====== Come In, Shepherd! ======
== Introduction ==
II.19 Love Songs (c)
(return to [[Old Babylonian literature (Akkadian)]])
== Transliteration and translation ==
=== Lines obv. 1-10 ===
1. er#-ba-am-ma re-e-u2 ha#-[ar-mi diš8-tar2-ma]
:: Come in, shepherd! O lover of Ishtar!
2. ma-ša-am-ma re-e-u2 ha-ra#-am# dinanna#
:: Spend the night! O shepherd, lover of Ishtar!
3. e-re-bu-uk-ka a-bi ha-di ka-šum-ma
:: When you come in my father will rejoice
4. um-mi dnin-gal tu-ul-ti-ya-al-kum#
:: My mother Ningal will invite you to lie down
5. ša-am-na i-na ma-al-la-tim tu-mah-hi-ir-ka-ma
:: She will offer you oil from an offering vessel
6. e-re-bu-uk-ka sik-ku-ru li-ri-šu-kum-ma
:: When you come in may the doorbolts rejoice over you
7. dal-tum ra-ma-ni-ši-ma li-ip-pi-ta-[kum]-ma
:: May the door open itself up for you
8. at-ta sik-ku-ru i-s,u mi-in ti#-[de ...]
:: O doorbolt, you hunk of wood, what do you know?
9. mi-nam ti-de e-re-eb ma# [...]
:: What do you know about my lover coming in?
10. an-nu-u2 a-ra-am a-ra-am na-ah-šum# [...]
:: Yes, indeed, I am in love! I am in love! . . .
=== Lines obv. 11-20 ===
11. kal-bi-šu u2-maš-ši-ra mi-in [...]
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12. mah-ri-iš dnin-gal šu-ri-ba-ni#-in#-ni#-ma#
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13. iš-tu mah-ri-iš dnin-gal i-ru-ba kal-la-sa
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14. mi-ir-sa im-ma-al-la-tim i-zu-za-nim-ma
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15. a-na kal-bi u3 re-i ma-ri-is, šu-nun-dum
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16. mi-na iz-zu-ru3 u2-bil ub-lam-ma
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17. il-lik u3 il-li-ka u2-bil u3 ub-lam
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18. šu-ul-ma-nu re-e-i ma-ri-is,-ma šu-nun-dum
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19. ša-al-mat um-ma-tum ša-lim šar-rum-ma
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20. ša-lim ddumu-zi šu-da-tu dinanna
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=== Lines obv. 21-29 ===
21. x x pu#-t,ur# pu-t,ur še-ni-ka
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22. [...] pu#-t,ur# pa-su2-ma-ti-ka-ma
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23. [...] s,u ni-ik-kal na-ah-šum
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24. [...] x ka na-ah-šum-ma
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25. [...] na-kar a-a ub-lam
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26. [...] ni-ik-kal na-ah-šum
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27. [...] ni-za-ar-riq!-ma
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28. [...] x ni na-ah-šum-ma
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29. [...] ri-gim s,e-ni-ka
=== Lines rev. 1-12 ===
1. (= 30) [...] x ka-lu!-me-ka-ma
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2. (= 31) [...] ri#-gim-ma s,e-ni-ka
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3. (= 32) [...] su#-pu-ra-ni hi-t,i-ma
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4. (= 33) mu#-un-na-ni BU DU RA LI E MI
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5. (= 34) MU# NA# RA# RA# ka-mi pa2-ri-?>-ma
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6. (= 35) ni-bi-šu mu-un-na-ni BU DU RA LI E MI
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7. (= 36) ta-ku-uš iš-tar a-na qe2-reb su-pu-ri-šu-ma
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8. (= 37) pa-ša NIM-pu-ša šu-a-tu ta-az-za-kar
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9. (= 38) ma-mu ki t,a-bu ma-mu su-pu-ri-ka
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10. (= 39) mu-ka ha-li-lu ma#-mi-ma tar-ba-s,i
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11. (= 40) ur-sa-nam re-e-a a-za-am-mur-ma
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12. (= 41) 3(u) 9(disz) [mu]-šid#-bi#-im# eš2#-gar3# ma-ru-um-ma ra-im-ni im-gid2-da ta-qi2-šum dumu me-me-{d}en-lil2-le PA E2 {d}MUSZ2
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== Commentary ==
== Bibliography ==