A Praise Poem of Enlil-bani (Enlil-bani A): translation

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(gods in bluemixedbreed demigods in teal…)

          1-17 Enlil-bani, wondrous king among the princes!

       Created by An (Anu), elevated by Enlil, like Utu the light of all lands, born to princedom,

       girded with all the divine powers (alien technologies), watched over by Enlil

       4b - Enlil & spouse Ninlil (Enlil & spouse Ninlil carved into city wall)

       and listened to by Ninlil (Enlil‘s spoue) on account of the widespread people living at the boundary of heaven and earth!

       Fair of ……, lordly of limb!

       With the shepherd’s crook you have settled innumerable people.

         4i - Enki & baby Adapa, created by Ninhursag (Enki with semi-divine mixed DNA baby, a future king)

         18-27 Enlil-bani, great (mixed-breed) son of Enki, shepherd (1 ms. has instead: sage)

       and counselor who guides living things, who spreads broad shade over all lands,

       grandiloquent prince whom great An has summoned, great mother Ninlil trusts in you.

       8b - Enlil-bani envelope & depiction (rare ancient artifact of semi-divine giant King Enlil-bani)

         28-36 Enlil-bani, you are the one who has authority.

       Sweet mouth, lips good with words,

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         (Inanna, called Goddess of Love, espoused many dozens of DNA-mixed offspring appointed to kingships)

       husband of holy Inana (Inanna), Asarluhi (Marduk) gave you wisdom.

       2e - Nisaba, unknowns, spouse Haia
                      (Nisaba                2 unidentified           spouse Haia  & daughter Ninlil)

         37-48 Nisaba, lady Nanibgal, the matriarch, the mother-in-law of Enlil, the lady …… who creates (?) life ……,

        (semi-divine king & Master Scribe Nisaba with stylus & tablet)

       the book-keeper ……, the wise one, the holy woman ……, …… the oracle, has placed his (?) name on the tablet of life.

       49-60 She revealed counsel and response to you, granted vision to you.

       As your destiny she gave E-zagina, her house of wisdom, to provide counsel.

       In the Land you have caused order to be resplendent.

       Your virtue is broadcast in all lands.

          61-79 Enlil-bani, having counsel and exceptional wisdom, soothing hearts and proclaiming your judgments, wise in everything,

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       …… counselor, you …… to keep in order the judgement of the black-headed (earthlings) and to render verdicts.

       Articulate in appropriate expressions, you know how to cleanse impropriety.

       You make justice shine like gold.

       You take the whip to injustice.

       80-91 You have destroyed the hiss of hostile talkers.

       You know how to undo sin and its illness.

       You do not kill transgressors; you understand those you lead.

       You make words benign.

       Compassionate, loving the just, you cause no harm when offerings have been made (?).

         92-111 Your governors suffer no injuries.

       Your troops triumph over hostile troops.

       Your weapons have no rival weapons (alien technologies).

       When you take your seat, you cause all the foreign lands to bow down.

       All sovereigns become allies with you and you soothe their quarrels.

       With numerous oxen and numerous sheep, with gold, cornelian and lapis lazuli they enter your palace;

       with their lips they kiss the ground before you.

       XIR188782 Votive plaque depicting an offering scene, from Diyala, Early Dynastic Period, 2600-2500 BC (stone) by Mesopotamian stone Iraq Museum, Baghdad Giraudon out of copyrightfarming-early-man-feeding-the-gods (servicing the giant gods)

         112-135 Enlil-bani, king who gladdens the heart of his city, you speed offerings into Nibru (Nippur).

       You bring the best corn into E-kic-nujal; daily you ensure that it does not cease.

       You are him whom Enlil has summoned by name; you are the property of Ninlil (Enlil‘s spouse).

       8b - High Priest, Nannar, Ninurta, and Enlil

(semi-divine high-priest atop alien god’s ziggurat temple residence, Nannar, Utu with earthling under foot, & Ninurta; semi-divine high-priest, Nannar, Utu, & unidentified)

        As for the lands rebellious against you, Ninurta the strong hero of Enlil, in triumph has dissolved into ruins

        those that are hostile and are not supporters of yours, and has spread them out as heaps for you.

      3a-enlils-home-in-nippur (E-kur, Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur)

       Nuska, the lord who stocks the E-kur,

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       a favorable omen.

         136-150 Dijir-mah (Ninhursag / Ninmah), the …… of the Land, fixed a destiny for your broad heart and,

       2d - Ninhursag & attendee, Ninhursag's symbol (helper with the umbilical chord cutter, the symbol of Ninhursag, & Ninhursag seated)

       when your umbilical cord (?) was cut, appointed you to lordship.

      5-inanna-presents-spouse-king-shu-sin-to-nannar  (semi-divine mixed-breeds espousing Inanna, brought before her father Nannar, then appointed as king)

       Nanna (Nannar / Sin), the benign (?) lord, the son of Enlil, has fixed the crown of life firmly upon your head.

      2aa-enki-found-in-sins-temple-at-khorsabad (Enki, King Anu‘s eldest & wisest son, but not his heir, Lord of the Abzu)

       In the Abzu Nudimmud (Enki), your divine creator (father), has increased abundance for you.

       2caa - Anu's house in Uruk  (E-ana, Anu‘s & Inanna‘s temple residence in Uruk)

       151-168 In the E-ana, Inana has fixed a rejoicing heart

       2a - Ishtar, Inanna's Sky Chamber  1c-astarte-hittite-goddess-of-love  (Inanna)

       to be your lot and has you brought grandly into her holy bedchamber to spend the night there.

      2b - Gula & her dog  (Bau / Gula & her guard dog, princess daughter to King Anu, doctor, warden, etc.)

       The mother of the Land, Ninisina (Bau / Gula), has caused you to lay the foundations with your hands in Isin.

       2a-utu-shamash-twin-to-inanna  2e-babylonian-shamash-2000b-c

            (Utu, symbolized as Sun god, son to Nannar & Ningal, twin brother to Inanna, & unidentified king)

       Utu, the judge, the king of heaven and earth,

       has confirmed for you in your hands the scepter which brings the black-headed to justice.

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         169-177 Enlil-bani, you are the king who

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       in a favorable month, in a year of abundance, on a day of celebration and the elevation of the king, you are exalted.

       The four quarters of the world praise you with royal offerings.

       178-184 May the wise scribe in the scribal academy, the house which advises the Land, not allow your praise to cease!