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CDLI Literary 000344 (Dumuzi and Geshtin-ana) composite (P469525)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000344 (Dumuzi and Geshtin-ana) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469525 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
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| 1 | gal5-la2 tur ka ba-a-szi-ba9-re6 gal5-la2 gu-la-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | He opened the mouth of the small galla, the great galla spoke to him. |
| 2 | ga2-nam-ma-an-ze2-en ur2 ku3 {d}inanna-ka-sze3 ga-da-re7-en-de3-en | Let us go to the holy lap of Inanna |
| 3 | gal5-la2 unu{ki}-sze3 ba-ni-in-ku4-re-esz ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 mu-ni-in-dab5-be2-ne | They brought the vagina into Uruk and they seized holy Inanna. |
| 4 | ga2-nu {d}inanna kaskal-zu-sze3 ni-ba gen-na kur-sze3 e11-de3 | Come, Inanna, go by yourself to your journey, to the netherworld. |
| 5 | ki sza3-ge de6-a-zu-sze3 gen-na kur-sze3 e11-de3 | Go to the place of your rejoicing, to the mountain. |
| 6 | ki {d}erisz-ki-gal-la-sze3 gen-na kur-sze3 e11-de3 | to the place of Eriškigal went, to the netherworld to go. |
| 7 | tug2-ba13 ku3 {tug2}pala3-a tug2 nam-nin-zu nam-ba-mu4-mu4-un kur-sze3 e11-de3 | The pure robe, the pala garment, the garment of your ladyship, may the lord go up to the netherworld. |
| 8 | men ku3 me-te ka silim-ma sag-zu-a um-ta-ga2-ar kur-sze3 e11-de3 | (Sum) The pure crown, the perfect mouth, you have set your head towards the netherworld (Akk) The holy crown, adorned with a beautiful mouth, has set its head toward the netheworld |
| 9 | hi-li-a igi-zu la-ba-ni-in-du7 kur-sze3 e11-de3 | Your attractiveness is not perfected, it goes up to the netherworld. |
| 10 | UR NU tur giri3-zu [...]-du8-du8 kur-sze3 e11-de3 | ... your feet ... to the netherworld. |
| 11 | u4 za-e e11-de3-da [...] nu-BU-BU | When you go out, ... does not ... |
| 12 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 mu-un-bur2-bur2-re-esz [...]-ga-de3-esz | Holy Inanna, they were tearing out(?) |
| 13 | {d}inanna ni2-te-na {d}dumu-zi szu-sze3 ba-an-szum2 | Inanna by herself gave Dumuzi to the hand. |
| 14 | gurusz-e {gesz}rab3 mah giri3-ni im-ma-an-gar-re-en-de3-en | The young man set his foot on the supreme yoke. |
| 15 | gurusz-e {gesz}es2-ad szu-ni szub-bu-de3-en-de3-en gesz-gu2 gu2-ni gar-re-en-de3-en | The young man, we shall cast his hand on the esad tree, we will put his neck on the neck. |
| 16 | uruda-henzer {uruda}kibir2 {uruda}szukur mah-e igi-ni-sze3 ba-an-szi-ib2-il2-il2 | He carried the henzer, the kibir, and the great šukur weapons before him. |
| 17 | {uruda}ha-zi-in gal-gal-la u3-sar i3-ak-e-ne | They made large hazin-vessels. |
| 18 | gurusz-e mu-ni-in-gub-bu-de3-esz mu-ni-in-dur2-de3-esz | The lads stand before him, they sit before him. |
| 19 | tug2-gun5-na-ni szub-bu-de3-en-de3-en USZ KUM gub-bu-de3-en-de3-en | We shall cast his cloak on him, we shall cast blood on him. |
| 20 | gurusz-e a2-na mu-un-la2-e-de3-esz tug2-esz {hu}hul mu-un-szi-ak-esz | The young man stretched out his arms and wore a garment of evil. |
| 21 | tug2 ni2-te-na igi-na mu-ni-in-dul-u3-de3-esz | They covered her face with her own garment. |
| 22 | gurusz-e {d}utu-ra an-sze3 szu-ni ba-an-szi-zi | The young man raised his hands to Utu. |
| 23 | {d}utu gu5-li-zu ge26-e-me-en szul-me-en za-e mu-zu | Utu, I am your friend, you are well, you know your name. |
| 24 | nin9-zu nam-dam-sze3 ba-an-tuku-a | Your sister, having acquired for marriage, |
| 25 | e-ne kur-sze3 e11-de3 | When he goes up to the netherworld, |
| 26 | mu e-ne kur-sze3 e11-de3 | he named it, to bring it up to the netherworld. |
| 27 | ge26-e ki-gar-ra-bi-sze3 kur-sze3 ba-ab-szum2-mu-de3 | I will give it to the foreign lands as its pledge. |
| 28 | {d}utu di-ku5 nig2-si-sa2 za-e-me-en nam-ba-lul-de3 | Utu, judge of justice, you are not to be trampled. |
| 29 | szu-ga2 u3-mu-e-kur2 ulutim2-gu10 u3-mu-e-bala | You have changed my hands, you have turned my foundations into ruin heaps. |
| 30 | szu gal5-la2-gu10-ne ga-ba-e-da-an-ze-er nam-mu-ha-a-za-asz | I want to raise my hands to my galla demons, but they are not pacifying me. |
| 31 | musz-sag-kal-gin7 sza3-tum2 hur-sag-ga2 mu-ni-in-bala-bala | Like a strong snake, he roams the interior of the mountains. |
| 32 | ki nin9 {d}gesztin-an-na-sze3 zi-gu10 ga-ba-an-szi-in-de6 | I want to bring my life to the place of the sister of Geštinana |
| 33 | {d}utu er2-na szu ba-an-szi-in-ti | Šamaš received his tears. |
| 34 | szu-ni mu-ni-in-kur2-kur2 ulutim2-ma-ni mu-ni-in-bala-bala | He changed his hands, he changed his life. |
| 35 | musz-sag-kal-gin7 sza3-tum2 hur-sag-ga2 mu-ni-in-bala-bala | Like a strong snake, he roams the interior of the mountains. |
| 36 | {d}dumu-zi-de3 muszen-sze3 sur2-du3{muszen} dal-a-gin7 zi-ni ur5-da i3-szub-ba | Dumuzi, like a flying surdu bird, his life has been abandoned. |
| 37 | ki {d}gesztin-an-na-sze3 zi-ni ba-szi-in-de6 | to Geštinanna he took his life. |
| 38 | {d}gesztin-an-na szesz-a-ni igi ba-ni-in-du8-am3 | Geštinana looked at his brother. |
| 39 | te-na mu-ni-in-hur-hur giri17-na mu-ni-in-hur-hur | He shook his nose, he smashed his nose. |
| 40 | igi-ni za3-ga-na mi-ni-in-du8 tug2-ni mi-ni-in-da-da-ra | He has adorned his face with his lap, he has dressed his garment with it. |
| 41 | gurusz ag2-gig-ra i-lu ag2-gig-ga hu-mu-ni-ib2-be2 | May the lad say a lament over the broken one. |
| 42 | a szesz-gu10 a szesz-gu10 gurusz u4-bi nu-um-si | Woe, my brother, woe my brother! The young man does not tire of this day. |
| 43 | a szesz-gu10 su8-ba {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na gurusz u4-bi mu-bi nu-um-si | Woe, my brother, shepherd Amaušumgalana, this young man’s day has no name. |
| 44 | a szesz-gu10 gurusz dam nu-tuku dumu nu-tuku | Woe, my brother, the young man who has no wife, no child. |
| 45 | a szesz-gu10 gurusz gu5-li nu-tuku du10-us2-sa nu-tuku | Woe, my brother, the young man who has no rival, who does not have a companion |
| 46 | a szesz-gu10 gurusz ama-ni sa6-ga-ni nu-du8 | Woe, my brother, the young man, his beautiful mother does not sleep. |
| 47 | gal5-la2 {d}dumu-zi-de3 mu-ni-in-kin-kin-ne mu-ni-in-nigin2-nigin2-na-esz | The galla demons of Dumuzi were there, they were there. |
| 48 | gal5-la2 tur gal5-la2 gu-la-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e-ne | The small galla and the great galla spoke to him. |
| 49 | gal5-la2 ama nu-tuku ad-da ama nin9 szesz dam dumu nu-tuku-me-esz | The galla demons who have no mother, father, mother, sister, brother, wife, and child are brothers. |
| 50 | u4 me-da gal? ug3 USZ gar-ra an ki-ta ri-a-bi | The storm, the great(?) storm that binds the people from heaven and earth |
| 51 | za-e-ne-ne gal5-la2-ze2-en lu2 za3-ga-ni gi-szukur-gin7 | You are the galla demons, the one on his right, like a reed mat. |
| 52 | szu gar sa6-ga nu-tuku-me-esz sa6-ga hul nu-zu-me-esz | They did not have good hands, they did not know good ones. |
| 53 | lu2-u3 e2 nu ni2-te-na zi-ni silim-ma a-ba-a igi mi-ni-in-du8 | Who has seen someone who does not own a house? |
| 54 | ki gu5-li-bi nu-um-szi-du-de3-en ki mussa-bi nu-um-szi-du-de3-en | We will not go to the place of its pigeons, we will not [go to] the place where its herdsman lives. |
| 55 | su8-ba-ra ki {d}gesztin-an-na-ka-sze3 ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en | We shall go to the shepherd at the place of Geštinana |
| 56 | gal5-la2-e-e-ne szu-ta ba-ab-sag3-sag3-ge-me-esz mu-ni-in-kin-kin-ne-esz | The galla demons struck him by the hand, |
| 57 | i-lu-bi ka-ka-na nu-mu-un-til-la-am3 | Its lament is not finished in her mouth. |
| 58 | gal5-la2 ki {d}gesztin-an-na-sze3 ba-e-szi-re7{re}-esz | The galla demons went to the place of Geštinanna |
| 59 | ki szesz-zu la2-ma-ra-ab e-ne mu-ni-ib2-be2-e-ne inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be2 | You will bring your brother to the place of your brother, but they will not say a word to him. |
| 60 | hab ni2-te ki ur2-ra ba-ni-in-ze2-eg3 inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be2 | He gave a frightened man to the ground, but he did not say a word to him. |
| 61 | x ni2-te ki igi-na ba-ni-in-hur-hur inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be2 | The ... of her own free will has been turned away from her face, she does not say anything to her. |
| 62 | kusz ni2-te ki dur2-na ba-ni-in-kar2-kar2 inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be2 | She sat down in her own skin and did not speak a word to her. |
| 63 | esir2 ur2-ra-na ba-ni-in-de2-de2 inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be2 | He was tearing out the brickwork in his lap, but he did not speak to him about it. |
| 64 | {d}dumu-zi-de3 e2 {d}gesztin-an-na-ke4 nu-um-me-ni-in-pa3-de3 | Dumuzi did not choose the house of Geštinanna |
| 65 | gal5-la2 tur gal5-la2 gu-la-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e-ne | The small galla and the great galla spoke to him. |
| 66 | ga2-nam-ma-an-ze2-en amasz ku3-ga-sze3 ga-an-szi-re7-de3-en | Let us go to the pure sheepfold! |
| 67 | {d}dumu-zi-de3 amasz ku3-ga-ta mu-ni-in-dab5-be2-de3-esz | Dumuzid seized him from the pure sheepfold. |
| 68 | mu-ni-in-nigin2-nigin2-ne-esz mu-ni-in-dab5-be2-de3-esz | They roam around, they seized them. |
| 69 | mu-ni-in-kin-ne-esz igi ba-ni-in-du8-am3 | They established it and looked at it. |
| 70 | gurusz-ra e2 nu-nam-ma {uruda}ha-zi-in szu gal2 ba-szi-in-ti | For the young man he did not have a house, he took a hazin-axe. |
| 71 | giri2-ur3-ra mu-ni-in-sar-sar-re-esz ki-si-ga mu-ni-in-dub2-esz | They were writing on the feet, they were squatting on the knees. |
| 72 | nin9-e na-ag2 szesz-na-sze3 iri-a muszen-gin7 im-ma-an-nigin2-nigin2 | The sister, because of the fate of her brother, roamed the city like a bird. |
| 73 | szesz-gu10 ag2-gig-ga gal szu ga-de6 ga2-na me ga-an-te | My brother, I want to bring the great affliction to him, let me bring the me to him. |
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