Ishbi-Erra and Kindattu (Ishbi-Erra B): translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

       

        SEGMENT A

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        1-7 1 line fragmentary

        …… to introduce …….

        At left and right was a crouching lion, …….. …… at the command of Enlil.

        Nippur appx 1948 (mud brick ruins of a city in Sumer)

        …… to reduce the city to ruin-mounds.

        He determined ……; …… Enlil is its ally!

        8 1st kirugu.

          (Enlil, Earth Colony Commander, King Anu‘s son & heir, his commands are final)

          9-10 Enlil …… went forth …….

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        SEGMENT B

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        He gave him ……, not implementing his strength.

        …… in princely style …….

        He approached the enemy like a snake spitting venom and gall.

        He wiped …… in the …… of Sumer.

       1a-1st-region-map 1e-larsa-1912 (Larsa 1912) 

        …… Larsa, …… in the plain of Urim (Ur).

        …… great …… did not escape his power.

        The great mass of the enemy …….IcbiErra (King IshbiErra) …….

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        11-15 He fell ……

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        SEGMENT C

        1-13 With the city ……. …… Marhaci ……. …… the foreign lands …….

        From Bacimi by the edge of the sea …… to the edge of Zabcali ……,

        and from Arawa, the bolt of Elam …… to the edge of Marhaci …….

        Kindattu, the man of Elam, ……. …… Isin, the great spindle of heaven and earth.

        The king’s battle did not …….

        The battle of Elam …… Sumer.

        …… by the edge of the sea.

        …… the land of Huhnuri.

        …… the wild animals and four-footed …….

        The king …… in the battle.

          142nd kirugu.

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        SEGMENT D

        1-5 …… a great chariot.

        The king …… Isin.

        …… a just verdict.

        Icbi-Erra …….

        1 line fragmentary

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         5-anu-above-enlil-enki  

          (Enki, the eldest & wisest son on Earth Colony, King Anu in his sky-disc, father in Heaven / Nibiru, Enlil, Anu‘s 2nd son & royal heir, Enki & Enlil pointing to Tree of Life, both holding umbilical-chord-cutter in hand, Apkulla / pilots on the ends)

          10-14 Enlil …….

        The people …….

        4e-enlil-parent-in-laws-haia-nisaba-spouse-ninlil

(Enlil with plow, father-in-law Haia, the Barley God, mother-in-law Nisaba seated, the Goddess of Grains, & spouse Ninlil, unidentified shepherd)

        Like small birds, …… the barley.

        …… the orchards.

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        SEGMENT E

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        …… to return …….

        He put its gold and precious belongings into sacks.

        "God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long "kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free,typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill.BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm AO 28232aa-enki-found-in-sins-temple-at-khorsabad  (Enki, god responsible, with sister Ninhursag, for mixing earthling DNA with theirs)

        As for Zinnum, who escaped from them, Enki is their mackim.

         1a-1st-region-map  (“land between the rivers”, the “Eden”, Sumer with the 1st cities on Earth Colony)

        He was fed at the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris and the Kir-sig and Kic (Kish) watercourses.

        He died of thirst, persecuted by ghosts in the dry desert.

        The news was brought to Kindattu, the man of Elam.

        Ancan (Goddess of Grain) cried out to Cimacki, and he approached the mountains.

        He addressed the assembly of his army.

        10 3rd kirugu.

          11-12 Enlil has endowed my Icbi-Erra, the cultivator, with great strength …….

        13 Its jicgijal.

         (Nisaba, Enlil, spouse Ninlil, & semi-divine king)

        14-15 ……Enlil……Ninlil…….

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        SEGMENT F

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