enheduanna_hymns

^1-10The great-hearted mistress, the impetuous lady, proud among the Anuna gods and pre-eminent in all lands, the great daughter of Suen, exalted among the Great Princes (a name of the Igigi gods) , the magnificent lady who gathers up the divine powers of heaven and earth and rivals great An, is mightiest among the great gods -- she makes their verdicts final. The Anuna gods crawl before her august word whose course she does not let An know; he dares not proceed against her command. She ../changes her own action, and no one knows how it will occur. She makes perfect the great divine powers, she holds a shepherd's crook, and she is their magnificent pre-eminent one. She is a huge shackle clamping down upon the gods of the Land. Her great awesomeness covers the great mountain and levels the roads.

^11-17At her loud cries, the gods of the Land become scared. Her roaring makes the Anuna gods tremble like a solitary reed. At her rumbling, they hide all together. Without Inana great An makes no decisions, and Enlil determines no destinies. Who opposes the mistress who raises her head and is supreme over the mountains? Wherever she ......, cities become ruin mounds and haunted places, and shrines become waste land. When her wrath makes people tremble, the burning sensation and the distress she causes are like an ulu demon ensnaring a man.

^18-28She stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to her, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance. It is her game to speed conflict and battle, untiring, strapping on her sandals. Clothed (?) in a furious storm, a whirlwind, she ...... the garment of ladyship. When she touches ...... there is despair, a south wind which has covered ....... Inana sits on harnessed (?) lions, she cuts to pieces him who shows no respect. A leopard of the hills, entering (?) the roads, raging (?), ......, the mistress is a great bull trusting in its strength; no one dare turn against her. ......, the foremost among the Great Princes, a pitfall for the disobedient, a trap for the evil, a ...... for the hostile, wherever she casts her venom .......

^29-38Her wrath is ......, a devastating flood which no one can withstand. A great watercourse, ......, she abases those whom she despises. The mistress, a hurin bird who lets no one escape, ......, Inana, a falcon preying on the gods, Inana rips to pieces the spacious cattle-pens. The fields of the city which Inana has looked at in anger ....... The furrows of the field which the mistress ...... grass. An opposes her, ....... Setting on fire, in the high plain the mistress ....... Inana ....... The mistress ...... fighting, ......, conflict .......

^39-48...... she performs a song. This song ...... its established plan, weeping, the food and milk of death. Whoever eats ...... Inana's food and milk of death will not last. Gall will give a burning pain to those she gives it to eat, ...... in their mouth ....... In her joyful heart she performs the song of death on the plain. She performs the song of her heart. She washes their weapons with blood and gore, ....... Axes smash heads, spears penetrate and maces are covered in blood. Their evil mouths ...... the warriors ....... On their first offerings she pours blood, filling them with blood.

^49-59On the wide and silent plain, darkening the bright daylight, she turns midday into darkness. People look upon each other in anger, they look for combat. Their shouting disturbs the plain, it weighs on the pasture and the waste land. Her howling is like Ickur's and makes the flesh of all the lands tremble. No one can oppose her murderous battle -- who rivals her? No one can look at her fierce fighting, the carnage, the ....... Engulfing (?) water, raging, sweeping over the earth, she leaves nothing behind. The mistress, a breaking plough opening hard ground, ....... The braggarts do not lift their necks, ....... Her great heart performs her bidding, the mistress who alone fashions (?) ....... Exalted in the assembly, she occupies the seat of honour, ...... to the right and left.

^60-72Humbling huge mountains as if they were piles of litter, she immobilises ....... She brings about the destruction of the mountain lands from east to west. Inana ...... wall ...... gulgul stones, she obtains victory. She ...... the kalaga stone ...... as if it were an earthenware bowl, she makes it like sheep's fat. The proud mistress holds a dagger in her hand, a radiance which covers the Land; her suspended net piles up fish in the deep, ....... As if she were a clever fowler no bird escapes the mesh of her suspended net. The place she has pulverised ......., ...... the divine plans of heaven and earth. The intention of her word does not ...... to An. The context of her confusing advice in the great gods' assembly is not known.
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^73-79The mistress, a leopard among the Anuna gods, full of pride, has been given authority. Not having ...... struggle ......, Inana ....... She ...... the adolescent girl in her chamber, receiving her, ...... heart ...... charms. She evilly ...... the woman she rejects. In the entire (?) country she ....... She lets her run around in the street ....... ...... of a house the wife sees her child.

^80-90When she had removed the great punishment from her body, she invoked blessings upon it; she caused it to be named the pilipili. She broke the spear and as if she were a man ...... gave her a weapon. When she had ...... punishment, it is not ....... She ...... the door of the house of wisdom, she makes known its interior. Those who do not respect her suspended net do not escape ...... when she suspends the meshes of her net. The man she has called by name she does not hold in esteem. Having approached the woman, she breaks the weapon and gives her a spear. The male jicgisajkec, the nisub and the female jicgi ritual officiants, after having ...... punishment, moaning ....... The ecstatic, the transformed pilipili, the kurjara and the sajursaj ....... Lament and song ....... They exhaust themselves with weeping and grief, they ...... laments.

^91-98Weeping daily your heart does not ....... 'Alas' ...... heart ...... knows no relaxation. Beloved lady of holy An, your ...... in weeping ....... In heaven ....... On your breast ....... You alone are majestic, you have renown, heaven and earth ...... not ....... You rival An and Enlil, you occupy their seat of honour. You are pre-eminent in the cult places, you are magnificent in your course.

^99-108Acnan ...... august dais ....... Ickur who roars from the sky ....... His thick clouds ....... When ...... the great divine powers of heaven and earth, Inana, your victory is terrifying ....... The Anuna gods bow down in prostration, they abase themselves. You ride on seven great beasts as you come forth from heaven. Great An feared your precinct and was frightened of your dwelling-place. He let you take a seat in the dwelling-place of great An and then feared you no more, saying: "I will hand over to you the august royal rites and the great divine rites."

^109-114The great gods kissed the earth and prostrated themselves. The high mountain land, the land of cornelian and lapis lazuli, bowed down before you, but Ebih did not bow down before you and did not greet you. Shattering it in your anger, as desired, you smashed it like a storm. Lady, pre-eminent through the power of An and Enlil, ....... Without you no destiny at all is determined, no clever counsel is granted favour.

^115-131To run, to escape, to quiet and to pacify are yours, Inana. To rove around, to rush, to rise up, to fall down and to ...... a companion are yours, Inana. To open up roads and paths, a place of peace for the journey, a companion for the weak, are yours, Inana. To keep paths and ways in good order, to shatter earth and to make it firm are yours, Inana. To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are yours, Inana. To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man are yours, Inana. Desirability and arousal, goods and property are yours, Inana. Gain, profit, great wealth and greater wealth are yours, Inana. Gaining wealth and having success in wealth, financial loss and reduced wealth are yours, Inana. Observation (1 ms. has instead: Everything), choice, offering, inspection and approval are yours, Inana. Assigning virility, dignity, guardian angels, protective deities and cult centres are yours, Inana.
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^132-154...... mercy and pity are yours, Inana. ...... are yours, Inana. To cause the ...... heart to tremble, ...... illnesses are yours, Inana. To have a wife, ......, to love ...... are yours, Inana. To rejoice, to control (?), ...... are yours, Inana. Neglect and care, raising and bowing down are yours, Inana. To build a house, to create a woman's chamber, to possess implements, to kiss a child's lips are yours, Inana. To run, to race, to desire and to succeed are yours, Inana. To interchange the brute and the strong and the weak and the powerless is yours, Inana. To interchange the heights and valleys and the ...... and the plains (?) is yours, Inana. To give the crown, the throne and the royal sceptre is yours, Inana.
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^155-157To diminish, to make great, to make low, to make broad, to ...... and to give a lavish supply are yours, Inana. To bestow the divine and royal rites, to carry out the appropriate instructions, slander, untruthful words, abuse, to speak inimically and to overstate are yours, Inana.

^158-168The false or true response, the sneer, to commit violence, to extend derision, to speak with hostility, to cause smiling and to be humbled or important, misfortune, hardship, grief, to make happy, to clarify and to darken, agitation, terror, fear, splendour and great awesomeness in radiance, triumph, pursuit, imbasur illness, sleeplessness and restlessness, submission, gift, ...... and howling, strife, chaos, opposition, fighting and carnage, ......, to know everything, to strengthen for the distant future a nest built ......, to instill fear in the ...... desert like a ...... poisonous snake, to subdue the hostile enemy, ...... and to hate ...... are yours, Inana.

^169-173To ...... the lots ......, to gather the dispersed people and restore them to their homes, to receive ......, to ...... are yours, Inana.
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^174-181...... the runners, when you open your mouth, ...... turns into ....... At your glance a deaf man does not ...... to one who can hear. At your angry glare what is bright darkens; you turn midday into darkness. When the time had come you destroyed the place you had in your thoughts, you made the place tremble. Nothing can be compared to your purposes (?); who can oppose your great deeds? You are the lady of heaven and earth! Inana, in (?) the palace the unbribable judge, among the numerous people ...... decisions. The invocation of your name fills the mountains, An (?) cannot compete with your .......

^182-196Your understanding ...... all the gods ....... You alone are magnificent. You are the great cow among the gods of heaven and earth, as many as there are. When you raise your eyes they pay heed to you, they wait for your word. The Anuna gods stand praying in the place where you dwell. Great awesomeness, glory ....... May your praise not cease! Where is your name not magnificent?
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^197-202Your song is grief, lament ....... Your ...... cannot be changed, your anger is crushing. Your creation cannot be ......, An has not diminished your ...... orders. Woman, with the help of An and Enlil you (?) have granted ...... as a gift in the assembly. Unison ...... An and Enlil ......, giving the Land into your hand. An does not answer the word you have uttered to him.

^203-208Once you have said 'So be it', great An does not ...... for him. Your 'So be it' is a 'So be it' of destruction, to destroy ....... Once you have said your ...... in the assembly, An and Enlil will not disperse it. Once you have made a decision ......, it cannot be changed in heaven and earth. Once you have specified approval of a place, it experiences no destruction. Once you have specified destruction for a place, it experiences no approval.

^209-218Your divinity shines in the pure heavens like Nanna or Utu. Your torch lights up the corners of heaven, turning darkness into light. ...... with fire. Your ...... refining ...... walks like Utu in front of you. No one can lay a hand on your precious divine powers; all your divine powers ....... You exercise full ladyship over heaven and earth; you hold everything in your hand. Mistress, you are magnificent, no one can walk before you. You dwell with great An in the holy resting-place. Which god is like you in gathering together ...... in heaven and earth? You are magnificent, your name is praised, you alone are magnificent!

^219-242I am En-hedu-ana, the high priestess of the moon god. ......; I am the ...... of Nanna.
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^243-253Advice ......, grief, bitterness ......, 'alas' ....... My lady, ...... mercy ...... compassion ...... I am yours! This will always be so! May your heart be soothed towards me! May your understanding ...... compassion. May ...... in front of you, may it be my offering. Your divinity is resplendent in the Land! My body has experienced your great punishment. Lament, bitterness, sleeplessness, distress, separation ......, mercy, compassion, care, lenience and homage are yours, and to cause flooding, to open hard ground and to turn darkness into light.

^254-263My lady, let me proclaim your magnificence in all lands, and your glory! Let me praise your ways and greatness! Who rivals you in divinity? Who can compare with your divine rites? May great An, whom you love, say for you "It is enough!". May the great gods calm your mood. May the lapis lazuli dais, fit for ladyship, ....... May your magnificent dwelling place say to you: "Be seated". May your pure bed say to you: "Relax". Your ......, where Utu rises, .......

^264-271They proclaim your magnificence; you are the lady ....... An and Enlil have determined a great destiny for you throughout the entire universe. They have bestowed upon you ladyship in the gu-ena. Being fitted for ladyship, you determine the destiny of noble ladies. Mistress, you are magnificent, you are great! Inana, you are magnificent, you are great! My lady, your magnificence is resplendent. May your heart be restored for my sake!

^272-274Your great deeds are unparallelled, your magnificence is praised! Young woman, Inana, your praise is sweet!

¹in-nin cag₄ gur₄-ra erec u₃-na giri₁₇-zal ^da-nun-na-[ke₄-ne]
²zag dib kur-kur-ra dumu gal ^dsuen-na mah [di nun gal-e-ne]
³erec nam-mah me an ki ur₄-ur₄ an gal-da zag du
⁴dijir gal-gal-e-ne a₂-jal₂-bi-im e-ne [gi]-til-le-bi-ne
⁵inim mah-a-ni-ce₃ ^da-nun-na-ke₄-ne kucu ki mu-un-tag-ge-ne
⁶in-ti-bi an nu-zu-zu a₂ aj₂-ja₂-ni-ce₃ nu-la₂
⁷nij₂-ak-ak-da-ni ab-ci-kur₂-ru jar-bi nij₂ nu-zu
⁸me gal-gal cu du₇ sibir ba-e-dab₅-be₂ saj-kal mah-bi-ne
⁹dijir kalam-ma-ke₄ jic-rab gal-bi cu im-ri-[...]
¹⁰ni₂ gal-a-ni hur-saj gal dul-lu kaskal mu-un-sig₉-sig₉-ge
¹¹za-pa-aj₂ dugud-da-ni-ce₃ dijir kalam-ma-ke₄ ni₂ am₃-ma-ur₄-ru-ne
¹²ur₅ ca₄-a-ni ^da-nun-na gi dili-gin₇ saj mu-da-ab-sig₃-sig₃-ge-ne
¹³dum-dam za-ni-ce₃ kilib₃-ba-bi a₂-ur₂ mu-un-dab₅-be₂-e-ne
^14dinana e-ne-da nu-me-a an gal ka-ac nu-um-bar ^den-lil₂ nam nu-un-tar
¹⁵in-nin saj il₂ kur-ra ab-dirig a-ba saj mu-un-ja₂-ja₂
¹⁶ki ib₂-[...]-ni-ce₃ iri^ki dul-dul-da e₂ lil₂-la₂-[ce₃] uzug e₂-ri-a-ce₃ i₃-jal₂
¹⁷murgu₂-ni u₃-dub₂ su tab₂-e su-mu-ug-ga-[ni] u₁₈-lu lu₂-ra ec₂ la₂
¹⁸suh₃ igi suh₃-sah₄-sah₄ mu-un-sar-re uj₃ lu₂ nu-ce-ga-ni-ir
¹⁹jic-jic-la₂ sul-sul mar-uru₅ hub₂ sar-sar-re su-lim huc gu₂ ed₂
²⁰e-ne di-bi cen-cen me₃ hub₂ sar ak-de₃ nu-kuc₂-u₃ jiri₃-ni ^kuce-sir₂ sig₉-ni
²¹/ud\ huc da-da-ec UR im dalhamun_x(AN.NISABA.(inverted)AN.NISABA) tug₂ nam-nin i₃-dar-dar-/re\
²²/nij₂^?\ tag-ga-ni ga-ba-ra-hum im u₁₈-lu X saj KEC₂ NI X sud^?-sud
^23dinana pirij gi-il-gi-il-la dur₂-ru ni₂ nu-zu TAR.TAR
²⁴pirij-tur hur-saj-ja₂ har-ra-an ku₄-ku₄ gur₅ bur₂ a X X X
²⁵in-nin am gal ne₃ nir-jal₂-ni na-me gaba nu-[X]-/tu\-lu
²⁶[X] saj-kal nun gal-e-ne pu₂ nij₂-/huc\ nu-ce-ga
^27jices₂-ad lu₂ erim₂ jal₂ X X lu₂ kur₂-ra
²⁸ki uc₁₁ cub-ba-ni ud-da-am₃ u₃ ba^?-ra-ah^? ki-in-/DU\ bi₂-in-UD
²⁹lipic bal-a-ni nij₂ LAGAR-e mar-uru₅ cu nu-ru-gu₂
³⁰cita₃-mah nij₂ kur₂ si lu₂ DI [X] lu₂ gu₂ du₃-a gam-gam
³¹in-nin hu-ri₂-in^mucen lu₂ cu nu-bar-re PA BI kur X-dam
^32dinana sur₂-du₃^mucen dijir-re-e-ne tur₃ dajal ^dinana TAR.TAR
³³iri ^dinana saj-ki ba-gid₂-i a-cag₄-bi /in\-[...]
³⁴a-cag₄ in-nin-e X NE [...] ab-sin₂-bi u₂ [...]
³⁵an e-ne-ra saj mu-un-ja₂-[ja₂ ...] nij₂-na nu-mu-un-[...]
³⁶izi ra an-edin-na in-nin UC X [...]
^37dinana X [...]
³⁸in-nin AN [...] X GU^? erin₂-huc X SUL.SUL cen-cen X X X
³⁹MURUB₂-ta [...] X X KA^? ra^? cir₃ mu-un-ja₂-ja₂
⁴⁰[cir₃-bi] jic-hur jar-bi-a SAL^? a bi a NI er₂ u₂ ga nam-uc₂-a
^41dinana [IM X] u₂ ga nam-uc₂-a lu₂ gu₇-bi nu-til-le
⁴²lu₂ nij₂ gu₇-gu₇-da-ni ze₂ mu-un-tab₂-tab₂-be₂ in JAR ka-bi-a mu-un-X X X
⁴³cag₄ hul₂-la-ka-ni cir₃ nam-uc₂-a edin-na mu-un-ja₂-ja₂
⁴⁴cir₃ cag₄-ga-ni ja₂-ja₂-da-ni
^45jictukul-bi uc₂ lugud mu-un-tu₅-tu₅ cag₄ DU^? HI^? IM^? X-ac
^46jic-al-lub saj mu-un-da-sig₃-ge-/ne\ ^jiccukur gu₇-gu₇ ^jic/tukul\ za-ha-da uc₂^? im-/me-re-dul₉-dul₉-lu\
⁴⁷ka hul-bi NE.NE ur-saj X X [X X] X X X
⁴⁸nisaj-bi-a uc₂ in-ga-an-de₂-de₂ nam-uc₂-a sud-/sud\
⁴⁹edin dajal sig-ga ud zalag ku₁₀-ku₁₀ an-bar₇ mul-sig₇-ce₃ mu-un-du₃-X
⁵⁰lu₂-u₃ lu₂-ra igi mu-un-SUH-re inbir igi bi₂-in-du₈-ru
⁵¹gu₃ ri-a-ta edin-ta lu₃-lu₃ ca₃-tum₂ cag₄-sig-ga ja₂-ja₂
⁵²ceg₁₁ gi₄-a-ni ^dickur-gin₇ su kur-kur dub₂-dub₂-bu
⁵³me₃ er₉ ra-a-ni cu nu-ru-gu₂-da a-ba-a mu-na-ab-sig₁₀-ge
⁵⁴cen-cen er₉-a-ni igi nu-bar-re jic-jic-la₂ /SUL.SUL\
⁵⁵a ur₄-ra sur₂ DU ki-a ur₄-ur₄ nij₂-nam nu-da₁₃-da₁₃
⁵⁶in-nin₉ ^jictug₂-sig₁₈ KI.KAL jal₂ da₁₃-da₁₃ bar-re /KA\ X TAR
⁵⁷lu₂ ka tar-ra-bi gu₂-bi nu-zi-zi jiri₃^? X X
⁵⁸cag₄ gur₄-ra-ni dim₂-dim₂-ma-ni ab-ak in-nin ac-a-ni [X] /dim₂^?\
⁵⁹mah di unken-/na\ zag gal ba-e-dur₂-ru zid-da gab₂-bu BAD
⁶⁰hur-saj gal an-ba-gin₇ pe-el-la₂ cu X X mu-la₂
⁶¹bir kur-ra ud ed₂-ta ud /cu₂\-uc [...] X X tum₂-tum₂-mu
^62dinana bad₃ ^na₄gul-/gul\ [...] X u₃-ma sa₂ di
^63na₄kalag-ga utul₂-gin₇ /mu^?\ [X] X ra i₃ udu-gin₇ mu-ni-in-du₃-e
⁶⁴in-nin giri₁₇-zal jiri₂ ur₃-ra cu jal₂-le su-lim kalam-ma dul-lu
⁶⁵sa la₂-a-ni engur-ra ku₆ dub-ba KU^? BI X X X a-ha-an /nu\-[X]-X
⁶⁶mucen-du₃ kug zu-gin₇ igi te-en sa la₂-a-ni mucen nu-ed₂
⁶⁷ki ur₅-ra-ni sukud nu-X [X] X KA si nu-sa₂
⁶⁸ir IM ri-ri TUG₂ jic-hur an-ki
⁶⁹sig₁₀-ge₅ /ak\ inim-ma-ni an nu-mu-na-HAR
⁷⁰jalga /suh₃ pu\-uh₃-ru-um dijir gal-gal-e-ne jar-bi nij₂ nu-zu
⁷¹cu AC zi^? an-na /cu\ [...]-a ha-za
⁷²MUC₃ AN /AB^?\ X nam X CUM₂ [X X] X la AN nu-X [X]
⁷³in-nin pirij-tur ^da-nun-<na>-ke₄-ne gaba til nir cum₂-ma
⁷⁴BIL₂-tab inbir X-ja₂ nu-tuku ^dinana mu-ja₂-ja₂ lu₂ mu-X
⁷⁵ki-sikil tur ama₅-na ha X [X] X X cu tej₃-ja₂ cag₄ la-la [X X]
⁷⁶munus zag tag-ga-ni hul-bi bi₂-in-/KA^?\ [...]
⁷⁷NIJIN kalam-ma-ka IB₂-gal mu-na-RU^?-/uc\ [...]
⁷⁸tilla₂-a cu al-dag-dag-ge X [...]
⁷⁹zi-in-BU e₂-a dam dumu-ni igi bi₂-in-/du₈\
⁸⁰nir-da gu-la-ni su-ni-ta u₃-mu-e-ni-in-jar
⁸¹ugu-ba giri₁₇ cu jal₂-la mu-ni-in-ak pi-li-pi-li mu-ni-in-sa₄
^82jiccukur i-ni-kud nitah-gin₇ cag₄-ga-ni ^jictukul an-na-ab-cum₂-mu
⁸³KAL cul-a-lum u₃-mu-ni-in-ak tec₂-bi NI TE a me-bi^? la-ba-jal₂-la
⁸⁴e₂ nam-kug zu ^jicig-bi TAR mi-ni-in-ak cag₄-bi mu-un-zu-zu
⁸⁵sa la₂-ni-ir ni₂ nu-zu-ni-ir igi te-en sa la₂-a-ni [X X] X-ba nu-ed₂
⁸⁶lu₂ mu pad₃-da-ni nu-mu-na-kal-la munus-ra u₃-mu-na-tej₃ ^jictukul i-ni-in-kud ^jiccukur an-na-ab-cum₂-mu
⁸⁷lu₂ jic-gi-saj-KEC₂ ni₂-su-ub munus jic-gi cul-a-lum u₃-mu-ni-in-ak ce ca₄ UD [...]
⁸⁸lu₂ al-ed₂-de₃ pi-li-pi-li bal kur-jar-ra /saj\-ur-saj-e-ne [...]
⁸⁹i-lu cir₃-ra-am₃ RI^? a zu^? bar NE [...]
⁹⁰er₂ er₂-ra bi₂-ib₂-kuc₂-u₃-ne a-nir mu-X-[...]
⁹¹er₂ ud-da cag₄-zu nu-X X X X AN-da nu-DI
⁹²muc₃-am₃ e₂^? cag₄ NE buru₂ X /ni₂\ dub₂-bu nu-zu
⁹³nin ki aj₂ an kug-ga HAR-zu igi mu-e-ni-X [(X)] X-za er₂-ra X e
⁹⁴an-na me DI X [...]
⁹⁵gaba-za ki mu-[...]-za nu-mu-e-da-sa₂
⁹⁶dili-zu-ne mah X mu e-da^!-tuku an ki nij₂-za nu-sig₉-ge
⁹⁷an-da ^den-lil₂-da mu-e-da^!-sa₂ zag gal-bi mu-e-dur₂-ru-e^?
98ki-cu-ki-cu-pec dirig-ga-me-en in-di-za mah-me-/en\
^99dacnan AN X barag mah il₂ X [...]
^100dickur-re lu₂ an-ta gu₃ X [...]
¹⁰¹dungu sir₂-sir₂-ra-ni mu-e-/da\-[...]
¹⁰²ud me gal-gal an ki-bi-da cu mu-/un\-[...]
^103dinana u₃-ma-zu huc-am₃ cag₄ X X X [...] X
^104da-nun-na giri₁₇-bi gam-e-ec giri₁₇ ba-e-dur₂-ru-ne-ec
¹⁰⁵ur gal-gal imin-bi ba-e-u₅ an-na ba-e-ed₂-de₃
¹⁰⁶an gal-e muc₃-za ni₂ bi₂-tej₃ ki-tuc-zu im-mi-hu-luh
¹⁰⁷ki-tuc an gal-la-ke₄ dur₂ ba^?-e^?-jar su nu-mu-e-da-zi-zi
¹⁰⁸jarza₂ mah jarza gal-/gal\ cu-zu ga-mu-un-si
¹⁰⁹dijir gal-e-ne giri₁₇ ki-a bi₂-in-su-ub-bu-uc cu kij₂ mu-un-dab₅-be₂-ec
¹¹⁰kur un₃-na kur ^na₄/gug\ ^na₄za-gin₃-na giri₁₇ ki-ce₃ mu-ra-an-tej₃
¹¹¹ebih^ki giri₁₇ ki-ce₃ nu-mu-ra-an-tej₃ cu nu-mu-ra-mu₂-mu₂
¹¹²kurku₂-gin₇ ib₂-ba si-il-la-za ud-gin₇ ib₂-ra-ra
¹¹³nin an ^den-lil₂-da dirig-ga jiri₃ X X X i-i
¹¹⁴za-e-da nu-me-a nam-nam-ma nu-un-tar sa₂ galam nu-ce
¹¹⁵kac₄ kar-re te-en-te-en ni₂ dub₂-bu-de₃ ^dinana za-a-kam
¹¹⁶[X] X ul₄-ul₄ zi-zi LAGABxX an-ta sa₂-sa₂-de₃ (1 ms. has, in syllabic spelling: ur-ru-ur ul-lu-ul zi-iz-zi gu-ru-da₁₀ an-ta si-si-te) ^dinana za-a-kam
¹¹⁷ [har]-/ra\-an he₂-en-<du> taka₄ jiri₃ dib ki silim-ma dili us₂ dim₃-ma (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^{pe₂-te ur-hi-im u₃ ¿u₂-di-im i-me₂-te-qi₂-im a-car cu-ul-mi-im ta-pu-ut u₂-la-li a-la-kum}) ^dinana za-a-kam
¹¹⁸jiri₃ us₂ ka jiri₃ si sa₂-sa₂-de₃ ki dar ge-en-ge-en ^dinana za-a kam
¹¹⁹gul-lu dim₂-me zi-zi ja₂-ja₂ ^dinana za-a-kam
¹²⁰[nitah] munus-ra munus nitah-ra ku₄-ku₄-de₃ ^dinana za-kam
¹²¹la-la cag₄ zig₃-ga nij₂ cu jal₂ e₂^? nij₂ gu₂ ja₂-ja₂ ^dinana za-a-kam
¹²²dun sa₅ bur₂ kug bal kug dirig ^dinana za-a-[kam]
¹²³kug dun kug a₂ tuku i-bi₂-za kug im-ba ^dinana za-a-kam
¹²⁴igi KAR₂ (1 ms. has instead: nij₂-nam) (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^{ta-ak-li-im-tum}) igi KAR₂ (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^ta-ki-ir-tum) igi kar₂-kar₂ (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^ta-ce-er-tum) igi zil₂-bi (1 ms. has instead: igi bar ZALAG.ZALAG-bi^{za-al-za-le-bi} (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^{na-ap-lu-su-um du-um-mu-qu₂-um}) ^dinana za-a-kam
¹²⁵me tec₂ ^dalad ^dlama ki cu pec₁₁ zu ^d/inana\ [za-a-kam]
¹²⁶cu bal ab-ak an-ta X X [...]
¹²⁷ze₂ mu ug X X ba X [...]
¹²⁸KA X X zag tag-/ga\ [...]
¹²⁹DI^? X [...]
¹³⁰X [...]
¹³¹[... ^dinana] za-a-[kam]
¹³²[...] X X X cag₄ gur cag₄ cu ninni₂ ^d[inana] [za-a-kam]
¹³³[...] X GUD-bi nam^?-bi GABA X X X [...] ^dinana za-a-kam
¹³⁴cag₄^? X tuk₄-e im-ba-X im-ba-sur /im\-ba-X X X ^dinana za-a-kam
¹³⁵dam-dam tuku UR-bi LU nij₂-dug₃ ki aj₂-ja₂ dug₃^{? d}inana za-a-kam
¹³⁶hi-li-hi-li-a sun₇-na DI.DI ^dinana za-a-kam
¹³⁷gum₂-gum₂ jar-jar-jar (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^{te-em-ku-u₂ te-ek-nu-u₂}) il₂ gu₂ zig₃ gam-gam ^dinana za-a-kam
¹³⁸e₂ du₃-a ama₅ dim₂-me nij₂-gu₂-na tuku-tuku nundun dim₃ sag₉ (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^na-ca-qum) ^dinana za-kam
¹³⁹dug₃ bad dug₃ kac₄ [X] /ni₂\ sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge sa₂ did-de₃ ^dinana za-kam
¹⁴⁰hu-ru kalag-ga lu₂-gam-ma lu₂-sig-ga car₂-car₂ ^dinana za-kam
¹⁴¹il₂-la₂ du₅-la₂ saj il₂-la₂ ib₂-ba-la₂ car₂-car₂ ^dinana za-kam
¹⁴²aga ^jicgu-za ^jicjidru nam-lugal cum₂-mu ^dinana za-kam
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¹⁵⁵tur mah sig dajal gu₂ cu dajal tag-ga ^dinana za-a-kam
¹⁵⁶jarza^!(PA.<AN>) jarza₂ cum₂-mu a₂-bi aj₂-ja₂ tum₂-tum₂-mu
¹⁵⁷eme sig inim a-ca-an-ga-ra KA e₂-gal kur₂ dug₄-ga tah dug₄-dug₄ ^dinana za-a-kam
¹⁵⁸ba-an-gi₄ lul zid bi-ri-ig nij₂-a₂-zig₃ dug₄-dug₄
¹⁵⁹a-tar la₂-la₂ nij₂-kur₂ dug₄-dug₄ zu₂ li₂ pe-el dugud
¹⁶⁰kana₆ nij₂-gig-ga cag₄ hul gig hul (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^hu-du-um) zalag-ga ku₁₀-ku₁₀
¹⁶¹ni₂-am₃ ur₄-re ni₂-/ul₄\ ni₂-/ri\-til₃-la ni₂ gal me-lem₄-ma
¹⁶²u₃-ma nij₂-X X (1 bilingual ms. has, in Akkadian: ^re-du-um) im-ba-sur igi lib u₃ nu-ku
¹⁶³gu₂ jar saj jar NIJ₂ bir da^? NI IM^? JIR₂ KA til₄-a
¹⁶⁴du₁₄ igi suh₃-[sah₄] /gaba^?\-ri erim-huc jic-jic-la₂ SUL.SUL
¹⁶⁵NI KAB naj X X X X nij₂-nam-ma zu-zu
¹⁶⁶gud₃ X RI us₂-sa X ul-li₂-a-ac gen₆-ne₂
¹⁶⁷a-ri-a X cag₄-tur₃-gin₇ X ni₂ ri-a-X /gu₂\ bar /gu₂\ ja₂-ja₂
¹⁶⁸DI X X [X] hul gig X X X X-am₃^? KEC₂ X X X (X) [^d]inana za-a-kam
^169jiccub X X X X [X X] X ub^? [X] X
¹⁷⁰uj₃ [sag₂ dug₄-ga] gu₂ jar-jar ki-bi-ce₃ gi₄-gi₄
¹⁷¹[...] X cu tij₄-ja₂ X X NE X
¹⁷²[...]-du₈-u₃ ^dinana za-a-[kam]
¹⁷³[...] X X AN [...]
¹⁷⁴X X [...] lu₂-kac₄-e-ne
¹⁷⁵ka ba-zu cu X X [X]-ra ba-an-kur₉
¹⁷⁶igi bar-ra-zu jectug₂ la₂ jic tuku-uc nu-ci-bad-ba₉-re₆
¹⁷⁷igi suh-a-zu dadag-ga ku₁₀-ku₁₀ an-bar₇ mul-sig₇-ce₃ mu-un-ja₂-ja₂
¹⁷⁸ki cag₄-zu ud mi-[ni]-ib-dug₄-ga-ac mu-un-gul ki mu-/un\-dub₂-bu nij₂-zu nij₂ nu-sig₁₁
¹⁷⁹nij₂ gal-gal-zu a-ba saj mu-un-ja₂-ja₂ za-e nin an ki-me-en
^180dinana e₂-gal kadra nu-di-kud uj₃ car₂-ra ka ec-bar X X X
¹⁸¹mu pad₃-da-zu kur-ra ab-dirig an X-za nu-mu-un-da-sa₂
¹⁸²jectug₂-ga ri-a-zu nijin dijir-re-e-ne igi cub-ba MI X dili-zu-u₃-de₃ mah-me-en
¹⁸³dijir an ki-a a-na me-a-bi cilam gal-bi-me-en
¹⁸⁴igi il₂-la-zu lib-bar mu-un-ak-e-ne inim-zu-ce₃ i₃-dur₂-ru-ne-ec
¹⁸⁵ki za til₃-la-za ^da-nun-na al-sug₂-ge-ec inim mu-un-da-sag₉-sag₉-ge-ne
¹⁸⁶ni₂ gal KA ka-tar X X X X-ce₃ TUG₂ gaba-nir mu-un-til₃-le-ne
¹⁸⁷ka-tar si-il-la-zu ba-ra-mu-un-til-le me-a mu-zu X mah-nu
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¹⁹⁷en₃-du-zu zarah a-nir X X-da cag₄ X X IGI X [...]
¹⁹⁸DI.DI-zu cu bal-a nu-ub-zu ib₂-ba-zu zukum-ma
¹⁹⁹cu dug₄-ga-zu nij₂ cu nu-HE₂-X a₂ aj₂-ja₂ du₃-du₃-a-zu an nu-mu-un-na-an-la₂
²⁰⁰an-da ^den-lil₂-da lu₂-zu-a unken-na gal-gal X munus saj-e-ec mu-e-rig₇
²⁰¹ka-tec₂ an ^den-lil₂ mu-e-X X gi kalam cu-zu-uc dab₅ X
²⁰²inim bi₂-in-dug₄-ga-zu an nu-mu-un-na-an-gi₄
²⁰³he₂-am₃ dug₄-ga-zu an gal nu-[mu]-/un\-na-an-bur₂
²⁰⁴he₂-am₃-zu he₂-am₃ gul-lu [X (X X)] gul-lu
²⁰⁵gi₄ unken-na bi₂-in-dug₄-ga-/zu\ an ^den-lil₂ nu-sag₂
²⁰⁶ec-bar ab-bi bi₂-in-dug₄-ga-/zu\ an ki-ta nu-kur₂-ru
²⁰⁷ki he₂-am₃ bi₂-in-dug₄ gul-lu nu-DI
²⁰⁸ki gul-la bi₂-in-dug₄ he₂-am₃ nu-DI
²⁰⁹nam-dijir-zu ^dnanna ^dutu-gin₇ an kug-ge dalla ed₂
²¹⁰igi-jar-zu ub an-na zalag-ge ku₁₀-ku₁₀ zalag-ge-ec₂ jar
²¹¹UC SAL-bi gu AC gu₂-ri ed₂ /AK^?\ nij₂ ud-da-ka-ni X-zu-ce₃ izi ib₂-ta-la₂
²¹²[X] car₂-ra-zu kur₇ ak-da-bi ^dutu-gin₇ igi-zu-ce₃ i₃-dib-be₂
²¹³me kal-kal-la-za cu nu-TU.TU me kilib₃ X X-ce₃ i₃-dib-be₂
²¹⁴an ki til-bi-ce₃ nam-nin-bi mu-e-ak nij₂-nam cu mu-e-du₈
²¹⁵in-nin za-e mah-me-en igi-zu-ce₃ na-me nu-dib-be₂
²¹⁶an gal-da [ki]-nu₂ kug-ga mu-e-til
²¹⁷dijir a-ba za-gin₇ ur₄ an ki ur₄-ur₄
²¹⁸za-e mah-me-en mu-zu ar₂-re-ec e dili-zu-ne mah-me-en
²¹⁹en-he₂-du₇-an-na-me-<en> zirru
²²⁰DIC X [...] X ^dnanna-me-en
²²¹X X [...]
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²⁴²X [...]
²⁴³jalga [...]
²⁴⁴cag₄ hul gig nij₂-gig-ga X [...] muc₃-am₃ mu-[...]
²⁴⁵nin-ju₁₀ ud en-nam arhuc ja₂ [...] cag₄-ne-ca₄ X X X X
²⁴⁶je₂₆-e za-kam ne-e a-na-am₃ i₃-til-le cag₄-zu ha-ma-sed-de₃
²⁴⁷jectug₂-ga ri-a-zu cag₄-ne-ca₄ mu-[...]
²⁴⁸igi-zu-ce₃ he₂-bi₂-ib-X X igi KAR₂.KAR₂-ju₁₀ he₂-jal₂
²⁴⁹nam-dijir-zu kalam-e pa bi₂-a-ed₂
²⁵⁰nir-da gu-la-zu su-ju₁₀ ba-e-zu-zu
²⁵¹a-nir nij₂-gig-ga igi MA-lib la-ra-ah si-il A AN ta
²⁵²arhuc cag₄-ne-ca₄ igi bar-bar cag₄-gur-ru giri₁₇ cu jal₂ za-a-kam
²⁵³ud a ra-ah KI.KAL jal₂ da₁₃-da₁₃ ku₁₀-ku₁₉ zalag-ge-ec jar
²⁵⁴nin-ju₁₀ nam-mah-zu kur-kur-ra ka-tar-zu ga-si-il
²⁵⁵a-ra₂ nam-gur₄-ra-zu me-tec₂ hu-mu-i-i
²⁵⁶za-e nam-dijir-zu a-ba e-da-sa₂
²⁵⁷jarza-zu-ce₃ a-ba-a mu-un-na-sig₁₀-ge
²⁵⁸an gal ki-aj₂-zu muc₃-am₃-zu he₂-eb-be₂
²⁵⁹dijir gal-gal-e-ne ur₅-zu he₂-bi₂-ib₂-huj-[je₂₆-ne]
²⁶⁰barag za-gin₃ nam-nin-a tum₂-ma tu-tu-zu X he₂-X X X X
²⁶¹ki-tuc nam-mah-zu tuc-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be₂
²⁶²ki-nu₂ kug-ga-zu ni₂ /dub₂-bu\ hu-mu-ra-ab-be₂
²⁶³nam-X-zu ki ^dutu ed₂-a UN^? cag₄^? [X] X si-il-[i]
²⁶⁴nam-mah-zu ci-im-pad₃-pad₃-de₃-ne za-e nin-ab-bi-me-en
²⁶⁵an ^den-lil₂ an kilib₃-ba-bi nam gal mu-ri-in-tar-re-ec
²⁶⁶nam-nin gu₂-en-na ma-ra-an-cum₂-mu-uc
²⁶⁷nin₉ nin-e-ne nam nam-ma-tar-re nam-nin-a tum₂-ma
²⁶⁸in-nin za-e mah-me-en za-e gur₄-ra-me-en
^269dinana za-e mah-me-en za-e gur₄-ra-me-en
²⁷⁰nin-ju₁₀ nam-mah-zu pa bi₂-a-ed₂
²⁷¹cag₄-zu ki-bi ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄
²⁷²nij₂ gal-gal-zu nij₂ zag nu-sa₂
²⁷³nam-mah-zu me-tec₂ hu-mu-i-i
²⁷⁴ki-sikil ^dinana za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃-ga-am₃

from The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.

• 03.ii.1999-04.iii.1999 : GC : adapting translation
• 9.v.1999-30.vi.1999 : JAB : proofreading
• 14.x.1999 : GZ : SGML tagging
• 20.iv.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
• 20.iv.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
• 7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed

Print sources used

• Alster, Bendt, “Contributions to the Study of Sumerian Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: 1. Collations to In-nin-shà-gur4-ra: TIM IX 20-26”, NABU (1990) No. 100: score transliteration, handcopy

• Civil, Miguel, The Farmer's Instructions. A Sumerian Agricultural Manual. (Aula Orientalis Supplementa, 5) Editorial Ausa: Sabadell, 1994: 150, 169: translation, commentary (ll. 46, 56)

• Michalowski, Piotr, “Literature as a source of lexical inspiration: some notes on a hymn to the goddess Inana”, in Jan Braun, Krystyna Lyczkowska, Maciej Popko, and Piotr Steinkeller (eds.), Written on clay and stone: Ancient Near Eastern studies presented to Krystyna Szarzynska on the occasion of her 80th birthday Agade: Warsaw, 1998, 65-73: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary (source for ll. 158-159)

• Sjöberg, Åke W., “in-nin shà-gur4-ra: A Hymn to the Goddess Inanna by the en-Priestess Enheduanna”, Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 65 (1975), 161-253: score transliteration, translation, photograph, handcopy, commentary

Electronic sources used

Electronic legacy material kindly supplied by:

• Krecher, Joachim and Jagersma, B., TYPE=“plate”> composite text, translation)

Cuneiform sources

• BM 54316 (CT 58 53)
• CBS 2180 + CBS 19795 (STVC 81) + N3062 (join photo 168)
• CBS 2357 (HAV 20)
• CBS 4581 (PBS 12 38)
• CBS 7946 (photo 173)
• CBS 11927 (HAV 21)
• CBS 13860 (photo 168) bil.
• CBS 13982 (photo 169)
• CBS 15203 bil.
• IM 51176 (Sumer 13 pl. 4; TIM 9 24)
• IM 51529 (Sumer 13 pl. 4; TIM 9 23)
• IM 51530 (Sumer 13 pl. 2; TIM 9 26)
• IM 51543 (Sumer 11 pl. 6; TIM 9 21)
• IM 51544 (Sumer 13 pl. 5; TIM 9 22)
• IM 51545 (Sumer 13 pl. 1; TIM 9 20)
• ?IM 51650 (Sumer 13 pl. 6) all IM texts bil.
• N 3350 (170)
• N 3466 + UM 29-16-416 + UM 29-16-430 (join photo 173)
• N 5011
• Ni 4295 (ISET 1 11)
• Ni 4349 (ISET 1 87)
• Ni 4442 (ISET 1 98)
• Ni 9801 (ISET 1 8ff.; UMB 17/2 fg. 11; Bell. 16 pl. 63ff.; photo 71f.)
• Sb 12366
• UM 29-16-114 (photo 170)
• UM 29-16-457 (177)
• 3N-T375 = UM 55-21-316 (photo 175)
• 3N-T387 = IM 58456 (photo 167)
• 3N-T524 = UM 55-21-335 (photo 172)
• 3N-T534 = IM 58537
• 3N-T556 = IM 58549 (photo 174)
• 3N-T901,52 (177) + 3N-T905,212 (176)
• 3N-T902,72 (176)
• 3N-T907,259 (176)
• 3N-T907,260