Ninurta’s (House in Nippur) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

 

O E-me-ur-ana (House which gathers the divine powers of heaven) standing in a great place,

the just divine powers (alien technologies) which the warrior ……, strength of battle, heroic mace,

5b - Ninurta with his 50-headed mace weapon (Enlil‘s warrior son Ninurta with alien weaponry)

carrier of the quiver, mighty bustling brick building, your foundation is eternal.

Founded by the primeval lord, with decisions which belong to the princely divine powers,

holy soil filling the mountain (ziggurat residence of gods), lifting your head among the princes,

magnificent house, the wonder coming from you is like the sun whose glow spreads.

 

E-šu-me-ša (House which …… the divine powers) (ziggurat residence of gods),

Enlil has instilled your name with terrifying awesomeness.

Your prince, the great ……, the warrior whose strength is boundless,

               (Enlil, Ninurta‘s father, the Earth Colony Commander)

the great ruler for Enlil, the noble who rivals heaven and earth,

the provisioning (?) seal-keeper of father Enlil who makes the great divine powers perfect, the ……,

the leader for father Enlil, the foremost, the lion engendered by the Great Mountain (Enlil),

who destroys the hostile lands for Enlil, lord Ninurta, has erected a house in your precinct,

 (Ninurta, Enlil‘s warrior son & heir born of the “double seed” law of succession)

O E-šu-me-ša, and taken his seat upon your dais.

 

         15 lines: the house of Ninurta in Nibru

              (Nippur, alien god Enlil’s Command Central, named after their planet Nibiru).