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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana J)

1. [X] nin9 ki 2 ddumu-zid-de3
2. [X] /GADA×KID2\ ki 2 ddur7-tur8-e
3. a X am zid-de3 šag4-ga ri-a
4. nin-ĝu10 nam-nin-e tud-da
5. e2tur3-e i3 gara2 mu-un-da-ab-si
6. amaš-e ga [mu]-un-da-an-gid2-e
7. an-edin-ne2 [(X)] X-ĝu10 dĝeštin-an-na-me-en
8. a ki-sikil X [ na]-nam
9. tur-tur-zu [] /na\-nam
10. unugki-ga […]-/bi\ na-nam
11. kul-aba4ki [] X-bi na-nam
12. mu ud X X-me-en RU-RU-a-na X [(X)]
13. ki-sikil-[e bar] šeš-a-na-[ka]
14. igi mu-un-na-ḫur giri17 mu-un-/na\-[ḫur]
15. ki lu2-da nu-u6-di ḫaš2-gal mu-/un\-[na-ḫur]
16. e22-dam e2-gal-la si ba-ni-in-sa2
17. sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-e en3en mu-un-tar-re-«en»
18. sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-[ra] mu-un-na-ab-gi4
19. šeš-zu nam-en-še3 šu mu-/un-ĝa2\-ĝa2-a
20. nam-en unugki-ga niĝ2 X X-e
21. me ḫal-ḫal-ne 10 išib-ne
22. ki za-za-a-ne a-tu5-a-tu5-a-ne susbu2-be-e-ne
23. itid-da 3 gal-e itid du-de3 muš2 nu-tum2-mu-ne
24. šeš-zu nam-en-še3 šu mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2-a
25. ud-bi-a 7 ḫe2-en-na-me-eš 7 ḫe2-en-na-me-eš
26. šir3 dug4-dug4 unugki-ga 7-me-eš
27. zabalamki ad ša4-ša4 50-me-eš
28. e-ne-ne an-na mul zu-me-eš ki ḫar-ra-an zu-me-eš
29. an-na daĝal-ba nesaĝ il2-la-me-eš
30. e-ne-ne šir3 im-zi-zi-ne šir3 im-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
31. šir3-e saĝ-bi nu-mu-un-ne-pad3-ne
32. ad-da ki-gub-ba nu-mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2-me-eš
33. nin9 ban3-da murub4-bi-a til3-la gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e
34. gaba ba-da-ab-gu-la gaba ba-da-ab-[tur-ra] gu3 mu-/un\-[na-de2-e]
35. me-e-de3 šir3 /im-zi\-zi-de3 šir3? [im-ĝa2]-/ĝa2\-ze2-en
36. [ murub4]-/bi\-a nu-mu-un-til3
37. [X X er2]-/šem3\-ma-ka mu-un-til3
38. [er2]-/šem3\-ma-kam kug za-gin3-a-ka gu3-dim-ma-ka mu-un-til3

Print sources

Alster 1985a: translation, score transliteration, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

UET 6/1 22


Revision history

28.i.1999-13.ii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
05.viii.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
18.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
29.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
29.x.1999: 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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