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CDLI Literary 000653 (Inanna and Dumuzi V) composite (P478877)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000653 (Inanna and Dumuzi V) composite
ID	P478877
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	in-nin9 szembi2-zi3 lugal-la-kam	It is the lady of the king's šembi-zi-flour.
2	{d}inanna szembi2-zi3 {d}dumu-zi3-da x	Inanna, šembizida-plant, Dumuzida
3	ul gur3-ru hi-li szu ta3 du11-ga	clad in joy, adorned with allure
4	{lu2}sipa-ra tur3-ra an-szi-DU	The shepherd ... in the cowshed.
5	{d}dumu-zi3-ra amasz-a an-szi-DU	To Dumuzi in the sheepfold AnšiDU
6	{lu2}sipa-da igi-bi kaskal im-da-an-x	The shepherd ... the road before him
7	ki-sikil {d}inanna har-ra-an-na gaba mu-un-ri	The maiden Inanna approached on the road.
8	{d}dumu-zi3-de3 u4-gin7 ba-an-ta-e3	Dumuzi came forth like daylight.
9	szu im-ma-an-ri	he took.
10	szu im-ma-an-ri	he took.
11	x szu ri ba-ni-in-x	... ...
12	in-ga-ba-ni-in-x	he ...
13	x ul szar2-ra gu2 im-ma-ni-e3	... roared with many ...
14	{gesz}pa-pa-al im-szi-la2-la2	he hung a scepter on it.
15	x ak sza3-bi ma-[...]	... its inside ...

Sources & licences

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