Sumerian Me Bingo Fest

[ysabetwordsmith]

Welcome to the Sumerian Me Bingo Fest about leadership and society. The me (pronouned "may") are powers, offices, skills, objects, and other things that are considered foundations of civilization in Sumerian culture. Various lists and translations exist, so I have compiled some from different sources.

There are no length limits or minimums for this fest. You can play with any fandom or original work, in any medium.


Here are all the prompts:

ENship (priest/ess-ruler), Godship, The exalted and enduring crown, The throne of kingship, The exalted sceptre, The royal insignia, The exalted shrine, Shepherdship, Kingship, Lasting Ladyship, "Divine Lady" (a priestly office), Magicianship, Noble Priest, Libations Priest, Truth, House of Abundance, Descent into the Nether World, Ascent from the Nether World, Kurgarra (a genderqueer person), Girbadara (a eunuch), Sagursag (a eunuch; entertainers related to the cult of Inanna), Colorful Garment, Loosening of the Hair, Binding of the Hair, The battle-standard, The flood, Weapons, Sexual intercourse, Kissing of the Penis, Prostitution, Law, Libel, Art, The cult chamber, Holy Tavern, Guslim (a musical instrument), Art of Song, Eldership, Heroship, Power, Enmity, Straightforwardness, The destruction of cities, Lamentation, Rejoicing of the heart, Falsehood, The Rebellious Land, Art of Being Kind, Travel, The Secure Dwelling Place, Carpenter's Art, Coppersmith's Art, Scribeship, Craft of the Smith, Craft of the Leatherworker, Craft of the Fuller, Craft of the Builder, Craft of the Basket weaver, Wisdom (Perceptive Ear), Attention, Holy Purification, Fear, Terror, The Feeding-pen, Heaping up of hot coals, Strife, The Bitter-Toothed Lion, Kindling of fire, Extinguishing of fire, Peace, Weariness, The Hungry Mouth, The Assembled Family, Procreation, Victory, Counsel, The troubled heart, Judgment, Decision, Placing the garment on the ground, Women's allure, Perfect execution of the Me, The Tigi-drum, The Lilis-drum, The Ub-tambourine, The Meze-tambourine, The Ala-tambourine, Permission to pour beer,

PUBLIC CARD (general)

Power	Decision	Weapons	Magicianship	Strife
Attention	Art	Heroship	Permission to pour beer	The Assembled Family
Rejoicing of the heart	Craft of the Smith	WILD CARD	Colorful Garment	Lamentation
Lasting Ladyship	The flood	Libel	Truth	The troubled heart
The Feeding-pen	Heaping up of hot coals	The exalted sceptre	Travel	The Secure Dwelling Place

HTML for general card:
<table style="width:auto; display:inline;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Power</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Decision</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Weapons</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Magicianship</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Strife</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Attention</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Art</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Heroship</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Permission to pour beer</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Assembled Family</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rejoicing of the heart</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Craft of the Smith</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">WILD CARD</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Colorful Garment</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Lamentation</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Lasting Ladyship</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The flood</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Libel</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Truth</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The troubled heart</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Feeding-pen</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Heaping up of hot coals</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The exalted sceptre</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Travel</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Secure Dwelling Place</td></tr></tbody></table>

PUBLIC CARD (sex and romance)

Rejoicing of the heart	Holy Tavern	Art of Being Kind
Attention	Procreation	Placing the garment on the ground
The cult chamber	Prostitution	Kissing of the Penis

HTML for sex card:
<table style="width:auto; display:inline;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rejoicing of the heart</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Holy Tavern</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Art of Being Kind</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Attention</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Procreation</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Placing the garment on the ground</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The cult chamber</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Prostitution</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Kissing of the Penis</td></tr></tbody></table>

PUBLIC CARD (Sumerian language)

The Meze-tambourine	The Tigi-drum	ENship (priest/ess-ruler)
Kurgarra (a genderqueer person)	Guslim (a musical instrument)	The Ala-tambourine
The Ub-tambourine	The Lilis-drum	Sagursag (a eunuch; entertainers related to the cult of Inanna)

HTML for language card:
<table style="width:auto; display:inline;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Meze-tambourine</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Tigi-drum</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">ENship (priest/ess-ruler)</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Kurgarra (a genderqueer person)</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Guslim (a musical instrument)</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Ala-tambourine</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Ub-tambourine</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">The Lilis-drum</td><td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Sagursag (a eunuch; entertainers related to the cult of Inanna)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Comments

[machinaperegrina]

What an awesome theme for a fest! I can't decide between adopting the general public card or making one of my own, but I'll definitely come back here as soon as I make up my mind.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Some problems are nice to have. I look forward to seeing what you decide.

Re: Yay!

[machinaperegrina]

For now all I could decide was to ask a question. Am I allowed to do both things (grabbing a public card and also generate one of my own), or should I only play with one card at a time?

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

You can play both. You can do whatever you want. This is a high-inspiration, low-stress community.

You can even do what I did in making the 3x3 cards, look at a long list and pick out related prompts.

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[machinaperegrina]

Awesome, thank you! I'll definitely be playing with two cards then.

Any chance you'll make text boxes with the html code for each public card available to those of us who'd like to copy them to our journals? If that's not possible, no problem; I can always handcode my chosen card. But I thought I'd ask just in case. :)

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[luvbarryfefe]

I hope you don't mind me answering but if you use this bingo creator it comes with HTML:

an.owomoyela.net/fun/bingo_generator

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[machinaperegrina]

I'm already very familiar with it, but thank you! I was just trying to avoid having to go there and hoping that I'd be simply able to copy and past the code for my desired card from a text area box if that was made available.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I don't know how to make a text box, sorry.

However, you don't have to hand code. Use the Bingo Card Generator. It will create code for the grid. You can then put in whatever prompts you want.

Re: Yay!

[machinaperegrina]

I'm already very familiar with that card generator. I was just hoping to copy the code from a text box instead of having to use the generator to manually input each prompt into the right square. That's what I was talking about when I said I could handcode my card, although in rereading my comment I can see that it wasn't clear enough.

In case you're interested, this is the code for making a text box: <textarea> </textarea>

You just have to paste the desired content between the <textarea> and the </textarea> tags. For example, if you write <textarea> This is an an example </textarea>, the result will look like this:

This is an example

A text box compiling the prompt list for this challenge would then look like this:

ENship (priest/ess-ruler), Godship, The exalted and enduring crown, The throne of kingship, The exalted sceptre, The royal insignia, The exalted shrine, Shepherdship, Kingship, Lasting Ladyship, "Divine Lady" (a priestly office), Magicianship, Noble Priest, Libations Priest, Truth, House of Abundance, Descent into the Nether World, Ascent from the Nether World, Kurgarra (a genderqueer person), Girbadara (a eunuch), Sagursag (a eunuch; entertainers related to the cult of Inanna), Colorful Garment, Loosening of the Hair, Binding of the Hair, The battle-standard, The flood, Weapons, Sexual intercourse, Kissing of the Penis, Prostitution, Law, Libel, Art, The cult chamber, Holy Tavern, Guslim (a musical instrument), Art of Song, Eldership, Heroship, Power, Enmity, Straightforwardness, The destruction of cities, Lamentation, Rejoicing of the heart, Falsehood, The Rebellious Land, Art of Being Kind, Travel, The Secure Dwelling Place, Carpenter's Art, Coppersmith's Art, Scribeship, Craft of the Smith, Craft of the Leatherworker, Craft of the Fuller, Craft of the Builder, Craft of the Basket weaver, Wisdom (Perceptive Ear), Attention, Holy Purification, Fear, Terror, The Feeding-pen, Heaping up of hot coals, Strife, The Bitter-Toothed Lion, Kindling of fire, Extinguishing of fire, Peace, Weariness, The Hungry Mouth, The Assembled Family, Procreation, Victory, Counsel, The troubled heart, Judgment, Decision, Placing the garment on the ground, Women's allure, Perfect execution of the Me, The Tigi-drum, The Lilis-drum, The Ub-tambourine, The Meze-tambourine, The Ala-tambourine, Permission to pour beer,

(In case you're not interested in any of that, I sincerely apologize. I know all too well that unasked for tips and advice can often come across as patronizing or belittling, and I'm not fond of getting those myself.)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy to get tips. Sometimes they work, other times not -- computers are very unreliable around me. This time it worked! \o/ You should now be able to copy-paste the HTML for the cards.

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[machinaperegrina]

I'm happy it worked! :D And thank you very much for making the HTML for the cards available! I've pasted the code for the general card here, right below my self-generated card.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I hope you have fun playing those. :D

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[vexed_wench]

Sorry to butt in but it is a nifty thing to know.

<-----text-------area>

Take out the dashes to make it one word. The same for the closing one just add a backslash / in the front of the second one < / text .


Or you can click edit on any of my monthly themed posts and you will see the codes done.

[luvbarryfefe]

I love this! I am definitely participating with a random card. TY for hosting!

https://luvbarryfefe.dreamwidth.org/4379.html

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That looks like a fun card.

[alexcat]

I can't resist the sex and romance mini card! I hope to blackout with short ficlets... but who knows?

[cornerofmadness]

this is a fun idea. I made my own card here

[spiralicious]

This is a really cool concept

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I hope you play a card for it. I'm having fun with mine. :D

Re: Thank you!

[spiralicious]

I was thinking about making a small card to play with in my original dark academia universe I've been poking at, but I've been having trouble deciding on prompts.

Re: Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

A 2x2 or 3x3 is easy to play. There are a couple of 3x3 public ones.

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[spiralicious]

I totally forgot about 2x2 cards! Thanks for the reminder.

I made a card here.

Re: Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Go you!

Bingo

[dialecticdreamer]

I have just made bingo on the second line of my Sumerian ME card. Instead of posting them in the order of the prompts, from left to right, I’m putting them in the chronological order of the stories’ internal timelines. Yes, there are plans to post all of the currently pending stories in the next week. That delay is another reason why I usually try to blackout the card.

Things to read:

The kindling of fire = Starting Into Motion

The bitter-toothed lion = Saying Goodbye (link to part one)

Truth = Knowledge is Truth (not yet posted)

Guslim = Sunday in the Park (not yet posted)

The binding of the hair (not yet posted)

Re: Bingo

[ysabetwordsmith]

Woohoo! That's so exciting. :D

I've got 15 fills if I count the poem I'm currently writing.

Re: Bingo

[dialecticdreamer]

I've been spending a lot of time reading "Innana's Descent into the Underworld" and "Innana: Queen of Heaven." It's actually harder for me to tab between the files to take notes, when doing so with pen and paper with a regular bound book is as easy as tying my shoes.

Re: Bingo

[ysabetwordsmith]

Both good choices. See also:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/736232.Inanna_Lady_of_Largest_Heart