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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana Y) (Q000655)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana Y) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000655 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | x X X X X | |
| 7 | X ad-da-ni kiŋ₂-gi₄-a-gin₇ | ... his father, like the earth, |
| 8 | x X DA x X-a-ŋu₁₀ kaš₄ x ŋa₂-nu | ... beer ... |
| 9 | mussa-me ud X-zal | Our priests ... the day. |
| 10 | mussa-me ŋi₆ X-sa₂ | Our fisherman ... |
| 11 | iti₆ e₂-ba mi-ni-ib-kur₉ X X | The moonlight turned its house into ... |
| 12 | mul e₂-ba mi-ni-ib-di₄-di₄-en | I make the stars of that house sparkle. |
| 13 | mussa-me ud me-zal-la-gin₇ | Our mother, like a storm passing by, |
| 14 | mussa-me ŋi₆ me-sa₂-a-gin₇ | Like a fish in the river, |
| 15 | iti₆ e₂-ba mi-ni-kur₉-ra-gin₇ | like a moonlight flashing in its house, |
| 16 | mul e₂-ba mi-ni-di₄-di₄-la₂-gin₇ | Like a star circling around in its temple |
| 17 | ig-ta saŋ-kul | from the door to the doorway |
| 18 | X X-ra-si-il-le-en X | ... to you |
| 24 | nin₉ gal-ŋu₁₀ x | the older sister |
| 25 | ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ X x zid-de₃ x | Sweet ... true ... |
| 26 | nin₉ gal-ŋu₁₀ da x-ta | the older sister ... |
| 27 | šeš i-bi₂ sag₉-sag₉-ŋu₁₀ | Hand of beautiful eyes |
| 28 | x x-ra-ŋu₁₀ x-zi-in | ... ... |
| 29 | x x al ŋal₂ LU x x im-me X X | ... she says ... |
| 30 | bad₃-si-me al-ŋal₂ bad₃-si-me gul-lu | Our towers are carried off, our towers destroyed. |
| 31 | nitalam-me aŋ₂ kuš₂-u₃ kuš₂-u₃ | Our spouse, the one who wears a garment, the garment |
| 32 | šu u₈-ub-dab₅-be₂-en ta-me mu-un-ŋal₂ | Hand of a ewe, what carried it off? |
| 33 | šu e-ri-in-bar-re-eš e₂-me-eš-e ŋa₂-nu | Hand of Erīn-barreš, the temple administrator |
| 34 | suhur-e du₇-ŋu₁₀ suhur-e du₇-ŋu₁₀ | The šuhur-vessel is sweet, the suhû-vat is sweet. |
| 35 | ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ suhur-e du₇-ŋu₁₀ | “It is sweet, it is sweetened with a cloth. |
| 36 | mu-nim-mar-gin₇ suhur-e du₇-ŋu₁₀ | As if it were a crescent moon, it would have been perfect for a marsh. |
| 37 | {ŋiš}šinig-gin₇ gu₂ lum-lum-ŋu₁₀ suhur-e du₇-ŋu₁₀ | Like a šinig tree, it is surrounded by a dense forest. |
| 38 | mu-ti-in suhur-za unken-na du₇-ŋu₁₀ | Young man, your ... in the assembly is sweet. |
| 39 | ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ gaba-me-a su-ub-bi | “Storm of our breasts, swollen, |
| 40 | gi-ru suhur-za unken-na dugud-da | The reed bundles of your garments, heavy in the assembly, |
| 41 | šeš i-bi₂ sag₉-sag₉-ŋu₁₀ gaba-me-a su-ub-bi | The one who looks at us with a beautiful face |
| 42 | sun₄ za-gin₃-ŋu₁₀ suhur gakkul₃-ŋu₁₀ | a lapis lazuli crown, a kanaktu-vessel, |
| 43 | sun₄ X za-gin₃-gin₇ gun₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | ... speckled like lapis lazuli |
| 44 | suhur gakkul₃-gin₇ ŋar-ŋar-ra-ŋu₁₀ | Like a šuhuŋurru-vessel, it was smashed. |
| 45 | dim₃ zu₂-ŋu₁₀ me-dim₂ kug-sig₁₇-ga-ŋu₁₀ | “Drawing(?) a tooth, making a gold ring |
| 46 | niŋ₂ nagar kug-zu dim₂-ma-ŋu₁₀ | You are a carpenter who makes your silver shine. |
| 47 | tibira kug-zu kiŋ₂ ak-a-ŋu₁₀ | Your silver tibira vessel that you poured out on the ground |
| 48 | ŋen nin₉ ki aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ ka-ga₁₄ X ME RI MU ga-e | “Lord, sister, the place of prayer, the mouth ... |
| 49 | ka-ga₁₄-ni-gin₇ gal₄-la-ni dug₃-ga-am₃ | Like her mouth, her vagina is sweet. |
| 50 | gal₄-la-ni-gin₇ ka-ga₁₄-ni dug₃-ga-am₃ | Like her vagina, her mouth is sweet. |
| 51 | sig₇-ge X x | green ... |
| 52 | igi bi₂-x | before Bi- |
| 53 | TA x | from |
| 55 | x X MAŠ GUR-am₃ | [x] kor of barley |
| 56 | ka-ga₁₄ inim ze₂-ba he₂-me-en | May you be the one who speaks sweet words in my mouth. |
| 57 | bal ud sag₉-ga e₃ he₂-me-en | May you be the one who brings forth a favorable reign. |
| 58 | ezen saŋ-ki zalag-ga he₂-me-en | May you be a festival of shining sakku-garments. |
| 59 | zabar-šu dadag-ga he₂-me-en | May you be a shining bronze |
| 60 | ki aŋ₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ | from the father of Enlil |
| šag₄ diŋir-za ha-me-ši-huŋ-e diŋir-e | May you be able to cross over your narrow street, cross over it! | |
| 62 | ŋi₆-a ŋa₂-nu ŋi₆-a gub-ba | In the river, at the river bank stationed, |
| 63 | {d}utu-da ŋa₂-nu {d}utu-da gub-ba | with Šamaš, ... with Utu, stationed. |
| 64 | diŋir-zu kaskal ha-ra-ab-sig₁₀-ge | May your crossing the river be favourable for you |
| 65 | il₂-la₂ du₅-la₂ ha-ra-ab-sa₂-sa₂ | May he raise up a scepter for you. |
Sources & licences
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