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A hymn to Inana

1. in-/nin9\ [] X [] X
2. šul meš3 gi4-gi4-e dinana /nin?\ [X X]-/li\-a-ta X []
3. /3\-e /nibru?\[ki] [X] /e2-du6\-kug-/ga\ [X] dug4-ga an-/na?\
4. /me-en kug\ /an\-na saĝ-ĝa2 ĝal2-la-e
5. /tug2?-ba kug-kug\ /an\-na šag4-ga la2-a-e
6. ĝidru kug an-/na\ šu-na ĝal2-<la>-bi
7. unken?-a tuš-[a dur2] ĝar-ra-e
8. di gal kur-/ra\ kud-da-e
9. ga-eš8 /maḫ\ kur-kur-ra bad-da-e
10. nu11-gin7 /an\-ta kar2-ra-na /kug dinana\ igi ĝal2-la-bi
11. urim2/ki-a\ e2-kiš-nu-/ĝal2\-la-bi-še3
12. nu-gig-/ge\ a-a-ni dsuen-da
13. inim dug4-dug4-ga-e
14. ḫe2-ĝal2 /kur\-ra-še3 šu 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-ša-an\ [X] /šum2?\-ma ḫi-li du8-du8-/a\-me
18. /AN\ […]-/ra?\ A X X ME X X /alan?\-ni /ki-bi?-še3? gub-ba?-na?\
19. a-ĝi6 [] /IM\ X X me
20. DU.DU [] X GA []
21. a-ĝi6 /IM\ […]-/ga\-gin7 [X] /ur3?\-e
22. /šu? du8? ḫi?-li?\ gal-gal
23. /ge\-en X X X X X šudu3-šudu3-ba zig3-ga-me
24. gi-ri2-in duru5 ḫur-saĝ-ta u5 di gub-ba-me
25. /za\-gin3 duru5 kur šubax(MUŠ)-ta /gi\-dirig igi saĝ-ĝa2 la2
26. /kug\-ZI×ZI ḫa-ra-li izi-gin7 tab2-tab2-e-me
27. ĝišḫašḫur gu-gu-ul-ba ĝal2-la-me
28. X-ba al e-a-a-me
29. zu2-/lum\ a2-an-sur-ba ḫi-li guru3-me
30. dag-/dag\-ga til3-la-ĝu10-ne
31. dag /an\-[na]-/ke4\ til3-la-ĝu10-ne
32. mu-/u2-da\-na-ĝu10 /ušum\-gal-an-na-ke4
33. me /nam\-dam-še3 in-ĝa2!-/an\-pad3-da-de3
34. bad3-ti-bi2-ra /e2\-muš-kalam-ma-ta
35. a-ga-/ni-še3\ X X /MU\ [] X
3 lines fragmentary
39. [X] X X X X X-/en pa5 ĝal2? 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. /šeš\-a-/ni ušumgal-la!-an-na-ra?\
44. /3\ kug-ga-ni SUG? mu-na-ga-ga
45. [] X [] /gub\-ba-am3
46. /ḫi-li\ ddumu-zid ĝišildag3 gub-gub-dam
47. šag4-ĝu10 ḫi-li gi4-im-si
48. u2 lu-lu /du6\-šuba-a ŠE3 DA GA DA []
49. šag4-ĝu10 ḫi-/li\ im-si an /ki\ []
50. e2 a-ra-[li] [] /NI\ []
51. /šag4\ [] NE /zal-la-ta?\
52. ur3-bad3 /še?-ga mu\-ši-gu-u2-gu-u2
53. sila ĝi6-de3 bur2-da NI ZU /dub?\-e
54. e2 sila daĝal-a i3-tur-/tur\-e
one blank line on the tablet
55. en saĝ-ĝa2-/ni?-ta? dug4-ga\
approx. 10 lines fragmentary or missing
66. /kur šuba?\ X []
67. sun4?-bi /na\-[X X] mušen-bi [X]
68. tir meš3 /kalam\ [] meš3 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. saĝ-ur-/saĝ\ galam mu-X []
76. gu NE /LI\ [X] /RI?\ X u-mu-[X X]
1 line missing
78. iri12-gal /ḫul2-ḫul2?\ []
79. a-ra2-/zu?\ ĝiš X [] ĝišĝišnimbar X []
80. ur2 šem-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 ḫe2-ĝa2-ĝa2 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 /saĝ? 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] /maḫ-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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