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Letter from Inanaka to the goddess Nintinuga (Q000582)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Inanaka to the goddess Nintinuga |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000582 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | {d}nin-tin-ug₅-ga aŋrig zid e₂-kur-ra | Nintinuga, the true nursemaid of the Ekur |
| 2 | a-zu kalam-ma-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄ | the physician of the Land, I will praise for him. |
| 3 | nin tu₆ dug₄-ga-ni uŋ₃ šar₂ til₃-le | Lady whose good incantation is life of the king |
| 4 | mu₇-mu₇-ma-ni uŋ₃ sag₉-ga | his roar is a good wind |
| 5 | nin šag₄-ne-ša₄ lu₂ til₃-til₃ šudu₃-de₃ ki aŋ₂-ra | Lady of the šagnû-priestess, who keeps alive the sheep at the place of cultivation |
| šag₄ gur-ru šag₄-la₂ sug₄ a-ra-zu ŋiš tuku-ŋu₁₀-ur₂ tuku | A reed mat, a šēdu-mat, (and) a lapis lazuli mat, an arazu prayer | |
| 7 | u₃-na-de₃-tah | he shall remove for him. |
| 8 | til₃-la ug₅-ga en₃ tar-bi za-e-me-en | You are the one who inquires after the living and the dead. |
| 9 | lu₂-kud-lu₂-kud-ba du₇-du₇ gal-bi-me-en | I am the one who makes all the cult centers great, |
| 10 | {m}{d}inana-ka dumu-munus {d}en-lil₂-a₂-mah | of Inanak, daughter of Enlil-amazda |
| 11 | geme₂-zu na-ab-be₂-a | “Your female worker, what should I say? |
| ki-nu₂ šub-ba-ŋu₁₀-da 2-kam-ma-bi 2-ta-am₃ | It is the second bedchamber of Šubbada. | |
| u₂-u₈-a-u₈-a al-ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀ a-ra₂-bi nu-zu u₈-e-a-e a-ra₂-bi | (Sum) Woe is me, its scribal art is not known (Akk) Oh woe, the ewes are me | |
| 13A | x mu-da-an-TAR x RA X x X | ... ... |
| 14 | nin-ŋu₁₀ e₂ ma-an-du₃-ma igi la₂-bi ba-tuš-en | My mistress built a house for me and I sat before her. |
| zu-a kal-la-ŋu₁₀ ŋiri₃ kur₂ ba-an-dab₅-be₂-eš mu-da-an-gub | They seized the mighty and the hostile cities, he set them up. | |
| 16 | lu₂ en₃ tar-re la-ba-an-tuku | The one who inquires does not have. |
| 17 | im-ma-si im-ma-dirig-ga-ta | After he washed himself and shaved himself, |
| 18 | zi al-ir-ir-re-en | I am able to give life |
| 19 | tukum-bi nin-ŋa₂ an-na-kam | If the lady of heaven |
| a₂-sag₃ su-ŋa₂ ŋal₂-la su-ŋa₂ ib₂-ta-an-zig₃ he₂-eb-ta-an-zig₃ | May the asag-demon, the “suballa-disease,‘subala’demon rise, rise! | |
| ki-in-du nam-til₃-la-ka ŋiri₃-ŋu₁₀ he₂-bi₂-ib-gub-be₂ ki he₂-bi₂-ib-gub-be₂-en | May you stand at the foundation of life, may you stand on the ground. | |
| u₃ ŋe₂₆-e geme₂-zu he₂-me-en geme₂-ni | And may you be your female worker, his female worker! | |
| e₂-za-a kisal-luh-bi he₂-me-en igi-zu-še₃ he₂-gub e₂-a-ni igi-ni-še₃ ga-gub | In your house, may you be its courtyard. May you stand before you, I want to stand before him. | |
| 24 | u₃-ba-sag₉-ge nin-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-kud-da du₇-du₇ | “Ubasaĝ, the lady, the one who perfects the scepter, |
| mu-zu ga-am₃-mi-ib₂-sa₄ mu-še₃ ga-sa₄ | I want to call your name, I want [to call] your name. |
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