-dul

23. B.4

    {d}nanna šag4-ĝu10 X ĜIŠGAL X ⌈?⌉ la-la ma-ak-ak

24. B.5

    ḫi-li-zu {tug2}X-! bar-ĝa2 ḫe2-em-mi-dul

25. B.6

    en šu sikil-e {dug}šakir3-e ḫe2-du7

    Lord whose pure hands befit the milk churn, what you accomplish is pleasing to An and Enlil. Nanna, lord whose pure hands befit the milk churn, what you accomplish is pleasing to An and Enlil.

26. B.7

    niĝ2 šu dug4-ga-⌈zu⌉ an-ra {d}en-lil2-ra ša-mu-un-ne-sag9

27. B.8

    {d}nanna en šu ⌈sikil⌉-la {dug}šakir3-e ḫe2-du7

28. B.9

    niĝ2 šu dug4-ga-⌈zu⌉ an-ra {d}en-lil2-ra ša-mu-un-ne-sag9

29. B.10

    e2 ud du6-ul-la-ka su3-ud-še3 ḫe2-du3

    May you build enduringly the eternal (?) house. May you build enduringly Nanna's eternal (?) house, the …… quarters (?) and the courtyard of Nanna -- the temple whose shadow extends out into the midst of the sea, the E-kiš-nu-ĝal, the sweet wonder, the temple of Nanna built on empty land! ……, Suen …… among the gods. …… Enlil (?). ……, Nanna, lord, great son of An, beloved …… of Enlil and Ninlil, (unknown no. of lines missing)

30. B.11

    e2 {d}nanna ud du6-⌈ul⌉-la a2-mi kisal {d}nanna su3-ud-še3 ḫe2-⌈du3⌉

31. B.12

    e2 ĝissu-bi ab-šag4-ga la2-a

32. B.13

    e2-kiš-nu-⌈ĝal2⌉ u6 di dug3-ga

33. B.14

    e2 {d}nanna ⌈šag4⌉-sig-ga du3-a

34. B.15

    […] ⌈{d}suen diĝir-re-ne⌉ [(X X)]

35. B.16

    [X X] X ??-⌈?⌉ […]

36. B.17

    […] {d}nanna en dumu gal an-na […] ⌈ki⌉ aĝ2 {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 […]

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38. C.1

    […]-me-en

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39. C.2

    […] X

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41. C.7

    […]-⌈de3⌉-en

42. C.8

    […]-in-sa4

43. C.9

    […] X-la-me-en

44. C.10

    […]-⌈?⌉-in-sa4

45. C.11

    […]-⌈en⌉

46. C.12

    […] X

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