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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana D1)

1. [e2]-/temen-ni2-guru3?-a?\ X []
2. e2 uru2-ze2-ba šu si sa2-a-bi
3. e2 dsuen-na-ka dadag-ga-bi
4. e2-an-na-ka urin du3-a-bi
5. e2 šu-bi-še3 ḫe2-rig7
6. e2 zid-da-ĝu10 dungu-gen6du-gu-ge i-im-dirig
7. mu inim-ĝar sag9-ga in-ga-am3
8. ki-nu2 gi-rinri-na za-gin3 sig10zi-ga-am3
9. dgibil6 iri12-gal-la mu-ra-an-kug-kug-ga
10. mu-lu2 nam-ga-ša-an-e šu gal du3-a
11. šu(source: u3)-mu-un-na-ni mu-ra-an-sig9
12. e2 giušub-na mu-ra-ab-kug-ga šu-luḫ mu-ra-ĝa2-ĝa2
13. ud ba-an-nu2 ud ba-an-dug4
14. ud ki-nu2-a i-bi2 kar2-kar2-dam
15. ud u3-mu-un-e mi2 zi-zi-i-dam
16. u3-mu-un-ra nam-til3 ze2-eĝ3-ĝa2-a
17. u3-mu-un-ra ešgiri2(erroneous) si-bi-/ir\) šibir šum2šu-mu-na-ab
18. al ba-an-dug4 al ba-an-dug4 ki-nu2 al ba-an-dug4
19. ki-nu2 šag4 ḫul2-la al ba-an-dug4 ki-nu2 al ba-an-dug4
20. ki-nu2 ur2 ze2-ba al ba-an-dug4 ki-nu2 al ba-an-dug4
21. /ki\-nu2 nam-lugal-la al ba-an-dug4 ki-nu2 al ba-an-dug4
22. [ki]-nu2 nam-nin-a al ba-an-dug4 ki-nu2 al ba-an-dug4
23. [ze2]-/ba\-ni-da ze2-ba-ni-da ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-da
24. [ki-nu2] šag4 ḫul2-la ze2-ba-ni-da ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-da
25. [ki-nu2] /ur2\ ze2-ba ze2-ba-ni-da ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-da
26. [ki-nu2] /nam\-lugal-la ze2-ba-ni-da ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-da
27. [ki-nu2 nam]-nin-a ze2-ba-ni-da ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-da
28. [X X ki]-/nu2?\ mu-un-na-barag2-ge ki-nu2 mu-un-na-barag2-ge
29. [X X ki-nu2 mu]-/un\-na-barag2-ge ki-nu2 mu-un-na-barag2-ge
30. /lugal\ [ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-še3 gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e]
31. ki 2 /ki-nu2 ze2-ba-ni-še3 gu3 mu-un\-[na-de2-e]
32. inimi-ni til3 inim ud su13-ra2ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e
33. ga-ša-an-šubur-ra sukkal zid e2-an-na-ke4
34. kišib-la2! ki-še-eb-la2 zid-da-na im-ma-an-dab5
35. ur2 ga-ša-an-na-ka-še3 ḫi-li-a mu-ni-kur9
36. u3-mu-un-e 2 šag4-ge ba-e-pad3-da-zu
37. lugal-e nitalam ki 2-zu ur2 kug niĝ2 dug3-zu ud ḫa-ba-ni-ib-su3-ud-de3
38. bal sag9-ga pa e3 šum2-mu-un-ab
39. ĝišgu-za nam-lugal-la suḫuš gen6-na-ba šum2-mu-na-ab
40. ĝidru kalam si sa2 ešgiri2 šibir šum2-mu-na-ab
41. aga zid men-na saĝ dalla-a šum2-mu-na-ab
42. dutu e3-ta dutu šu2-še3
43. tum9ulu3-tatu-mu-ul-lu-ta tum9mir-ra-a-še3tu-mu-dmi-ra
44. a-ab-ba igi-nim-ta a-ab-ba sig-še3
45. ĝišḫa-lu-ub2!-ta ĝišerin-na-še3(source: ta)
46. ki-en-gi ki-uri-a ešgiri2 šibir šum2-mu-na-ab(source: ta)
47. saĝ gig2 dur2-ru-na-bi nam-sipad-bi ḫe2-ak-e
48. e-ne engar-gin7 gana2 ḫe2-ĝa2-ĝa2
49. sipad zid-gin7 amaš ḫe2-em-mi-lu-lu
50. gu ḫe2-en-da-ĝal2 še ḫe2-en-da-ĝal2
51. id2-da a-eštub ḫe2-en-da-ĝal2
52. a-šag4-ga še gu-nu ḫe2-en-da-ĝal2
53. ambar-ra ku6 mušen gu3 ḫu-mu-da-ra-ra
54. mu-gi-e gi sumun gi ḫenbur ḫe2-en-da-an-mu2
55. an-edin-na muMAŠ-GURUM ḫe2-en-da-an-mu2
56. tir-tir-ra šeg9 šeg9-bar ḫe2-en-da-lu
57. pu2-ĝiškiri6 lal3 ĝeštin ḫe2-en-da-il2
58. mu2-sar-ra ḫi-izsar za3-ḫi-lisar ḫe2-en-da-mu2
59. e2-gal-la zi su3-ud-ĝal2 ḫe2-en-da-an-ĝal2
60. id2idigna id2buranun-na a-u5-ba ḫu-mu-ni-ib-/tum2\
61. gu2-gu2-ba u2 ḫu-mu-ta-mu2-mu2 a-gar3 ḫe2-en-si
62. guru7-du6 guru7-maš kug ga-ša-an dnisaba-ke4 gu2 ḫu-mu-ni-gur-gur
63. ga-ša-an-/ĝu10\ nin an ki nin an ki šu2-a
64. ur2 [] ud ḫa-ba-ni-ib-sud-e
65. lugal [] /saĝ\ il2-la mu-un-ĝen-ne2
66. ur2 /kug\ [ga-ša-an-na]-/ka?\-še3 saĝ il2-la mu-un-ĝen
67. lugal X [X saĝ] /il2\-la ĝen-ne2
68. nin!-ĝu10-[ra] /saĝ\ il2-la ĝen-ne2
69. X U3 [] il2-la KA-ta
70. mu-/gi17\-[ib] [gu2-da mu-un]-da-la2
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Print sources

Sefati 1998, p. 301-311: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Sefati 1999: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

BM 15820 (CT 42 4)


Revision history

29.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
03.xii.1999: GC, editor: proofreading
04.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
04.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
28.i.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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