Inanna snippet

The final lines of a Sumerian hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of beer:

šà-^dinanna ki-bi ba-ab-gi₄
šà-ga-ša-an-an-na-ke₄ ki-bi ba-eb-gi₄

The heart of Inanna is happy again,
The heart of the queen of heaven is happy again!

The author's footnote: "'Queen of heaven' translates ga-ša-an-an-na which is nothing but the Emesal form of ^dinanna." He adds that Emesal, the women's language, is used to indicate male and female speakers in different parts of the hymn.

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Civil, M. A hymn to the beer goddess and a drinking song. Biggs, R.D. and J.A. Brinkman (eds). Studies Presented to A. Leo Oppenheim. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1964.