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A hymn to Inana for Icme-Dagan (Icme-Dagan K) -- a composite transliteration
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1 - ki-sikil (d)inana dumu (d)suen-na-ka
2 - me kalam-ma dirig níj-nam-e di
3 - an-na me dab5-dab5-bé ki-a me ur4-ur4-e
4 - íl-la dib saj an-né ús-e
5 - me-lem4-a-ni izi sud-e íl-la-gin7 ji6 ù-na bí-gen6
6 - dijir na-me gaba-ri-ni-cè nu-gub-bu e-ne-ra im-ma-zal
7 - (d)inana-ra an tuku4-tuku4-e ki sàg-sàg-ge
8 - ub-da 4-ba cu-ni jál-le nam-nin gal-bi ak
9 - cen-cen-e ka du8-e jic jic-e lá-e
10 - nam-ur-saj-bi am súmún-gin7 téc-bi-da du7-du7
11 - úc érím-ma a-gin7 ki-e na8-na8 ad6-bi jar-jar-e
12 - érín gàr dar-ra-bi nam-ra-ac cúm-mu igi-a súg-ga-bi
13 - ùj ki-ta an-na-cè èd-dè ùj kúr cár ki cu bal-e
14 - zalag ku10-ku10-cè ku10-ku10 zalag-cè dib-bé
15 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi kug (d)inana-ra mu-na-an-cúm-mu-uc
16 - an ki-a gaba-ri nu-mu-ni-in-tuku-uc
17 - é X X ama5 ki já-já saj-e-ec mu-ni-in-rig7-ec
18 - dam X -cè cúm-mu téc-bi dùg-ge nam-cè mu-ni-in-tar-re-ec
19 - ní-tuku-na ki-tuc ki jar-ra-na cag4 zalag-ga já-já
20 - nu-tuku-na é dù-a-na ur5 sag9-ge nu-já-já
21 - nitah munus-a munus nitah-a-bi ku4-ku4 cu bal ba-a-ak
22 - ki-sikil-e-ne nam-juruc-e túg zid-da mu4-mu4
23 - juruc-e-ne nam-ki-sikil-e-éc túg gáb-bu mu4-mu4
24 - X zu nitah-e-ne bal cu-ba já-já munus-e-ne-er tukul cúm-mu
25 - eme bungu munus-e
26 - eme munus-e bungu
27 - níj galam-ma jar-jar kúr-ra KA-ge TUM X
28 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi (d)inana-ra cu-ni-cè mu-un-jar-re-ec
29 - é-gal é nam-nin-ka-ni nu-gig an-na-ra
30 - mu-na-an-dù-uc su zìg im-da-ri-ec
31 - ràb kur-kur-ra-ka mi-ni-in-kur9-re-ec me-lem4 bí-in-gùrù-uc
32 - saj gíg cu ri-ri-e-dè KA-bi X MA X
33 - di ùj cár-ra zid tam-me X
34 - níj-á-zìg ka-ga14 mi-ni-in-jál-la-ar jar-X
35 - kìlìb-ba-bi kug (d)inana-ra cu-ni im-mi-in-si-si-ec
36 - (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan saj ús MU A X X cúm
37 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi nu-pàd dam-cè mu-na-an-cúm-mu-uc
38 - é dijir-re-e-ne dù-dù-dè cúkúr-ud-bi cub-cub-bu-dè
39 - gi-gun4-na-bi cen-cen-e-dè barag-bi kug-ge-dè
40 - únú-ba kúrún làl kac kurun-bi ud cú-uc gen6-né-dè
41 - (d)inana (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan-bi
42 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi saj-e-ec mu-ni-in-rig7-ec
43 - nibru(ki) mah en nin-zu-gin7 dijir na-me nu-dib
44 - cag4-zu-a ki-sikil (d)inana-ra me mu-na-ni-in-cúm-mu-uc
45 - (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan-me-en du-rí-cè ka-ga14 mu-ni-jar
1-6 - Young woman Inana, Suen's daughter, who makes the divine powers of the Land supreme, who achieves everything, who seizes the divine powers in heaven and gathers them up on earth, who proceeds proudly with her head reaching the heavens, whose radiance makes the nighttime secure like a fire which lights up into the distance -- no god can stand up as her opposition, .
7-18 - Holy Inana was endowed by Enlil and Ninlil with the capacity to make the heavens shake, to make the earth tremble, to hold the four directions in her hand and to act grandly as their lady, to shout with wide open mouth in battle and combat and to wreak carnage (?), to butt all at once valiantly (?) like a wild bull, to make the earth drink the blood of enemies like water and to pile up their bodies, to take captive their overwhelmed (?) troops and to make them serve, to make the people ascend from below to above, to make the foreign numerous people change their place, and to turn light to darkness and darkness to light. They made her without rival in heaven and on earth. They bestowed on her the power to establish a woman's domain in . They detemined as her fate to , to make them content together.
19-31 - Inana was entrusted by Enlil and Ninlil with the capacity to gladden the heart of those who revere her in their established residences, but not to soothe the mood of those who do not revere her in their well-built houses; to turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man, to change one into the other, to make young women dress as men on their right side, to make young men dress as women on their left side, to put spindles into the hands of men , and to give weapons to the women; to see that women amuse themselves by using children's language, to see that children amuse themselves by using women's language, to skill, to . They built a palace, her house of ladyship, for the mistress of heaven, and invested it with fearsome radiance. They made it into the neck-stock of all the foreign countries, and imbued it with awe-inspiring, terrifying splendour.
32-35 - To clamp down (?) on the black-headed people, to , to decide justly the lawsuits of the numerous people, to select the just, , to who speaks (?) violently -- all these were entrusted into Inana's hands by them.
36-42 - Enlil and Ninlil gave her Icme-, the constant attendant, as her husband . The duty to build temples for the gods, to furnish their daily portions, to purify their raised temples and to sanctify their daises, to secure their daily liquor, syrup and choice beer in their dining halls -- all this was bestowed on Inana and Icme- by Enlil and Ninlil.
43-45 - August Nibru, no god excels like your lord and lady! In your midst they have bestowed the divine powers on the young woman Inana. I, Icme-, have put in everyone's mouth for all time.
ki-sikil noun young woman
inana noun Inana
dumu noun child
suen noun Suen
me noun essence
kalam noun the Land
dirig verb to be superior
níj-nám pronoun anything
verb to equal
dug4 verb to say
an noun heaven
me noun essence
dab5 verb to seize
ki noun place
me noun essence
ur4 verb to collect
íl verb to raise
dib verb to pass
saj noun head
an noun heaven
ús verb to be adjacent
me-lem4 noun (awesome) radiance
izi noun fire
sud verb to be distant
íl verb to raise
ji6 noun night
ù-nà noun designation of night
gen6 verb to be firm
dijir noun deity
na-me pronoun any
gaba-ri noun equal
gub verb to stand
e-ne pronoun he, she
zal verb to pass
inana noun Inana
an noun heaven
tuku4 verb to shake
ki noun place
sàg verb to beat
ub noun corner
4 numeral 4
cu noun hand
jál verb to be (located)
nam-nin noun ladyship
gal verb to be big
ak verb to do
noun battle
cen noun combat
ka noun mouth
du8 verb to spread
jic noun tree
jic noun tree
verb to hang
nam-ur-saj noun heroism
am noun wild bull
súmún noun wild cow
téc noun unity
du7 verb to push
úc noun gore
érím noun enemy
a noun water
ki noun place
naj verb to drink
ad6 noun corpse
jar verb to place
érín noun group of people
gàr noun pommel
dar verb to split
nam-ra noun booty
cúm verb to give
igi noun eye
gub verb to stand
ùj noun people
ki noun place
an noun heaven
èd verb to go down or up
ùj noun people
kúr verb to be different
cár verb to be numerous
ki noun place
cu noun hand
bal verb to turn over
zalag verb to be shining
ku10-ku10 verb to be dark
verb to erect
ku10-ku10 verb to be dark
zalag verb to be shining
dib verb to pass
én-líl noun Enlil
nín-líl noun Ninlil
kug adj shining
inana noun Inana
cúm verb to give
an noun heaven
ki noun place
gaba-ri noun equal
tuku verb to have
é noun house(hold)
XX
XX
é-mí noun woman's estate
ki noun place
jar verb to place
saj noun head
rig7 verb to bestow
dam noun spouse
XX
cúm verb to give
téc noun unity
dùg verb to be good
nam noun destiny
tar verb to cut
ní-túkú adj reverent
ki-tuc noun dwelling place
ki noun place
jar verb to place
cag4 noun heart
zalag verb to be shining
jar verb to place
noun fear(someness)
tuku verb to have
é noun house(hold)
verb to erect
ur5 noun liver
sag9 verb to be good
jar verb to place
nitah noun male
munus noun woman
munus noun woman
nitah noun male
kur9 verb to enter
cu noun hand
bal verb to turn over
ak verb to do
ki-sikil noun young woman
nam-juruc noun manliness
túg noun garment
zid adj right
mur10 verb to dress
juruc noun young man
nam-ki-sikil noun status as young woman
túg noun garment
gábú noun left (side)
mur10 verb to dress
XX
zu verb to know
nitah noun male
bal noun spindle
cu noun hand
jar verb to place
munus noun woman
tukul noun weapon
cúm verb to give
eme noun tongue
bungu noun child
munus noun woman
eme noun tongue
munus noun woman
bungu noun child
níj noun thing
galam verb to be skilful
jar verb to place
noun house(hold)
kúr verb to be different
KAKA
TUMTUM
XX
én-líl noun Enlil
nín-líl noun Ninlil
inana noun Inana
cu noun hand
jar verb to place
é-gál noun palace
é noun house(hold)
nam-nin noun ladyship
nu-u8-gig noun high-status woman
an noun heaven
verb to erect
su noun flesh
zìg verb to rise
ri verb to direct
ràb noun shackle
kur noun (mountain) land
kur9 verb to enter
noun fear(someness)
me-lem4 noun (awesome) radiance
gùrù verb to bear
saj noun head
gíg verb to be black
cu noun hand
ri verb to direct
KAKA
XX
MAMA
XX
di noun (law)suit
ùj noun people
cár verb to be numerous
zid adj right
tam verb to be clean
XX
noun person
níj-á-zíg3nìj2-à2-zìg noun violent action
ka noun mouth
jál verb to be (located)
jar verb to place
kìlìb noun entirety
kug adj shining
inana noun Inana
cu noun hand
si verb to fill
ic-me-da-gan noun Icme-Dagan
saj noun head
ús verb to be adjacent
MUMU
AA
XX
XX
cúm verb to give
én-líl noun Enlil
nín-líl noun Ninlil
pàd verb to find
dam noun spouse
cúm verb to give
é noun house(hold)
dijir noun deity
verb to erect
cúkúr-úd noun daily ration
cub verb to fall
gi-gun4-na noun temple terrace
cen verb to be pure
barag noun dais
kug verb to be shining
únú noun (dining) hall
kurun noun type of beer
làl noun syrup
kac noun beer
kurun noun type of beer
ud noun day(light)
verb to cover
gen6 verb to be firm
inana noun Inana
ic-me-da-gan noun Icme-Dagan
én-líl noun Enlil
nín-líl noun Ninlil
saj noun head
rig7 verb to bestow
nibru noun Nibru
mah verb to be majestic
en noun lord
nin noun lady
dijir noun deity
na-me pronoun any
dib verb to pass
cag4 noun heart
ki-sikil noun young woman
inana noun Inana
me noun essence
cúm verb to give
ic-me-da-gan noun Icme-Dagan
dú-rí noun eternity
ka noun mouth
jar verb to place