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A šir-namšub to Utu (Utu F)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 50 sections

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   (17 lines fragmentary) Youthful Utu ……, calf of the wild cow, calf of the wild cow, calf of the righteous son, Utu, royal brother of Inana! He who brings thirst to streets and paths (?), Utu, he of the tavern, provided beer, youthful Utu, he of the tavern, provided beer.

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    šul {d}utu ĜIRI3×X-re-ne amar ⌈sumun2-na⌉-ke4

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    amar sumun2-na-ke4 amar dumu zid-da-ke4

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    {d}utu šeš lugal {d}inana-ke4

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    en-me-en de6-de6 sila sir2-ra-ke4

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    {d}utu kaš mu-un-ĝal2 e2 kurun-ka-ke4

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    šul {d}utu kaš mu-un-ĝal2 e2 kurun-ka-ke4

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    šeš-ĝu10 u3-mu-un ni2 gur3-ru kur-še3 ga-ba-e-da-u5

    (Inana speaks:) My brother, awe-inspiring lord, let me ride with you to the mountains! Lord of heaven, awe-inspiring lord, lord, let me ride with you to the mountains; to the mountains of herbs, to the mountains of cedars, to the mountains; to the mountains of cedars, the mountains of cypresses, to the mountains; to the mountains of silver, the mountains of lapis lazuli, to the mountains; to the mountains where the gakkul plants grow, to the mountains; to the distant source of the rolling rivers, to the mountains.

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    u3-mu-un an-na u3-mu-un ni2 gur3-ru u3-mu-un kur-še3 ga-ba-e-da-u5

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    kur šim-ma-še3 kur {ĝiš}erin-na-še3 kur-še3

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    kur {ĝiš}erin-na kur ḫa-šu-ur2-ra-še3 kur-še3

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    kur kug-ga kur za-gin3-na-še3 kur-še3

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    kur gakkul3-a mu-un-mu2-mu2-[še3 kur-še3]

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    id2 ḫal-ḫal-la a-ki-ta su3-ud-bi-[še3 kur-še3]

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    šeš-ĝu10 ĝen-a ga-[…]

    My brother, come, let me ……. My brother, the midst of the sea …… my eyes. My brother, women ……. Utu, women …….

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    šeš-ĝu10 ab-šag4-ga igi-ĝu10 NE […]

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    šeš-ĝu10 munus-e-ne mu-[…]

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    {d}utu munus-e-ne mu-[…]

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    aĝ2 munus-e-ne mu ?-X nu-zu-ĝen

    I am unfamiliar with womanly matters, with ……. I am unfamiliar with womanly matters, with sexual intercourse! I am unfamiliar with womanly matters, with kissing! I am unfamiliar with sexual intercourse, I am unfamiliar with kissing!

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    aĝ2 munus-e-ne mu dug4 nu-zu-ĝen

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    aĝ2 munus-e-ne še su-ub nu-zu-ĝen

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    mu dug4 nu-zu-ĝen še su-ub nu-zu-ĝen

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    kur-ra a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu7-un-de3-en

    Whatever exists in the mountains, let us eat that. Whatever exists in the hills, let us eat that. In the mountains of herbs, in the mountains of cedars, in the mountains of cedars, the mountains of cypresses, whatever exists in the mountains, let us eat that.

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    ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2 a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu7-un-de3-en

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    kur šim-ma-še3 kur {ĝiš}erin-na-še3

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    kur {ĝiš}erin-na kur ḫa-šu-ur2-ra-še3

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    kur-ra a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu7-un-de3-en

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    šim mu-un-gu7-a-ta {ĝiš}erin mu-un-gu7-a-ta

    After the herbs have been eaten, after the cedars have been eaten, put your hand in my hand and then escort me to my house. Escort me to my house, to my house in Zabalam. Escort me to my mother, to my mother Ningal. Escort me to my mother-in-law, to Ninsumun. Escort me to my sister-in-law, to Ĝeštin-ana.

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    šu-ĝu10 šu u3-bi2-du3 e2-ĝu10-še3 gi4-mu

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    e2-ĝu10-še3 gi4-mu e2-ĝu10 zabalam{ki}-a-ra

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    ama-ĝu10-še3 gi4-mu ama-ĝu10 ga-ša-an-gal-ra

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    ušbar-ĝu10-še3 gi4-mu ga-ša-an-sumun2-na-ra

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    e-rib-bi2-ĝu10 gi4-mu {d}mu-tin-an-na-ra

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    šu dili ed2-da-ke4 e2 lu2 ed2-da-ke4

    For those who venture forth single-handed, who venture forth from a man's house, for those who venture forth from a man's house, who venture forth single-handed, Utu: you are their mother, Utu, you are their father. Utu, as for the orphans, Utu, as for the widows, Utu: the orphans look to you as their father, Utu, you succour the widows as their mother. With you …….

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    e2 lu2 ed2-da-ke4 šu dili ed2-da-ke4

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    {d}utu ama-bi-me-en {d}utu a-a-bi-me-en

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    {d}utu nu-siki-ke4 {d}utu nu-mu-su-e

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    {d}utu nu-siki-ke4 a-a-ni-gin7 igi-bi ma-ra-pad3

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    {d}utu nu-mu-su-e ama-bi-gin7 šu gi4-gi4-bi-me-en

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    a-lu za-da a-lu DU.DU

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