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A hymn to Inana

1. in-/nin9\ [...] X [...] X
2. cul mec3 gi4-gi4-e dinana /nin?\ [X X]-/li\-a-ta X [...]
3. /ec3\-e /nibru?\[ki] [X] /e2-du6\-kug-/ga\ [X] dug4-ga an-/na?\
4. /me-en kug\ /an\-na saj-ja2 jal2-la-e
5. /tug2?-ba kug-kug\ /an\-na cag4-ga la2-a-e
6. jidru kug an-/na\ cu-na jal2-<la>-bi
7. unken?-a tuc-[a dur2] jar-ra-e
8. di gal kur-/ra\ kud-da-e
9. ga-ec8 /mah\ kur-kur-ra bad-da-e
10. nu11-gin7 /an\-ta kar2-ra-na /kug dinana\ igi jal2-la-bi
11. urim2/ki-a\ e2-kic-nu-/jal2\-la-bi-ce3
12. nu-gig-/ge\ a-a-ni dsuen-da
13. inim dug4-dug4-ga-e
14. he2-jal2 /kur\-ra-ce3 cu la2-[X]-a-e
15. nin9-e [...] /TI? gi?\-ri2-in /sikil\ [...]
16. kug d/inana\ [...] /ki-a?\ kur2-/kur2?-ra?\ [...] X [...]
17. /e2?\-e /ga-ca-an\ [X] /cum2?\-ma hi-li du8-du8-/a\-me
18. /AN\ [...]-/ra?\ A X X ME X X /alan?\-ni /ki-bi?-ce3? gub-ba?-na?\
19. a-ji6 [...] /IM\ X X me
20. DU.DU [...] X GA [...]
21. a-ji6 /IM\ [...]-/ga\-gin7 [X] /ur3?\-e
22. /cu? du8? hi?-li?\ gal-gal
23. /ge\-en X X X X X cudu3-cudu3-ba zig3-ga-me
24. gi-ri2-in duru5 hur-saj-ta u5 di gub-ba-me
25. /za\-gin3 duru5 kur cubax(MUC)-ta /gi\-dirig igi saj-ja2 la2
26. /kug\-ZIxZI ha-ra-li izi-gin7 tab2-tab2-e-me
27. jichachur gu-gu-ul-ba jal2-la-me
28. X-ba al e-a-a-me
29. zu2-/lum\ a2-an-sur-ba hi-li guru3-me
30. dag-/dag\-ga til3-la-ju10-ne
31. dag /an\-[na]-/ke4\ til3-la-ju10-ne
32. mu-/u2-da\-na-ju10 /ucum\-gal-an-na-ke4
33. me /nam\-dam-ce3 in-ja2!-/an\-pad3-da-de3
34. bad3-ti-bi2-ra /e2\-muc-kalam-ma-ta
35. a-ga-/ni-ce3\ X X /MU\ [...] X
3 lines fragmentary
39. [X] X X X X X-/en pa5 jal2? taka4\-de3
40. a2 /zig3!-ga\ nin9 [X] bi2-in-ga?-ga?
41. a-a /gu2\ X /gal\-e X-/da? BA\ [X]-/an-ur4-ur4\
42. /unken?\-a-ni X (X) /nun?-na\ X (X)
43. /cec\-a-/ni ucumgal-la!-an-na-ra?\
44. /ec3\ kug-ga-ni SUG? mu-na-ga-ga
45. [...] X [...] /gub\-ba-am3
46. /hi-li\ ddumu-zid jicildag3 gub-gub-dam
47. cag4-ju10 hi-li gi4-im-si
48. u2 lu-lu /du6\-cuba-a CE3 DA GA DA [...]
49. cag4-ju10 hi-/li\ im-si an /ki\ [...]
50. e2 a-ra-[li] [...] /NI\ [...]
51. /cag4\ [...] NE /zal-la-ta?\
52. ur3-bad3 /ce?-ga mu\-ci-gu-u2-gu-u2
53. sila ji6-de3 bur2-da NI ZU /dub?\-e
54. e2 sila dajal-a i3-tur-/tur\-e
one blank line on the tablet
55. en saj-ja2-/ni?-ta? dug4-ga\
approx. 10 lines fragmentary or missing
66. /kur cuba?\ X [...]
67. sun4?-bi /na\-[X X] mucen-bi [X]
68. tir mec3 /kalam\ [...] mec3 kur-/ra\
3 lines missing
72. X nu-sug2-/ge\ e2 nu-mu-[X]
1 line missing
74. a-nun-/na\-e-/ne\ U MU UM MA [X]
75. saj-ur-/saj\ galam mu-X [...]
76. gu NE /LI\ [X] /RI?\ X u-mu-[X X]
1 line missing
78. iri12-gal /hul2-hul2?\ [...]
79. a-ra2-/zu?\ jic X [...] jicjicnimbar X [...]
80. ur2 cem-bi X mu-ni-in-DU
81. me abzu X X X X
approx. 25 lines missing
107. [...] X X X [...] X dug4-de3
3 lines missing
111. X he2-ja2-ja2 X X X-ke4 GIR NA [...] tag
112. X X GIM GAN LAM? X ba-DU
113. [...] X UL nun [...] X-am3
114. [...] X a2? [...]-de3
115. [...] /GI\ DU.DU
1 line fragmentary
117. A /saj? i3\-kur9-re? X MI /NE\ DU
118. [...] /UR? GA\ X igi [bar]-re i3-im-e
119. [X] /NE?\ bar BI X-/NE\-e
120. [...] X X A NE /MU DA? E\
1 line missing
122. /kug dinana?\ [X] /mah-zu\ X X
123. [...] /dinana za3\-mi2

Print sources

Geller 2002: commentary, score transliteration, translation, handcopy

Sjöberg 1988: photograph, handcopy, commentary, score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

FLP 2627 (JCS 40 179-186)


Revision history

28.iii.2000-29.iii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
31.vii.2000: JAB, editor: standardisation
07.viii.2000: GC, editor: proofreading
07.viii.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
29.ix.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
29.ix.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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