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Dumuzid and Ĝeštin-ana (etcsl 1.4.1.1) (Q000344)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Dumuzid and Ĝeštin-ana (etcsl 1.4.1.1) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000344 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gal₅-la₂ tur ka ba-a-ši-ba₉-re₆ gal₅-la₂ gu-la-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | He opened the mouth of the small galla, the great galla spoke to him. |
| 2 | ŋa₂-nam-ma-an-ze₂-en ur₂ kug {d}inana-ka-še₃ ga-da-re₇-en-de₃-en | Let us go to the holy lap of Inana |
| 3 | gal₅-la₂ unug{ki}-še₃ ba-ni-in-kur₉-re-eš kug {d}inana-ke₄ mu-ni-in-dab₅-be₂-ne | The galla demons entered Uruk and they seized Inana's silver. |
| 4 | ŋa₂-nu {d}inana kaskal-zu-še₃ ni-ba ŋen-na kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | Anu, Inana, when you go on your own, the lord is going to the netherworld |
| 5 | ki šag₄-ge de₆-a-zu-še₃ ŋen-na kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | When you enter the place of creation, en-priestess, to the netherworld, |
| 6 | ki {d}ereš-ki-gal-la-še₃ ŋen-na kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | to the place of Ereškigal, the en priestess, to the netherworld to go down |
| 7 | tug₂-ba₁₃ kug {tug₂}pala₃-a tug₂ nam-nin-zu nam-ba-mu₄-mu₄-un kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | The silver robe, the pala garment, the garment of your ladyship, may the lord of the netherworld go down to the steppe |
| 8 | men kug me-te ka silim-ma saŋ-zu-a um-ta-ŋa₂-ar kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | (Sum) The holy crown, the perfect one, your favorable mouth, has been smashed in the netherworld (Akk) The pure crown, which is perfected in your nether world |
| 9 | hi-li-a igi-zu la-ba-ni-in-du₇ kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | Your attractiveness is not perfected, it is to be carried off to the netherworld |
| 10 | UR NU TUR ŋiri₃-zu x-du₈-du₈ kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | (Sum) ... your city, the ... of the netherworld, to be swept away |
| 11 | ud za-e ed₃-de₃-da x nu-BU-BU | When you go to the steppe ... |
| 12 | kug {d}inana-ke₄ mu-un-bur₂-bur₂-re-eš x-ga-de₃-eš | The silver of Inana has been ripped out, they are to be ... |
| 13 | {d}inana ni₂-te-na {d}dumu-zid šu-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | Inana, in her own right, Dumuzid was given over to her. |
| 14 | ŋuruš-e {ŋiš}rab₃ mah ŋiri₃-ni im-ma-an-ŋar-re-en-de₃-en | We will go to the groats and the great reed-beds |
| 15 | ŋuruš-e {ŋiš}es₂-ad šu-ni šub-bu-de₃-en-de₃-en ŋiš-gu₂ gu₂-ni ŋar-re-en-de₃-en | We shall strew a šu’esad-vessel in his hand, we shall break his neck in his neck. |
| 16 | urud-henzer {urud}kibir₂ {urud}šukur mah-e igi-ni-še₃ ba-an-ši-ib₂-il₂-il₂ | He raised the hammer, the kibir and the great šukur in front of him. |
| 17 | {urud}ha-zi-in gal-gal-la u₃-sar i₃-ak-e-ne | They made large axes. |
| 18 | ŋuruš-e mu-ni-in-gub-bu-de₃-eš mu-ni-in-dur₂-de₃-eš | They set up the lambs and sat down. |
| 19 | tug₂-gun₅-na-ni šub-bu-de₃-en-de₃-en UŠ KUM gub-bu-de₃-en-de₃-en | We want to put on his cloak, we want to stand on the long side |
| 20 | ŋuruš-e a₂-na mu-un-la₂-e-de₃-eš tug₂-eš {hu}hul mu-un-ši-ak-eš | They were carrying a female kid at his side, they were washing themselves with a bad garment. |
| 21 | tug₂ ni₂-te-na igi-na mu-ni-in-dul-u₃-de₃-eš | They covered her face with her own garment |
| 22 | ŋuruš-e {d}utu-ra an-še₃ šu-ni ba-an-ši-zig₃ | The young man raised his hand towards Utu |
| 23 | {d}utu gu₅-li-zu ŋe₂₆-e-me-en šul-me-en za-e mu-zu | Šamaš, you are my friend, you know my name. |
| 24 | nin₉-zu nam-dam-še₃ ba-an-tuku-a | Your sister, having acquired a wife |
| 25 | e-ne kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | The one who goes to the netherworld |
| 26 | mu e-ne kur-še₃ ed₃-de₃ | The name of this (object) is “to go down to the netherworld.'" |
| 27 | ŋe₂₆-e ki-ŋar-ra-bi-še₃ kur-še₃ ba-ab-šum₂-mu-de₃ | In order to make its foundations grow in the netherworld |
| 28 | {d}utu di-kud niŋ₂-si-sa₂ za-e-me-en nam-ba-lul-de₃ | Šamaš, you are the judge of justice, you should not be lied to. |
| 29 | šu-ŋa₂ u₃-mu-e-kur₂ ulutim₂-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-e-bal | I will change my mind, I will turn back. |
| 30 | šu gal₅-la₂-ŋu₁₀-ne ga-ba-e-da-an-ze-er nam-mu-ha-a-za-aš | Hand of the galla demons, I want to flee with you, do not approach me! |
| 31 | muš-saŋ-kal-gin₇ šag₄-tum₂ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-ni-in-bal-bal | Like a mighty snake, he crosses over the mountain ranges |
| 32 | ki nin₉ {d}ŋeštin-an-na-še₃ zi-ŋu₁₀ ga-ba-an-ši-in-de₆ | I want to bring it to the place of the sister of Bēštinanna. |
| 33 | {d}utu er₂-na šu ba-an-ši-in-ti | Šamaš received his tears |
| 34 | šu-ni mu-ni-in-kur₂-kur₂ ulutim₂-ma-ni mu-ni-in-bal-bal | He changed his mind, he changed his life |
| 35 | muš-saŋ-kal-gin₇ šag₄-tum₂ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-ni-in-bal-bal | Like a mighty snake, he crosses over the mountain ranges |
| 36 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ mušen-še₃ sur₂-du₃{mušen} dal-a-gin₇ zi-ni ur₅-da i₃-šub-ba | Dumuzid, like a snake flying around in the marshes, his life was taken away. |
| 37 | ki {d}ŋeštin-an-na-še₃ zi-ni ba-ši-in-de₆ | He brought his life to the place of Bēštinanna. |
| 38 | {d}ŋeštin-an-na šeš-a-ni igi ba-ni-in-du₈-am₃ | Bēštinana looked at his hand |
| 39 | te-na mu-ni-in-hur-hur giri₁₇-na mu-ni-in-hur-hur | He shook his nose, he smashed his nose. |
| 40 | igi-ni zag-ga-na mi-ni-in-du₈ tug₂-ni mi-ni-in-da-da-ra | He has fixed his face on his neck, he has bound his garment. |
| 41 | ŋuruš aŋ₂-gig-ra i-lu aŋ₂-gig-ga hu-mu-ni-ib₂-be₂ | May a lament be uttered in the “witch’s womb′. |
| 42 | a šeš-ŋu₁₀ a šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋuruš ud-bi nu-um-si | Woe, young man, woe young woman, the day was not overcast |
| 43 | a šeš-ŋu₁₀ su₈-ba {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na ŋuruš ud-bi mu-bi nu-um-si | Woe, shepherd Ama-ušumgal-ana, its days are long, its years are not long. |
| 44 | a šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋuruš dam nu-tuku dumu nu-tuku | Woe, young man, one who does not have a wife, one that has no child |
| 45 | a šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋuruš gu₅-li nu-tuku dub₃-us₂-sa nu-tuku | Woe, the young man has no rival, no rival |
| 46 | a šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋuruš ama-ni sag₉-ga-ni nu-du₈ | Woe, the young man, his mother, her good one, is not released |
| 47 | gal₅-la₂ {d}dumu-zid-de₃ mu-ni-in-kin-kin-ne mu-ni-in-niŋin₂-niŋin₂-na-eš | The galla demons gathered around Dumuzi and gathered them together. |
| 48 | gal₅-la₂ tur gal₅-la₂ gu-la-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e-ne | The small galla and the great galla spoke to him. |
| 49 | gal₅-la₂ ama nu-tuku ad-da ama nin₉ šeš dam dumu nu-tuku-me-eš | The galla demons who have no mother, father, mother and sister are women without spouses and children |
| 50 | ud me-da gal uŋ₃ UŠ ŋar-ra an ki-ta ri-a-bi | The storm, the great storm, “The length, the breadth, and the depth of heaven and earth— |
| 51 | za-e-ne-ne gal₅-la₂-ze₂-en lu₂ zag-ga-ni gi-šukur-gin₇ | You are the galla demons, his right arm is like a reed bundle |
| 52 | šu ŋar sag₉-ga nu-tuku-me-eš sag₉-ga hul nu-zu-me-eš | They have no good hand, they have no evil hand |
| 53 | lu₂-u₃ e₂ nu ni₂-te-na zi-ni silim-ma a-ba-a igi mi-ni-in-du₈ | Who has seen someone who does not own a house? |
| 54 | ki gu₅-li-bi nu-um-ši-du-de₃-en ki mussa-bi nu-um-ši-du-de₃-en | We will not go to the place of its pigs, we will not come to (the place of) its mussa. |
| 55 | su₈-ba-ra ki {d}ŋeštin-an-na-ka-še₃ ga-an-ši-re₇-en-de₃-en | We shall go with the shepherd to the place of Bēštinanna |
| 56 | gal₅-la₂-e-e-ne šu-ta ba-ab-sag₃-sag₃-ge-me-eš mu-ni-in-kin-kin-ne-eš | They are the galla demons who struck him with the hand |
| 57 | i-lu-bi ka-ga₁₄-na nu-mu-un-til-la-am₃ | Its lament is not finished in her mouth. |
| 58 | gal₅-la₂ ki {d}ŋeštin-an-na-še₃ ba-e-ši-re₇{re}-eš | The galla demons went to the place of Bēštinanna |
| 59 | ki šeš-zu la₂-ma-ra-ab e-ne mu-ni-ib₂-be₂-e-ne inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ | When you bring your hand to the place where you are to rest, they will speak to him, but he will not say anything to him |
| 60 | hab ni₂-te ki ur₂-ra ba-ni-in-ze₂-eŋ₃ inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ | He slandered himself, he did not say a word to him |
| 61 | X ni₂-te ki igi-na ba-ni-in-hur-hur inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ | ... he approached the ground before him, but he did not say anything to him. |
| 62 | kuš ni₂-te ki dur₂-na ba-ni-in-kar₂-kar₂ inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ | She sat down in her own skin and did not speak to her about it. |
| 63 | esir₂ ur₂-ra-na ba-ni-in-de₂-de₂ inim-bi nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ | He was tearing out the brickwork in his lap, but he did not speak to him about it. |
| 64 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ e₂ {d}ŋeštin-an-na-ke₄ nu-um-me-ni-in-pad₃-de₃ | Dumuzi did not find the house of Bēštinanna |
| 65 | gal₅-la₂ tur gal₅-la₂ gu-la-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e-ne | The small galla and the great galla spoke to him. |
| 66 | ŋa₂-nam-ma-an-ze₂-en amaš kug-ga-še₃ ga-an-ši-re₇-de₃-en | Let us go to the pure sheepfold |
| 67 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ amaš kug-ga-ta mu-ni-in-dab₅-be₂-de₃-eš | Dumuzid seized them from the pure sheepfold |
| 68 | mu-ni-in-niŋin₂-niŋin₂-ne-eš mu-ni-in-dab₅-be₂-de₃-eš | They seized him, they seized me. |
| 69 | mu-ni-in-kin-ne-eš igi ba-ni-in-du₈-am₃ | They established it and looked at it. |
| 70 | ŋuruš-ra e₂ nu-nam-ma {urud}ha-zi-in šu ŋal₂ ba-ši-in-ti | He was not a shepherd, he was a hazin-vessel; he took it away. |
| 71 | ŋiri₂-ur₃-ra mu-ni-in-sar-sar-re-eš ki-sig₉-ga mu-ni-in-dub₂-eš | They were tearing out the roof beams, they were smashing the brickwork |
| 72 | nin₉-e na-aŋ₂ šeš-na-še₃ iri-a mušen-gin₇ im-ma-an-niŋin₂-niŋin₂ | The sister ... in the city like a snake |
| 73 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ aŋ₂-gig-ga gal šu ga-de₆ ŋa₂-na me ga-an-te | I want to bring out the great aŋ-gi-disease that is in his hand, I want [to bring out] the divine powers. |
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