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A kunĝar to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana I) (Q000640)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A kunĝar to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana I) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000640 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | ama-me-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re u₂-ra-an-ni | If it were not for our mother, he would flood the streets and plains. |
| 2 | šul-e ama-me-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re | Without our mother the street and the water in the steppe are written down. |
| 3 | ama-ŋu₁₀ {d}ga-ša-an-gal-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re | If it were not for mother Ǧangal, he would have written on the streets and watercourses of the plain. |
| 4 | {d}ga-ša-an-gi-kug-ga-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re | Without Ǧangi-kug, the streets of the plain were written down. |
| 5 | a-a {d}suen-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re | Father Suen, if it were not for the streets and canals of the plain, he would have written it down. |
| 6 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ {d}utu-da nu-me-a sila a-ŋi₆ edin-na i-iŋ₃-ŋi₆-in-sar-re | Without Utu's help, the streets and watercourses were written down in the plain |
| 7 | {lu₂}ki-sikil du₁₄-gin₇ na-an-mu₂-mu₂-un | The maiden should not be able to speak like a litigant. |
| 8 | {d}inana inim-gin₇ ga-am₃-me-en-de₃-en | Inana, we shall speak like a word |
| 9 | {d}inana du₁₄-gin₇ na-an-mu₂-mu₂-un | Inana, you should not be able to speak like this. |
| 10 | {d}nin-e₂-gal-la ad-gin₇ ga-am₃-gi₄-de₃-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 11 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ a-a-zu-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂ | Like your father he fashioned it for you. |
| 12 | {d}inana inim-gin₇ ga-am₃-me-en-de₃-en | Inana, we shall speak like a word |
| 13 | ama-ŋu₁₀ ama-zu-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂ | Like your mother, she has fashioned you. |
| 14 | {d}nin-e₂-gal-la ad-gin₇ ga-am₃-gi₄-de₃-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 15 | {d}ŋeštin-an-na {d}nin-X-he₂-nu-X-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂ | Bēštinana fashioned it like Nin-henu-X. |
| 16 | {d}inana inim-gin₇ ga-am₃-me-en-de₃-en | Inana, we shall speak like a word |
| 17 | ŋe₂₆-e {d}utu-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂-me-en | I am the one who fashioned me like Utu |
| 18 | {d}nin-e₂-gal-la ad-gin₇ ga-am₃-gi₄-de₃-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 19 | {d}en-ki {d}suen-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂ | Enki was fashioned like Suen |
| 20 | {d}inana inim-gin₇ ga-am₃-me-en-de₃-en | Inana, we shall speak like a word |
| 21 | {d}dur₇-tur {d}nin-gal-gin₇ in-ga-dim₂ | Durtur like Ningal fashioned it. |
| 22 | {d}nin-e₂-gal-la ad-gin₇ ga-am₃-gi₄-de₃-en | Ninegala, I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 23 | inim bi₂-in-eš-a inim hi-li-eš-am₃ | The words that he spoke were words of loveliness |
| 24 | du₁₄ mu₂-mu₂-da-a hi-li šag₄-ga-na-ke₄ | The speech of the one who grows allure in his heart |
| 25 | {na₄}šuba-ke₄ {na₄}šuba-ke₄ {na₄}šuba na-ur₁₁-ru | The šuba stone, the svuba stones are to be adorned, |
| 26 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na {na₄}šuba-ke₄ {na₄}šuba na-ur₁₁-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the one of the lapis lazuli, adorns it. |
| 27 | {na₄}šuba-na {na₄}šuba tur-tur-bi nu-mu-ne₂-eš na-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | In his šuba stone, the small svuba stones are not to be found, they should not be found. |
| 28 | {na₄}šuba-na {na₄}šuba gal-gal-bi guru₇-še₃ na-du₃-du₃ | In his šuba stones, the large svuba stone was heaped up in the silo. |
| 29 | PI-na-ni ur₃-ra la₂-la₂-a ur₃-ra mu-na-ab-la₂-la₂ | His ... he stretched out for him in the lap, he covered the lap for him. |
| 30 | {d}inana bad₃-da la₂-la₂-a bad₃-da mu-na-ab-la₂-la₂ | Inana filled the wall with splendor, he filled the walls for her. |
| 31 | MUNUS x x x {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | ... spoke to Amaušumgalana: |
| 32 | {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | Who will make the šuba stones shine for him? |
| 33 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the one who adorns the svuba stone, whom will he make it for him? |
| 34 | {na₄}šuba-na {na₄}šuba tur-tur-bi ši-pa-aŋ₂-me de₃-a | May our small šuba stones be our treasures! |
| 35 | {na₄}šuba-na {na₄}šuba gal-gal-bi gaba kug-me de₃-a | May the large šuba stones of her lapis lazuli be placed on our pure chest. |
| 36 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na nu-u₈-gig-ra inim mu-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | Amaušumgalana answered the nugig: |
| 37 | nu-u₈-gig-ga-am₃ dam-ŋu₁₀ nu-u₈-gig-ga-am₃ e-ne-er mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | It is the nugig priestess, it is the spouse who is the nugig priestesses, she cries out for him. |
| 38 | kug {d}inana-ke₄ nu-bar-ra e-ne-er mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | The holy Inana spoke to the nubar priestess: |
| 39 | {na₄}šuba-na-ke₄ {na₄}šuba-na-ke₄ {na₄}šuba na-ur₁₁-ru | The šuba stone, the svuba stones, the lapis lazuli |
| 40 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na-ke₄ {na₄}šuba-na-ke₄ {na₄}šuba na-ur₁₁-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the lapis lazuli of her mother, adorns it. |
| 41 | {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | Who will make the šuba stones shine for him? |
| 42 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na {na₄}šuba ur₁₁-ru a-ba-a mu-na-ur₁₁-ru | Ama-ušumgal-ana, the one who adorns the svuba stone, whom will he make it for him? |
| 43 | ma-ab-du₃-da-a-ŋa₂ ma-ab-du₃-da-a-ŋa₂ sun₄-a-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-na ba-a-ni-i | When he builds it, when he build it, his lapis lazuli roof is his roof. |
| 44 | me-a-am an-ne₂ ma-ab-du₃-da-a-ŋa₂ sun₄-a-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-na | “Which An had built, his sun(?) was lapis lazuli. |
| 45 | X-e sun₄-a-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-na sun₄-a-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-na | His ... of lapis lazuli, his ... |
| 46 | kun-ŋar {d}inana-kam | It is the kunbar of Inana. |
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