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CDLI Literary 000640 (Inanna and Dumuzi I) composite (P478869)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000640 (Inanna and Dumuzi I) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478869 |
| 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | ama-me-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re _u2-ra?-an?-ni?_ | Without our mother, the streets and floods of the steppe will be written down for me |
| 2 | szul-e ama-me-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re | The youth, if it were not for our mother, would be drowned in the street and in the steppe. |
| 3 | ama-gu10 {d}ga-sza-an-gal-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re | My mother, if it were not for Gašangal, she would have written it in the dark streets and plains. |
| 4 | {d}ga-sza-an-gi-ku3-ga-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re | If it were not for Gašangikug, he would have written on the streets and in the plains. |
| 5 | a-a {d}suen-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re | Father Suen, if it were not for him, he would destroy the streets and floods in the plain. |
| 6 | szesz-gu10 {d}utu-da nu-me-a sila a-ge6 edin-na i-ag2-ge6-in-sar-re | My brother, if it were not for Utu, he would have written in the dark streets and the plains. |
| 7 | lu2{ki}-sikil du14-gin7 na-an-mu2-mu2-un | The maiden should not be able to speak like this. |
| 8 | {d}inanna inim-gin7 ga-am3-me-en-de3-en | Inanna, let us talk like words! |
| 9 | {d}inanna du14-gin7 na-an-mu2-mu2-un | Inanna should not be able to speak like a storm. |
| 10 | {d}nin-e2-gal-la ad-gin7 ga-am3-gi4-de3-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 11 | a-a-gu10 a-a-zu-gin7 in-ga-dim2 | My father fashioned it like your father. |
| 12 | {d}inanna inim-gin7 ga-am3-me-en-de3-en | Inanna, let us talk like words! |
| 13 | ama-gu10 ama-zu-gin7 in-ga-dim2 | My mother, like your mother, fashioned it for you. |
| 14 | {d}nin-e2-gal-la ad-gin7 ga-am3-gi4-de3-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 15 | {d}gesztin-an-na {d}nin?-x-he2-nu-x-gin7 in-ga-dim2 | Geštinana fashioned it like Nin-henu. |
| 16 | {d}inanna inim-gin7 ga-am3-me-en-de3-en | Inanna, let us talk like words! |
| 17 | ge26-e {d}utu-gin7 in-ga-dim2-me-en | I am fashioned like Utu |
| 18 | {d}nin-e2-gal-la ad-gin7 ga-am3-gi4-de3-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 19 | {d}en-ki {d}suen-gin7 in-ga-dim2 | Enki was fashioned like Suen |
| 20 | {d}inanna inim-gin7 ga-am3-me-en-de3-en | Inanna, let us talk like words! |
| 21 | {d}dur7-tur {d}nin-gal-gin7 in-ga-dim2 | Durtur like Ningal fashioned it. |
| 22 | {d}nin-e2-gal-la ad-gin7 ga-am3-gi4-de3-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 23 | inim bi2-in-esz-a inim hi-li-esz-am3 | The words that he spoke were words of pleasure. |
| 24 | du14 mu2-mu2-da-a hi-li sza3-ga-na-ke4 | The slander of her heart, |
| 25 | {na4}szuba-ke4 {na4}szuba-ke4 {na4}szuba na-ur11-ru | The šuba stone, the szuba stone ... |
| 26 | {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na {na4}szuba-ke4 {na4}szuba na-ur11-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the šabû-stone is to be praised. |
| 27 | {na4}szuba-na {na4}szuba tur-tur-bi nu-mu-ne2-esz na-ga2-ga2 | In his šuba stones, the small szuba stones were not there, it was to be said. |
| 28 | {na4}szuba-na {na4}szuba gal-gal-bi guru7-sze3 na-du3?-du3 | The large šuba stones of his, he made for the silo. |
| 29 | PI-na-ni ur3-ra la2-la2-a ur3-ra mu-na-ab-la2-la2 | His ... he stretched out for him in the lap, he covered the lap for him. |
| 30 | {d}inanna bad3-da la2-la2-a bad3-da mu-na-ab-la2-la2 | Inanna stretched out the walls for her, she stretched out(?) the walls |
| 31 | MUNUS x x x {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | ... spoke to Amaušumgalana: |
| 32 | {na4}szuba ur11-ru {na4}szuba ur11-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur11-ru | Who will make the šuba stones shine for him? |
| 33 | {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na {na4}szuba ur11-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur11-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, who made the šabû-stone shine for him? |
| 34 | {na4}szuba-na {na4}szuba tur-tur-bi szi-pa-ag2-me de3-a | May the small šuba stones be our work-assignment |
| 35 | {na4}szuba-na {na4}szuba gal-gal-bi gaba ku3-me de3-a | May the large šuba stones of his, the silver of our holy chest, be placed there. |
| 36 | {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na nu-u8-gig-ra inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | Ama-ušumgal-ana answered the nugig: |
| 37 | nu-u8-gig-ga-am3 dam-gu10 nu-u8-gig-ga-am3 e-ne-er mu-na-ur11-ru | It is a nugig priestess, my spouse is an nugig. She cries out for him. |
| 38 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 nu-bar-ra e-ne-er mu-na-ur11-ru | Holy Inanna spoke to the nubar priestess: |
| 39 | {na4}szuba-na-ke4 {na4}szuba-na-ke4 {na4}szuba na-ur11-ru | The šuba stone, the szuba stone ... |
| 40 | {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na-ke4 {na4}szuba-na-ke4 {na4}szuba na-ur11-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the šabû-stone of herṣābu-stone is to be praised. |
| 41 | {na4}szuba ur11-ru {na4}szuba ur11-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur11-ru | Who will make the šuba stones shine for him? |
| 42 | {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na {na4}szuba ur11-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur11-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, who made the šabû-stone shine for him? |
| 43 | ma-ab-du3-da-a-ga2 ma-ab-du3-da-a-ga2 sun4-a-ni {na4}za-gin3-na _ba-a-ni-i_ | When I was built, when I was constructed, his ... lapis lazuli ... |
| 44 | me-a-am an-ne2 ma-ab-du3-da-a-ga2 sun4-a-ni {na4}za-gin3-na | Because of what An had built for me, his lapis lazuli scepter |
| 45 | x-e sun4-a-ni {na4}za-gin3-na sun4-a-ni {na4}za-gin3-na | His ... of lapis lazuli, his ... |
| 46 | kun-gar {d}inanna-kam | It is the kungar of Inanna. |
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