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CDLI Literary 000479 (Hymn to Inanna for Ishme-Dagan) composite (P479862)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000479 (Hymn to Inanna for Ishme-Dagan) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P479862 |
| 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 | [...] mu-ni-in-x | ... he |
| 2 | [...] x sahar tusz-a sza-mu-un-x | ... sitting in the dust |
| 3 | [...] x ga-sza-an-na-ka | ... of Gašanana |
| 4 | [...] x AD? RA sza-mu-un-TAR? | ... ŠamunTAR(?) |
| 5 | [...] tug2 na-ag2-egir3-ra-ka-na | ... her garment of the princess |
| 6 | [...] urin?-na sza-mu-un-szar2-ra | ... may he make great(?) |
| 7 | [...] sza-mu-ni-ib-be2 gam-ma-ni na-DU | ... utters a supplication to him, his whole body ... |
| 8 | [...] mu-un-dag-dag-ge siki-pa IB TUG2 na-DU | ... he is wandering about. He ... the wool of the hem of the garment. |
| 9 | [...] in i3-ak e2-gu10 na-ag2 ba-an-ku5 | ... did ..., my house was cut down. |
| 10 | [...] x DUB? ASZ-ta in-na-sze-bi-da | ... he will bring to him |
| 11 | [...] uru2-gu10 na-ag2 ba-an-ku5 | ... my city was cut off by fate. |
| 12 | [...]-gu10 sug-ge4 bi2-in-gu7 | My ... ate the marshes |
| 13 | [...] tug2-mu-gu10 mu-un-pe-el | ... defiled my garment |
| 14 | [...] x im-ma-da-an-TAR | ... he turned away. |
| 15 | [...] x ba-ni-in-x | ... he |
| 1 | garza a2? szu [...] | The rites of the arm(?) |
| 2 | ur5-sze3 ur5 sza3-ab-gu10 [...] | To the horizon, my heart |
| 3 | ge6 en-nu-ug3-ga2-gin7 [...] szurum3-gin7 x [...] | Like a night of darkness, like a šurrum-demon |
| 4 | musz3-me-gu10 i-bi2-gin7 [...] | My face ... like a ... |
| 5 | su-gu10 in bar7-a-gin7 [...] | My body, like a ... on the outside |
| 6 | mu-un-ak a-a x [...]-a-ba TUG2 [...] | He did it, father ... |
| 7 | ki-ru-gu2 x-kam | It is the [xth] song. |
| 8 | ga-sza-an [...] | Lady ... |
| 9 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | It is its gešgigal. |
| 11 | x x [...] | |
| 12 | szu du3-a [...] | Hand of a Man |
| 13 | sze29-esz2 du11-ga [...] | The one who is praised(?) |
| 14 | dumu {d}en-lil2 dumu AN [...] | son of Enlil, son of ... |
| 15 | bar im-ak ug3-e x [...] ki-en-gi [...] | The people ... Sumer |
| 16 | {d}en-lil2-me-en erin2 LU-LU x [...] | I am Enlil, the troops ... |
| 17 | i3-ne-esz2-ta u4 TE [...] | At that time, ... |
| 18 | x x x x x [...] | |
| 1 | nam-lu2-ulu3 us2 zi im-mi-in-dab5 | Humanity seized the true path. |
| 2 | ki-en-gi-da lu2-erim2 im-ta-an-da-ra | In Sumer the enemy has given it to him. |
| 3 | eme nig2 ha-lam-ma di im-da-an-kur2 | The tongue of destruction has changed. |
| 4 | nig2-si-sa2 urud-gin7 pa bi2-ib-e3 | He made justice shine forth like copper. |
| 5 | a-a-ra ni2 te-ge26-e ama-ra ni2 su4-ne2 | To the father, fearingly, to the mother, he trembles with fear. |
| 6 | dumu ab-ba-ra inim-ma-ne2-esz dur2-u3 | the sons of the elders sat down by his words. |
| 7 | arhusz sza3-tur3 sza3-ne-sza4 gur-ru | with the compassion of the šatur priestess, returned to his heart |
| 8 | ad-da a-a-na an-gu7 ama a-a-na an-nag | The father eats his father, the mother drinks his father. |
| 9 | ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mi-ni-in-gar | he established in Sumer and Akkad. |
| 10 | {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 | Išme-Dagan, son of Enlil |
| 11 | en unu{ki}-ga sag kesze2-ba mi-ni-in-ku4 | lord of Uruk, he brought in the head as a bundle. |
| 12 | bi2-in-ak {d}inanna nin an ki-ke4 | did Inanna, the lady of heaven and earth |
| 13 | an gal-e he2-am3-bi bi2-in-du11 {d}en-lil2-le [...] | May the great An speak! Enlil |
| 14 | ki-ru-gu2 x-kam | It is the [xth] song. |
| 1 | [...] x x | |
| 2 | [...] ha-ra-ni-ib-gal2 | ... may it be there for you. |
| 3 | [...] ha-ra-ab-be2 | ... may he say to you |
| 4 | [...] si ha-ra-sa2 | ... to make perfect for you |
| 5 | [...] ha-mu-ra-an-KU | ... may he ... for you |
| 6 | [...] ha-ra-ab-e3-a | May ... come forth for you |
| 7 | [...]-dib | ... passed |
| 8 | [...] x | |
| 9 | [...] x | |
Sources & licences
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