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CDLI Literary 000656 (Inanna and Dumuzi Y) composite (P478879)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000656 (Inanna and Dumuzi Y) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478879 |
| 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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | x x x x x | |
| 7 | x ad-da-ni kin-gi4-a-gin7 | ... his father, like a messenger |
| 8 | x x DA x x-a-gu10 kasz4 [...] ga2?-nu | My ..., I want to run(?) |
| 9 | mussa-me u4 [...]-zal | Our herdsmen spend the day ... |
| 10 | mussa-me ge6 [...]-sa2 | Our fishes ... night |
| 11 | iti6 e2-ba mi-ni-ib-ku4 x x | She enters that house in the evening ... |
| 12 | mul e2-ba mi-ni-ib-di4-di4-en | I make the stars of that house sparkle. |
| 13 | mussa-me u4 me-zal-la-gin7 | Our herdsman, like a storm passing by, |
| 14 | mussa-me ge6 me-sa2-a-gin7 | Our herdsman, like a black-headed one, |
| 15 | iti6 e2-ba mi-ni-ku4-ra-gin7 | like the moonlight entering its house, |
| 16 | mul e2-ba mi-ni-di4-di4-la2-gin7 | Like a star circling around in its temple |
| 17 | ig-ta sag-kul | from the door of the door |
| 18 | x x-ra-si-il-le-en x | ... you |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24 | nin9 gal-gu10 [...] | My great sister |
| 25 | ze2-ba-gu10 x [...] zi3-de3? [...] | My sweet, ... flour(?) |
| 26 | nin9 gal-gu10 da [...]-ta | My great sister, from ... |
| 27 | szesz i-bi2 sa6-sa6-gu10 | My brother with beautiful eyes! |
| 28 | x x-ra-gu10 [...]-zi-in | My ... rose |
| 29 | x x al? gal2? LU x x im-me x x | ... is present(?) |
| 30 | bad3-si-me al-gal2 bad3-si-me gul-lu | Our walls are there, our walls are destroyed. |
| 31 | gidlam-me ag2 kusz2?-u3 kusz2-u3 | We are a spouse, we are exhausted(?) |
| 32 | szu u8-ub-dab5-be2-en ta-me mu-un-gal2 | You are seized, what is there? |
| 33 | szu e-ri-in-bar-re-esz e2-me-esz-e ga2-nu | I want to go to our house. |
| 34 | suhur-e du7-gu10 suhur-e du7-gu10 | My ..., my ... |
| 35 | ze2-ba-gu10 suhur-e du7-gu10 | My sweet, my ... |
| 36 | mu-nim-mar-gin7 suhur-e du7-gu10 | My (house) that is shaped like a crescent, made perfect for you. |
| 37 | {gesz}szinig-gin7 gu2 lum-lum-gu10 suhur-e du7-gu10 | Like a šigû tree, my limbs are swollen, my branches are bent back. |
| 38 | mu-ti-in suhur-za? ukken-na du7-gu10 | My young man whose body is like a scepter in the assembly |
| 39 | ze2-ba-gu10 gaba-me-a su-ub-bi | My sweet, its chest is full of tears. |
| 40 | gi-ru suhur-za? ukken-na dugud-da | The reed bundles(?) of the ukkennu-vessel, heavy |
| 41 | szesz i-bi2 sa6-sa6-gu10 gaba-me-a su-ub-bi | My brother, my beautiful eyes are full of tears. |
| 42 | sun4 za-gin3-gu10 suhur gakkul3-gu10 | My lapis lazuli sun, my kukullu-vessel, |
| 43 | sun4 x za-gin3-gin7 gun3-a-gu10 | My ..., speckled like lapis lazuli |
| 44 | suhur gakkul3-gin7 gar-gar-ra-gu10 | My (house) that is set up like a heap of grain, |
| 45 | dim3 zu2-gu10 me-dim2 ku3-sig17-ga-gu10 | My ..., my gold ... |
| 46 | nig2 nagar ku3-zu dim2-ma-gu10 | My property, chosen by the carpenter, |
| 47 | tibira ku3-zu kin ak-a-gu10 | My (house) where your holy tibira work is done, |
| 48 | ge nin9 ki ag2-gu10 ka-ka x ME RI MU ga-e | I, my beloved sister, ... |
| 49 | ka-ka-ni-gin7 gal4-la-ni du10-ga-am3 | Like her mouth, her vagina is sweet. |
| 50 | gal4-la-ni-gin7 ka-ka-ni du10-ga-am3 | Like her vagina, her mouth is sweet. |
| 51 | sig7-ge x [...] | The yellow one ... |
| 52 | igi bi2-[...] | He looked at him |
| 53 | TA [...] | from |
| 54 | [...] | |
| 55 | x MASZ GUR-am3 | [x] kor of barley |
| 56 | ka?-ka inim ze2-ba he2-me-en | May you be a sweet word in the mouth(?) |
| 57 | bala u4 sa6-ga e3 he2-me-en | May you be a reign of good days. |
| 58 | ezem sag-ki zalag-ga he2-me-en | May you be a festival with a shining head. |
| 59 | zabar-szu dadag-ga he2-me-en | May you be his shining bronze. |
| 60 | ki ag2 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 | beloved of Enlil, |
| 61 | sza3 dingir-za | in the heart of your god |
| 62 | ge6-a ga2-nu ge6-a gub-ba | Come, come, stand at night! |
| 63 | {d}utu-da ga2-nu {d}utu-da gub-ba | Come, with Utu, stand with us! |
| 64 | dingir-zu kaskal ha-ra-ab-se3-ge | May your god take you on a journey. |
| 65 | il2-la2 du5-la2 ha-ra-ab-sa2-sa2-en | May you raise up a wail for me! |
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