The Death of Dumuzi

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(gods in blue)

The wild bull who has lain down, lives no more, the wild bull who has lain down, lives no more,

5a - Dumuzi is dead (Dumuzi lives no more)

Dumuzi, the wild bull, who has lain down, lives no more,…the chief shepherd,

lives no more, the wild bull who has lain down, lives no more… Inanna opened the door for him.

Inside the house she shone before him like the light of the moon.

Dumuzi looked at her joyously.

He pressed his neck close against hers. He kissed her.

Inanna spoke:

“What I tell you, Let the singer weave into song.

What I tell you, Let it flow from ear to mouth,

Let it pass from old to young:

1j-inanna-was-present-everywhere  (hundreds of naked Inanna Mesopotamian artifacts, the irresistible alien Goddess of Love)

My vulva, the horn,

The Boat of Heaven, Is full of eagerness like the young moon.

My untilled land lies fallow.

1d - Inanna in the nude (Dumuzi dies & Inanna worries about having no sex partner, & thereafter espouses dozens of semi-divine kings throughout the many ancient years)

As for me, Inanna,

Who will plow my vulva?

1a - Inanna, 8-pointed star symbolizing Venus (Goddess of Love with her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus; Dumuzi plows her wet ground)

Who will plow my high field?

Who will plow my wet ground?