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Plain text of A Song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana J)

1-12 "...... beloved sister of Dumuzid, beloved ...... of Durtur, ...... seed implanted into the womb by a good bull, my lady, born to ladyship! With her aid the cattle-pen was filled with butter and cream, with her aid the sheepfold was long provided with milk. On the high plain, my ......, you are Jectin-ana. O girl, ...... indeed! Your little ones ...... indeed! Unug ...... indeed! Kulaba ...... indeed!"

13-17 Because of her brother, the girl wept bitterly and grieved. She made her way towards the hall of the palace. The girl questioned a minister who was coming out of the palace.

18-24 The minister who was coming out of the palace answered the girl: "The priests, the bathed priests and the priests of ablution will never cease coming every month, once a month, to the great shrine, for your brother, who has taken possession of the priesthood of Unug ......, for your brother, who has taken possession of the priesthood."

25-32 At that time there were seven, there were seven, the song performers of Unug were seven; in Zabalam the lament singers were fifty. They knew the stars of the heavens, and they knew the roads of the earth. In the broad heavens, they carried the first-fruit offerings. They raised songs, and they lowered songs; they did not declare the beginning of the song to them. They were elders not yet assigned to their positions.

33-38 The little sister dwelling among them spoke to them: "While we raise the song, you will lower the song." ...... she did not dwell among them....... She dwelt in the ...... of precious metal and lapis lazuli, of the goldsmith.