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CDLI Literary 000641 (Inanna and Dumuzi J) composite (P478870)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000641 (Inanna and Dumuzi J) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478870 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | x nin9 ki ag2 {d}dumu-zi3-de3 | beloved sister of Dumuzi |
| 2 | x |GADAxKID2| ki ag2 {d}dur7-tur8-e | beloved of Durtur, |
| 3 | a x am zi3-de3 sza3-ga ri-a | Woe, wild bull, flour in the heart! |
| 4 | nin-gu10 nam-nin-e tu-da | My lady, born by the queenship, |
| 5 | e2 tur3-e i3 gara2 mu-un-da-ab-si | She fills the cattle pen with butter and cream. |
| 6 | amasz-e ga mu-un-da-an-gid2-e | The sheepfold eats milk with him. |
| 7 | an-edin-ne2 x x-gu10 {d}gesztin-an-na-me-en | I am the ... of the high steppe, Geštinanna |
| 8 | a ki-sikil x [...] na-nam | Woe, young woman, ... is indeed |
| 9 | tur-tur-zu [...] na-nam | Your little ones are indeed |
| 10 | unu{ki}-ga [...]-bi na-nam | In Uruk its ... is indeed |
| 11 | kul-aba4{ki} [...] x-bi na-nam | Kulab is indeed its ... |
| 12 | mu u4 x x-me-en RU-RU-a-na x x | I am the ... of his ... |
| 13 | ki-sikil-e bar szesz-a-na-ka | The maiden, outside of her brother |
| 14 | igi mu-un-na-hur giri17 mu-un-na-hur | He looked at him, he looked at his face. |
| 15 | ki lu2-da nu-u6-di hasz2-gal mu-un-na-hur | She turns the place of the man into a mound for him. |
| 16 | {e2}esz2-dam e2-gal-la si ba-ni-in-sa2 | he set up the “house-of-the-king’s-feet' in order. |
| 17 | sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-e en3{en} mu-un-tar-re-en | The maiden, coming out from the palace, inquires after the maiden. |
| 18 | sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-ra mu-un-na-ab-gi4 | The maidservant, who came out of the palace, replied to the maiden. |
| 19 | szesz-zu nam-en-sze3 szu mu-un-ga2-ga2-a | Your brother, you set your hands on the en-ship |
| 20 | nam-en unu{ki}-ga nig2 x x-e | the lordship of Uruk |
| 21 | me hal-hal-ne 1(u) iszib-ne | halhalŋinnu and 10 išibnu |
| 22 | ki za-za-a-ne a-tu5-a-tu5-a-ne susbu2-be-e-ne | (Sum) When they sit down at the place of prayer, they tremble (Akk) They sit down in the place where prayer is performed, they are supplication |
| 23 | iti-da esz3 gal-e iti du-de3 musz2 nu-tum2-mu-ne | In the months of the great shrines, in the months to come, they do not have a rest. |
| 24 | szesz-zu nam-en-sze3 szu mu-un-ga2-ga2-a | Your brother, you set your hands on the en-ship |
| 25 | u4-bi-a 7(disz) he2-en-na-me-esz 7(disz) he2-en-na-me-esz | At that time, seven were they; seven were them; |
| 26 | szir3 du11-du11 unu{ki}-ga 7(disz)-me-esz | They are seven singers of Uruk. |
| 27 | zabala{ki} ad sza4-sza4 5(u)-me-esz | Zabalam - 50 of them |
| 28 | e-ne-ne an-na mul zu-me-esz ki har-ra-an zu-me-esz | They are stars in heaven, they are stars on earth. |
| 29 | an-na dagal-ba nesag il2-la-me-esz | In heaven and on earth they are raising nesaŋ offerings. |
| 30 | e-ne-ne szir3 im-zi-zi-ne szir3 im-ga2-ga2-ne | They sing songs, they set up songs. |
| 31 | szir3-e sag-bi nu-mu-un-ne-pa3-ne | They did not choose the first song. |
| 32 | ad-da ki-gub-ba nu-mu-un-ga2-ga2-me-esz | They were the fathers who did not establish the standing place. |
| 33 | nin9 ban3-da murub4-bi-a ti-la gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | The younger sister, living in the middle of it, calls out to him: |
| 34 | gaba ba-da-ab-gu-la gaba ba-da-ab-tur-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | She shouted to him “The breast is destroyed, the breast is ruined!" |
| 35 | me-e-de3 szir3 im-zi-zi-de3 szir3? im-ga2-ga2-ze2-en | We are to perform a song, we are to set up a lament |
| 36 | murub4-bi-a nu-mu-un-ti | in its middle he did not dwell. |
| 37 | x x er2-szem3-ma-ka mu-un-ti | ... lives in the Eršemma. |
| 38 | er2-szem3-ma-kam ku3 za-gin3-a-ka gu3-dim-ma-ka mu-un-ti | He lives in the silver and lapis lazuli eršema. |
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