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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana V) (Q000652)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana V) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000652 |
| 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 | in-nin₉ šembi₂-zid lugal-la-kam | The lady is the šembi-zid of the king |
| 2 | {d}inana šembi₂-zid {d}dumu-zid-da X | Inana, the šembizid priest of Dumuzi |
| 3 | ul gur₃-ru hi-li šu tag dug₄-ga | clad in joy, full of allure |
| 4 | {lu₂}sipad-ra tur₃-ra an-ši-DU | The shepherd ... in the cowshed |
| 5 | {d}dumu-zid-ra amaš-a an-ši-DU | For Dumuzid in the sheepfold AnšiDU |
| 6 | {lu₂}sipad-da igi-bi kaskal im-da-an-X | The shepherd ... the road before him |
| 7 | ki-sikil {d}inana har-ra-an-na gaba mu-un-ri | The young woman Inana approached on the road. |
| 8 | {d}dumu-zid-de₃ ud-gin₇ ba-an-ta-e₃ | Dumuzi came forth like daylight. |
| 9 | x šu im-ma-an-ri | ... hand ... |
| 10 | x šu im-ma-an-ri | ... hand ... |
| 11 | x X šu ri ba-ni-in-x | ... hand ... |
| 12 | x in-ga-ba-ni-in-x | ... has ... |
| 13 | x X ul šar₂-ra gu₂ im-ma-ni-e₃ | ... of the king roared. |
| 14 | x {ŋiš}pa-pa-al im-ši-la₂-la₂ | he hung a reed mat on it |
| 15 | x X ak šag₄-bi ma-x | ... its interior ... |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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