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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana R) (Q000649)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana R) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000649 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| sa-gida A, | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}ki-sikil kun-sig₃ mul-mul-la sig₇ sag₉-ga-am₃ | The maiden, adorned with reddish hair, is beautiful. |
| 2 | {d}inana kun-sig₃ mul-mul-la sig₇ sag₉-ga-am₃ | Inana, whose horns are bright and beautiful, |
| 3 | {lu₂}ki-sikil kun-sig₃ tarah X lu-lim X lu-lim-ma | The maiden, adorned with a reddish horn, ... lullum |
| 4 | {d}inana kun-sig₃ tarah X lu-lim X lu-lim-e | Inana, the horned eagle, ... luxuriant ... |
| 5 | {lu₂}ki-sikil še-zar-maš-gin₇ gun₃-a lugal-ra tum₂-ma | The young woman, dressed as if it were a še-zarmaš tree, suitable for the king |
| 6 | {d}inana še-zar-maš-gin₇ gun₃-a {d}dumu-zid-ra tum₂-ma | Inana, speckled like a rainbow, suitable for Dumuzid |
| 7 | {lu₂}ki-sikil še-zar gu₂-nida-a hi-li šu gi₄-a-ŋen | May the young woman, the one who is adorned with splendor, turn her hand towards me! |
| 8 | {d}inana še-zar gu₂-nida-a hi-li šu gi₄-a-ŋen | Inana, you are the one who stretches out a net for me with allure |
| 9 | nin-ŋen nin-ŋen X X X hi-li gur₃-ru-ŋen | “My lady, my lady, bring me allure! |
| 10 | me-e ki-sikil-ŋen nin-ŋen x hi-li gur₃-ru-ŋen | I, the maiden, my lady, I want to bring you allure. |
| 11 | nin a an-ne₂ ru-a-ŋen x x hi-li gur₃-ru-ŋen | Lady, I want to utter an arazu prayer to An. |
| 12 | u₅ ze₂-ba u₅ ze₂-ba X X X ir-si-im ze₂-ba-ŋen | Sweet oil, sweet oil, ... sweet ... |
| 13 | IR X IM X X X X X X X ma₂ he₂-em-ši-ib-us₂-e | ... may he moor the boat. |
| 14 | X X X X X X X X ma₂ he₂-em-ši-ib-us₂-e | ... may he sail the boat |
| 15 | nin-ŋen X X e₂ PAD₃ en-ni-a mu-un-da-an-di-di-in | The lady ... the house ... with her lord |
| 16 | {d}inana-ŋen X X X X-ni-a mu-un-da-an-di-di-in | Inana ... with him. |
| 17 | GA X X X X X X X-ni-a mu-un-da-an-di-di-in | ... I keep wandering about. |
| 18 | {e₂}pa-pah X A UB X-ni-a mu-un-da-an-di-di-in | He was going around in his ... cella. |
| 19 | e₂-e kab-dug₄-ga X-ni-a mu-un-da-an-di-di-in | In the house ... I am wandering about. |
| 20 | mu-ti-in-e ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the man, I want it to be uttered to you. |
| 21 | {d}ama-ušum-ŋu₁₀ ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | Amaʾušum, come on! Come on! I want to learn how to travel! |
| 22 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | Amaʾušumgalana, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 23 | {u₂}numun₂-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you, I want it to be uttered to you. |
| 24 | {ŋiš}asal₂ ki sed₅-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the soothing place, my child. |
| 25 | {u₂}in-uš u₂ sikil-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you in the pure plant, |
| 26 | {u₂}rib-ba ki halba₂-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you in the place of half a shekel |
| 27 | amaš kug-ga amaš mu-ti-in-na-ŋa₂-še₃ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | When you go to the pure sheepfold, to the sheepfold of Mutinna, |
| 28 | amaš kug-ge amaš {d}dumu-zid-ŋa₂-še₃ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | The pure sheepfold, the sheepfold of Dumuzid, where you go, is your child. |
| 29 | sa-gid₂-da-am₃ | it is a sagida |
| unknown B, | ||
| 30 | mu-ru-bi X X a dug₄ aŋ₂ de₃-en-dug₄ | Its ... I want to say "Woe!" |
| Ver.2, | ||
| 1 | x aŋ₂ tur-re x X E NE x | ... small wages ... |
| 2 | x aŋ₂ tur-re I X x | small wages ... |
| 3 | x šu aŋ₂ mah-e bi₂-in-X x | Hand of supreme strength ... |
| 4 | X šu aŋ₂ tur-re bi₂-x | Hand of the small laborers ... |
| 5 | niŋ₂-šu aŋ₂ ir-ir-ŋu₁₀ aŋ₂ ba-ab-x | (Sum) His own hand ... (Akk) He himself ... his own arm ... |
| 6 | X udu aŋ₂ gu₇-gu₇-ŋu₁₀ u₂ ba-ab-x | ... sheep eating water ... grass |
| 7 | x mu-nu₁₀-de₃ tur₃ ki nu-mu-un-pad₃-de₃ | ... the herdsman does not find the cattlepen. |
| 8 | x sipad-de₃ amaš ki nu-mu-un-pad₃-de₃ | ... the shepherd does not find the sheepfold |
| 9 | x u₅ gur₃-ru-ŋu₁₀ u₅ nu-un-gur₃-ru | ... carrying oil, carrying no oil. |
| 10 | x GA gur₃-ru-ŋu₁₀ ga nu-un-gur₃-ru | ... carrying milk, she does not carry milk. |
| 11 | x X X X X-ŋu₁₀ hul-ŋal₂-e im-x | ... evil ... |
| 12 | x X E IM x | ... ... |
| 13 | x X x | |
| Ver.3, | ||
| 1 | x X X | |
| 2 | en-e ga ma-ar mu-un-lu gu₂ x | The lord ... milk. |
| 3 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ u₅ ma-ar mu-un-lu gu₂ x | Dumuzi ... the oil ... |
| 4 | u₅ gur₃-ru-ni u₅ mu-un-lu x | When he carried oil, he poured oil ... |
| 5 | ga gur₃-ru-ni ga mu-un-lu x | She carried milk, she ... milk. |
| 6 | ga u₅ gur₃-ru-ni e₂-a nu-mu-ni-in-kur₉ x | She did not bring the milk and oil that she carried into the house. |
| 7 | in-nin₉-e i₃ li saŋ he₂-em-me-eb-šeš₂-e | May the lady sprinkle pure oil on them |
| 8 | mu-tin-na ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | Come on, young man, come on! I want to learn how to travel! |
| 9 | {d}ama-ušum-ŋu₁₀ ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | Amaʾušum, come on! Come on! I want to learn how to travel! |
| 10 | {d}ama-ušumgal-an-na ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | Amaʾušumgalana, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 11 | {u₂}numun₂-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ X X X-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter a šunû-prayer to you, I want an arazu prayer to you |
| 12 | {ŋiš}asal₂-e ki sed-de₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to pacify the earth with juniper, so that I can learn how to travel. |
| 13 | {u₂}rib-ba ki hal-bi-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the distant place |
| 14 | {u₂}in-nu-uš u₂ sikil-še₃ ga-ŋu₁₀ X X du₅-mu-u₅-zu | I want to ... innuš-plant, pure plant ... your child |
| 15 | amaš kug-ge amaš mu-ud-na-ŋa₂-še₃ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | When you go to the pure sheepfold, the sheepfold of the spouse, |
| 16 | amaš kug-ge amaš {d}dumu-zid-ŋa₂-še₃ di-di du₅-mu-u₅-zu | The pure sheepfold, the sheepfold of Dumuzid, where you go, is your child. |
| 17 | nu-u₈-gig-ge X x | The nugig priestess ... |
| 18 | su₈-ba {d}dumu-zid x | the shepherd Dumuzid |
| 19 | šir₃ x | ... šir |
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