An adab to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan D): translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal...)

        SEGMENT A

        1-4 Great lord, prominent (?) among the gods, your judgments are clever and powerful!

        Father Enki, respected one, supreme dragon, who determines the fates firmly,

        2aa - Enki, found in Sin's temple at Khorsabad  (Enki, eldest son to Anu, the king of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony)

        who has taken his seat upon the numerous divine powers (alien technologies) in colourful brilliance (?),

        great prince, the guardian of the gods, …… of holy An (Anu)!

        SEGMENT B

        1-82 lines fragmentary

        The fates you determine are firm; you are the junior Enlil (Enki, wiser & older than Enlil, but not Anu‘s direct successor).

        You (?) distribute the divine powers (alien high technologies) for the Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods.

        You establish for them a habitation, a holy dwelling place; you are their proud lord.

        Your greatness is unapproachable …….

        1a - Eridu, Enki's city in the marshes (giant alien settlements in Sumer)

        You (?) …… in a pure place the Abzu (marshlands of the Persian Gulf, S. Iraq),

        2ba - Enki's Temple-Ziggourat in Eridu (ruins of Enki‘s ziggurat residence in Eridu)

        the mountain (ziggurat) built with princely divine powers (alien technologies);

        …… Eridug (Eridu, 1st city, Enki‘s house & the city below on the waterfront, buried by Noah‘s Flood, etc.),

        the shrine, which extends over huge marshes, marshes of snakes.

          9 Sa-gida.

        10 Father Enki, may …… for Icme-Dagan (King Ishme-Dagon).

          11 Jicgijal of the sa-gida.

          12-27 Enki, lord, firstborn son of An ……, Nudimmud (Enki), great bull of the Abzu ……,

        may you …… with your consort, holy Damgalnuna (Damkina / Ninki).

        Father Enki, may you embrace her and soothe your heart with her.

        …… friendly words on behalf of Icme-Dagan.

        …… the prayer of the king until distant days.

         (Commander Enlil, Anu‘s son & heir, born of the “double seed”, 1/2 younger brother to Enki)

        The one blessed by Enlil ……, Icme-Dagan, the shepherd, …… the son of Enlil.

        May his radiance …… for you to the outer limits of heaven and earth.

        May he have authority, may he be peerless in all the numerous countries.

        May Icme-Dagan …… from the south as far as the uplands.

        …… the god of the Land …….

        May the Tigris and Euphrates ……, may they bring abundance for him.

        May the udders of heaven open for him; may the harvest …… for him.

        May barley, emmer, wheat, gu-nida grain …… on vast fields for him.

          (semi-divine king & goddess Master Scribe Nisaba with stylus and tablet in hand; grain goddess Nasaba)

        May grain heaps be heaped up for him; may Acnan (grain goddess Nisaba) …….

          28 Sa-jara.

     (semi-divine king, Ninhursag, Isimud, Enki, & mixed-breed worker)  

        29 Father Enki, bestow …… kingship and a reign of abundance upon Icme-Dagan.

          30 Jicgijal of the sa-jara.