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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana F1): translation

1-10...... my side. ...... on a bed dripping with honey. ...... his hand in my hand. ...... his foot by my foot. ...... my lips on his mouth.
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...... like a bracelet on my hand. ...... lapis lazuli on my neck. ...... like silver ...... of my bridegroom.

11-15The brother ...... in his garden. ...... stand ...... his standing tree. ...... lie down ...... his recumbent tree. He laid me down ....... ...... dates.

16-23The ...... spoke to me among the apple trees. My precious sweet ...... my head. The ...... spoke to me among the fig trees. My precious sweet ...... my ....... The ...... spoke to me among the willow (?) trees. My precious sweet ....... The ...... spoke to me ....... My precious sweet ...... my .......


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Revision history

06.ii.1999 : JAB : adapting translation
03.xii.1999 : GC : proofreading
04.xii.1999 : GC : tagging
18.ii.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
18.ii.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed