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A šir-namšub to Ninisina (Ninisina B)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 26 sections

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   i3 li duru5 i3 li duru5 i3 li ḫe2-en-na-tum2 na-aĝ2 i3 li duru5

   Softened with the finest oils, softened with the finest oils -- for her let the finest oils be brought! So that she can be softened with the finest oils, let flowing oil be brought for her. For my beautiful ……, who is luxuriance, for my lady Ninsirsir, Ama-ugu-kuku, for my lady sitting in wine, for Ninisina sitting in wine, to make the fire blaze in the sky; for my lady bathing like a swallow, let cedar oil and cypress oil, and cedar oil, the aromatic which is beloved of the gods, and šimgig oil, and …… oil, and holy cow's butter and dairy cow's milk, and ghee brought from the holy cattle-pen and milk brought from (?) the sheepfold, oils wafting up into the heart of heaven like aromatic resins, and ligidba plant oil and white cedar oil -- let them all glisten on her!

2. 2

   i3 lum-ma ḫe2-en-na-tum2

3. 3

   TUM.KU sag9-ga-ĝu10 ul-la

4. 4

   ga-ša-an-ĝu10 ga-ša-an sir2-sir2-e ama-ugu-ku-ku

5. 5

   ga-ša-an-ĝu10 kurun-a tuš-a-ra

6. 6

   ga-ša-an-i3-si-in{ki}-na kurun-a tuš-a-ra

7. 7

   izi an-na mu2-mu2-de3

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   ga-ša-an-ĝu10 sim{mušen}-gin7 a tu5-tu5-a

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   i3 {ĝiš}erin-na i3 ḫa-šu-ur2-ra-ka

10. 10

    i3 {ĝiš}erin-na šim dim3-me-er ki aĝ2-ĝa2

11. 11

    i3 šim-gig i3 šim GA

12. 12

    i3 ab2 kug-ge ga ab2-šilam-ma

13. 13

    i3-nun tur3 kug ga-ga amaš-gin7 ga-ga

14. 14

    i3 šim-gin7 an-šag4-ge ed3

15. 15

    i3 ligidba i3 {ĝiš}erin babbar-ra mul-ma-al ḫe2-em-mi-ib2-za

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    zi-pa-aĝ2-ĝa2-na i3 šim erin-na-ka

    May she dribble with aromatic cedar resin upon her throat, with white cedar oil on her breasts, with oil on her eyes! Let the finest oils be sprinkled for her! May her neck be made to dribble with aromatic cedar resin! May the finest oils be sprinkled for her on her combed pubic hair and the hair of her head! May the finest oils besprinkle the lustrous nape of her neck as it turns! May the finest oils wash her hands and feet and her rich and fruitful parts! May her limbs and her perfect features lie in the oil! May the woman drip with oil as a cow that has been stood in the water!

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    gaba-ni i3 {ĝiš}erin babbar-ra-ka

18. 18

    igi-ba i3-a ḫe2-ni-ib2-gun5-gun5-e i3 li ḫe2-en-na-su3

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    gu2 sa-ni i3 šim {ĝiš}erin-na-ka ḫu-mu-ni-ib2-gun5-gun5-e

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    siki-ur2 siki-pa dub-dub-ba-ni i3 li ḫe2-en-na-an-su3

21. 21

    gu2-bar za-gin3 ?-gur-ra-ni i3 li ḫe2-em-su3-su3

22. 22

    šu ĝiri3 aĝ2 lum-ma lam-ma-ni i3 li ḫe2-em-luḫ-e

23. 23

    ĝiš-ge-en-gen6-na alan šu du7-a-ni i3-a ḫe2-en-nu2

24. 24

    munus-e ab2 a-e ĝar-ra-gin7 i3 li ḫe2-la2-e —

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    24

    24 lines.

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    šir3-nam-šub {d}nin-isin2si-na-kam

    A šir-namšub of Ninisina.

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