Dumuzi’s (House) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

        O house where lustrous herbs are strewn upon the flowery bed,

         1c - Astarte, Hittite goddess of love (naked Inanna in her bed-chamber, spouse to Dumuzi, & Goddess of Love)

        the bed-chamber of holy Inana, where the lady of the plain refreshes herself!

        Brick-built E-muš (House which is the precinct) is flowery and holy,

        its …… clay established for him who tends the ewes on the high plain.

         2b - Dumuzi the shepherd (Dumuzi with stags)

        Your …… house of Arali (House which is the nether world) gives shade (?) to the shepherd.

        Your prince, a raging lion on the plain, the šuba jewel of the Mistress whose breast is holy and marvelous,

        1a-inanna-dumuzi (Inanna & Dumuzi the Shepherd, son to Ninsun & Enki)

        the lord who is holy Inana‘s husband, Dumuzid (Dumuzi), the sovereign of E-muš, has erected a house in your precinct,

        O Bad-tibira, and taken his seat upon your dais.

        10 lines: the house of Dumuzid in Bad-tibira.