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A šir-namšub to Inana (Inana G) (Q000628)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A šir-namšub to Inana (Inana G) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000628 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they talk, when they talk. |
| 2 | ga-ša-an er₉-ra{i-ra} mu-lu₂ u₃-X-še₃ mu-lu u₃-NE | Lady of tears, the one who ... |
| 3 | ga-ša-an-ŋen abzu-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I, the lady, was going to the Abzu |
| 4 | ga-ša-an-an-na-ŋen abzu-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the Abzu with Gašanana |
| 5 | abzu e₂-nun-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the Abzu and the Enun |
| 6 | uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki} ze₂-eb-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the sweet Uruzeb |
| 7 | e₂-engur-ra-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the Eʾengura |
| 8 | e₂-an-na e₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the Eanna, the house of Enlil, |
| 9 | NE X UD NE šag₄-ge a ru-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the ... of the open country, |
| 10 | bur gal-gal an-ne₂ sug₂-ga-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the great bowls of heaven, |
| 11 | bur X sikil-e X X aŋ₂-ŋa₂-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the bowl of pure ... |
| 12 | a X a zid-de₃ šu e₃-ba-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the place where ... blessed ... |
| 13 | u₃-mu-un {d}am-an-ki šu e₃-ba-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the place where lord Enki blesses, |
| 14 | {d}dam-gal-nun-na X šu e₃-ba-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the place where Damgalnuna ... |
| 15 | {d}asar-lu₂-hi X šu e-ba-še₃ di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going to the place where Asalluhi ... |
| 16 | ur mu-da-ri piriŋ mu-da-ri | “The dog chases after me, the piri-disease pursues me. |
| 17 | {ŋiš}taškarin mu-da-ri {ŋiš}ha-lu-ub₂ mu-da-ri | He brought in taškarin beer, he brought in alûb beer. |
| 18 | ga-ša-an-an-na-ŋen IM tur-tur-e šu i-im-ti | Gašanana, small hailstones |
| 19 | e-re₇{re}-da-ŋu₁₀-ne e-re₇-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they go, when they go |
| 20 | a e₃ me-e ŋen-na a e₃ me-e ŋen-na | Woe, come out, I want to go out, woe! Come out! |
| 21 | ga-ša-an-ŋen ambar-ra di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I, the lady, was talking in the marshes |
| 22 | ambar-ra{a-bar-ra} x X BU HU-bi me-e ŋen-na | The marshes ... water |
| 23 | ka me₃-ka di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was speaking in the mouth of battle, |
| 24 | ud zalag-zalag e₃-a-bi ŋen-na | When the bright light comes out, how long? |
| 25 | igi me₃-ka di-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When I was going in front of battle, |
| 26 | ud zalag-zalag e₃-a-bi ŋen-na | When the bright light comes out, how long? |
| 27 | eŋer me₃-ka us₂-sa-ŋu₁₀-ne | In the midst of battle they roared. |
| 28 | IŠ aŋ₂-hul-bi ze₂-še₃ ŋen-na | “Its evil is sweet, how long will it last? |
| 29 | e₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ kur₉-ra-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they enter the house of Enlil, |
| 30 | munus kur-ra dirig-ga-bi ŋen-na | “The woman who surpasses the mountains, |
| 31 | kur-kur-ra inim me-ri ba-ni-in-ne | In all the lands words were spoken by foot. |
| 32 | mu-ud-da-na-ŋu₁₀ igi-ŋa₂ ba-e-tuš | He sat in front of his spouse |
| 33 | e₂ diŋir-diŋir-re-ne a-da-min₃ mu-un-de₃-ne | In the house of the intertwined, they divide the battles. |
| 34 | {d}utu-de₃ {d}nanna-de₃ a-da-min₃ mu-de₃-ne | Utu and Nanna sat down in battle. |
| 35 | {d}sud₃ AŠ a-ab-sikil-la₂ kug-bi-ta a-da-min₃ mu-de₃-ne | Sud and the apsikil priestess, by means of their silver they shall contest. |
| 36 | id₂-de₃ id₂-de₃ id₂ dirig-gin₇ dam-gin₇ ze₂-eb uru₂-gin₇ ze₂-eb ur₅-gin₇ ze₂-eb nu-ŋal₂ | The river, the river, like a rising river, sweet as a spouse. Sweet as the city, sweet like the grass. It cannot be carried away. |
| 37 | id₂-de₃ id₂ nun-e id₂ dirig-gin₇ | The river, the princely river, like a rising river, |
| 38 | id₂-de₃ {id₂}buranun-na id₂ dirig-gin₇ | The river Euphrates, like a rising flood, |
| 39 | X X-ba {id₂}buranun-na-ke₄ id₂ dirig-gin₇ | ... the Euphrates, like a rising flood, |
| 40 | x LI x | ... . |
| 41 | x X mu-lu x da x-gin₇ | ... like ... |
| 42 | x-gin₇ ze₂-eb uru₂-gin₇ ze₂-eb ur₅-gin₇ ze₂-eb nu-ŋal₂ | Like ... sweet, like the city sweet, sweet like the grass, sweet, it cannot be carried off. |
| 43 | {d}am-an-ki am iri-ze₂-ba im-da-ŋen-na-gin₇ | As if Amanki was the bull of Iri-zeba, |
| 44 | ama e₂-mah-a {d}dam-gal-nun-na im-da-ŋen-na-gin₇ | Like the mother of the Emah, Damgalnuna |
| 45 | {d}asar-lu₂-hi dumu uru₂-ze₂-ba im-da-ŋen-na-gin₇ | Asarluhi, the citizen of Uruzeb, like a ... |
| 46 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le mu-un-gu₇-a-gin₇ mu-un-naŋ-a-gin₇ | Enlil ate, he ate. |
| 47 | x X dib-gin₇ ze₂-eb uru₂-gin₇ ze₂-eb ur₅-gin₇ ze₂-eb nu-ŋal₂ | Like a passing ... sweet, like a city sweet, sweet as a storm, sweet, it does not carry. |
| 48 | A X ne-en šag₄-ŋu₁₀ ba-ma-al | ... there is ... |
| 49 | a X zid-de₃ šu e-ba-še₃ | ... to the righteous ... |
| 50 | a X lu₂ zid-de₃ šu bi₂-in-e₃-ba-a-še₃ | ... to whom the righteous man has handed over |
| 51 | mu-lu-bi e₂ šag₄-ga mu-nu₂ gi-rin-NE bi₂-in-ak | Its man slept in a house of mourning. |
| 52 | e₂-an-na-ka gada la₂-e na ba-e-na-aŋ₂ | In the Eana he ... linen ... |
| 53 | u₃-mu-un-ra a mu-un-ma-al mu-na-ab-be₂-ne | They say to the lord: "Alas!" |
| 54 | ninda{en-da} mu-un-ma-al mu-un-na-ab-be₂-ne | They say to him: “There is bread,’ |
| 55 | e₂-gal-la im-te-en mu-un-na-ab-be₂-ne | They speak to him in the palace: |
| 56 | {d}dumu-zid e₂-e-am₃ ki-am₃ dadag-ga | Dumuzid, the house is pure, |
| 57 | ama {d}inana ama {d}inana du₆-zu du-zu | Mother Inana, mother Inanna, your moat is made perfect for you |
| 58 | ama {d}inana {d}inana an-na tug₂-zu tug₂-zu | Mother Ištar, Inana of heaven, your garment is your garment |
| 59 | tug₂ gig₂-zu tug₂ babbar-zu | Your furious garment, your white garment |
| 60 | mu-lu e₂-a ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀ te-e-am₃ | The one of the temple, how is he treated? |
| 61 | i-lu te-am₃ ad ša₄ ša₃-ba | The lament is indeed the voice of the heart |
| 62 | me-e-bi te-am₃ me ba-tuš-u₃-ne | Its divine powers, how are they to dwell in divine powers? |
| 63 | ki-bi te-am₃ ki am₃-gub-bu-ne | The place is indeed where they stand. |
| 64 | am₃-mi-in-gub-bu-ne am₃-mi-in-gub-bu-ne | They stand there, they stand there. |
| 65 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂ ki-ur₃-ra am₃-mi-in-gub-bu-ne | Enlil and Ki'ur stand by him. |
| 66 | am igi ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ mu-lu₂-bi de₃-en-til₃ | May this man live in the presence of the bull of Kanaya! |
| 67 | aŋ₂ ni₂-bi aŋ₂ ni₂-bi de₃-ak | I want to say "woe" to myself, to myself. |
| 68 | lu₂-bi agrun-na inim si sa₂ de₃-bi₂-in-ak | This man should speak righteously in his cella. |
| 69 | a-ga e₂-gal-la₂-ka inim si sa₂ IM-bi en-na | In the midst of the palace, a righteous word - until when? |
| 70 | in-nin₉ ubur-zu gan₂-ne₂-zu he₂-a | Lady, may your breast be your field. |
| 71 | {d}inana ubur-zu gan₂-ne₂-zu he₂-a | Inana, may your breast be your field |
| 72 | gan₂-ne₂ daŋal-e gu de₂-a-zu | Your field that is to be irrigated, |
| 73 | gan₂-ne₂ daŋal-e še de₂-a-zu | Your field that is to be irrigated |
| 74 | a bal-am₃-ta mu-lu₂ ŋar-am₃-ta | “From the balām water, from the man of the outer sea, |
| 75 | a bal-bal-am₃-ta mu-lu₂ ŋar-ŋar-am₃-ta | From the water of the balbale river, from the man of the intertwined canal |
| 76 | mu-lu dug₄-ga-ra u₃-na-e-ni-X | He ... for the one who is good. |
| 77 | ne-en ga-ra-na₈-na₈ | I want to drink it for you! |
| 78 | šir₃-nam-šub {d}inana-kam | It is an incantation of Inana |
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