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Inana and Lipit-Eshtar (Lipit-Eshtar H): translation

SEGMENT A

A1-4I will perform in song the praise of the mistress, the trustworthy lady, the noble child of the E-mah, the spouse of the king, the woman, the goddess who is worth of the ladyship, surpassing heaven and earth. I will pay her due homage.

5-101 line unclear
...... great divine powers ....... She cherished Lipit-Ectar, the son of Enlil. ...... pleasant ....... ...... pleasant ....... ...... searched ...... for me. ...... surpassing in joy .......
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SEGMENT B

1-22 lines fragmentary

3Inana, ...... prince Lipit-Ectar on your holy lap.

4Its jicgijal.


5An ua-di of Inana.


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Revision history

29.ix.2000 : GZ : translation
07.xii.2000 : JAB : proofreading
08.xii.2000 : GZ : SGML tagging
19.i.2001 : ER : proofreading SGML
19.i.2001 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed