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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana F1) (Q000662)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana F1) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000662 |
| 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 | da-ŋu₁₀ X x | ... ; |
| 2 | mu-nu₂ lal₃ hab₂-ba x | The one who lies down in a heap of syrup ... |
| 3 | šu-ni šu-ŋa₂ im-ma-X | His hand ... |
| 4 | me-ri-ni me-ri-ŋa₂ im-ma-x | His feet ... his feet. |
| 5 | šu-um-du-um-ŋu₁₀ ka-na ba-x | Šumdûm-boil ... his mouth |
| 6 | murub₄ X mah TA HA RA x | the middle ... |
| 7 | šag₄ ki X X aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni eš₂-gin₇ mu-x | The ... of his heart like a ... |
| 8 | har-gin₇ šu-ŋa₂ im-mi-in-x | Like a bracelet ... |
| 9 | za-gin₇ gu₂-ŋa₂ teš₂ ba-ni-in-x | Like lapis lazuli ... together |
| 10 | kug-gin₇ mu-ud-na-ŋa₂ ba-ni-x | Like silver, the spouse ... |
| 11 | šeš-e {ŋiš}kiri₆-ni-a im-ma-x | The farmer ... his orchard |
| 12 | mu gub-ba-ni he₂-X-ni-gub | May he set up his stand. |
| 13 | mu nu₂-a-ni he₂-X-nu₂-e-de₃ | may he lie down in his sleep. |
| 14 | X X X X X X bi₂-in-nu₂ X | ... lay down ... |
| 15 | zu₂-lum in-ze₂-ze₂ X-ŋa₂ bi₂-in-PA x | He ... dates ... |
| 16 | aŋ₂-e {ŋiš}hašhur-a ma-da-ab-be₂ | He says to me “Oh, ḫašhura-plant!" |
| 17 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ saŋ-ŋa₂ ba-an-X X | The sweet one, the mighty one, ... |
| 18 | aŋ₂-e {mu}PEŠ₃-a ma-da-ab-be₂ | The water says to me |
| 19 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ NA X X AB ŊA₂ X | (If) it is sweet: a man ... . |
| 20 | aŋ₂-e {mu}KIM₃-e ma-da-ab-be₂ | The water speaks to me. |
| 21 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ X x | sweet, precious ... |
| 22 | aŋ₂-e ka X saŋ-e ma-da-ab-be₂ | He says to me “Water ... |
| 23 | ze₂-ba kal-la-ŋu₁₀ X ŊA₂ X x | sweet, sweet ... |
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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