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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana J) (Q000641)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana J) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000641 |
| 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 | x nin₉ ki aŋ₂ {d}dumu-zid-de₃ | the sister of the place where Dumuzid |
| 2 | x |GADA×KID₂| ki aŋ₂ {d}dur₇-tur₈-e | ... linen, with the water of Dur-Tur |
| 3 | a X am zid-de₃ šag₄-ga ri-a | ... the true wild bull on the ground |
| 4 | nin-ŋu₁₀ nam-nin-e tud-da | The lady, born by the ladyship |
| 5 | {e₂}tur₃-e i₃ gara₂ mu-un-da-ab-si | He filled the cattlepen with butter and cream. |
| 6 | amaš-e ga mu-un-da-an-gid₂-e | The sheepfold eats milk with him |
| 7 | an-edin-ne₂ X X-ŋu₁₀ {d}ŋeštin-an-na-me-en | I am the ... of the high steppe |
| 8 | a ki-sikil X x na-nam | Woe, young woman ... indeed! |
| 9 | tur-tur-zu x na-nam | Your little ones are indeed ... |
| 10 | unug{ki}-ga x-bi na-nam | It is indeed its ... in Uruk |
| 11 | kul-aba₄{ki} x X-bi na-nam | Kulab is indeed its ... |
| 12 | mu ud X X-me-en RU-RU-a-na X X | I am ..., his ... |
| 13 | ki-sikil-e bar šeš-a-na-ka | The young woman of her own free will |
| 14 | igi mu-un-na-hur giri₁₇ mu-un-na-hur | He looked at him, he looked at his face. |
| 15 | ki lu₂-da nu-u₆-di haš₂-gal mu-un-na-hur | She turns the place of the man into a place of no return. |
| 16 | {e₂}eš₂-dam e₂-gal-la si ba-ni-in-sa₂ | he set up the “house-of-the-king’ in order. |
| 17 | sukkal lu₂ e₂-gal-la-ta e₃-a ki-sikil-e en₃{en} mu-un-tar-re | The maiden, coming out from the palace, inquires after the maiden. |
| 18 | sukkal lu₂ e₂-gal-la-ta e₃-a ki-sikil-ra mu-un-na-ab-gi₄ | The maidservant, who came out of the palace, replied to the maiden. |
| 19 | šeš-zu nam-en-še₃ šu mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | Your hand is the hand of a lord |
| 20 | nam-en unug{ki}-ga niŋ₂ X X-e | The lordship of Uruk ... in fear. |
| 21 | me hal-hal-ne 10 išib-ne | The halhal of the mes are 10, the išibnu-officials are 10. |
| 22 | ki za-za-a-ne a-tu₅-a-tu₅-a-ne susbu₂-be-e-ne | (Sum) When they sit down at the place of prayer, they tremble (Akk) They sit down in the place where prayer is performed, they are supplication |
| 23 | itid-da eš₃ gal-e itid du-de₃ muš₂ nu-tum₂-mu-ne | In the months of the great shrines, in the months to be built, no one can take them away |
| 24 | šeš-zu nam-en-še₃ šu mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | Your hand is the hand of a lord |
| 25 | ud-bi-a 7 he₂-en-na-me-eš 7 he₂-en-na-me-eš | At that time there were seven, there were 7 |
| 26 | šir₃ dug₄-dug₄ unug{ki}-ga 7-me-eš | They are the 7 good ones of Uruk |
| 27 | zabalam{ki} ad ša₄-ša₄ 50-me-eš | Zabalam, a total of 50 people |
| 28 | e-ne-ne an-na mul zu-me-eš ki har-ra-an zu-me-eš | They are the stars of heaven, they are the paths of the earth |
| 29 | an-na daŋal-ba nesaŋ il₂-la-me-eš | Who raises the nesa drum in heaven |
| 30 | e-ne-ne šir₃ im-zi-zi-ne šir₃ im-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ne | They raised the earth, they surrounded the earth |
| 31 | šir₃-e saŋ-bi nu-mu-un-ne-pad₃-ne | They did not find its place in the heart |
| 32 | ad-da ki-gub-ba nu-mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-me-eš | The fathers of the station were not there. |
| 33 | nin₉ ban₃-da murub₄-bi-a til₃-la gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | The younger sister, who lives in the middle of it, calls out to him: |
| 34 | gaba ba-da-ab-gu-la gaba ba-da-ab-tur-ra gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | She shouted to him “The breast is destroyed, the breast is ruined!" |
| 35 | me-e-de₃ šir₃ im-zi-zi-de₃ šir₃ im-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ze₂-en | In order to make the earth tremble, in order to break up the earth |
| 36 | x murub₄-bi-a nu-mu-un-til₃ | ... did not live in its middle. |
| 37 | x x er₂-šem₃-ma-ka mu-un-til₃ | ... lives in the Eršemma. |
| 38 | er₂-šem₃-ma-kam kug za-gin₃-a-ka gu₃-dim-ma-ka mu-un-til₃ | In my eršema, in my lapis lazuli gold, I live in my throne. |
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