Inanna and Gudam:

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

        SEGMENT A

       8ee - King Gudea, son to goddess Ninsun 8b - Gudea of Lagash  (Lagash King Gudea, mixed-breed son-king to Ninsun)

          1 Gudam…… the city.

        unknown no. of lines missing

        SEGMENT B

       8e - Gudea, Governor of Lagash 3aa - mixed-breed king, Inanna & unknown god

               (Gudea;        Gudea, elevated Goddess of Love Inanna, Ninurta with his winged beast chariot / “storm bird“)

          1-7 Gudam…….Gudam…….Inanna…….Gudam…… within Unug (Uruk) …….

        He …… the storehouse …….

        Gudam…… the beer, …… the wine, …… the bronze vessels, …… the bronze vessels …….

        unknown no. of lines missing

        SEGMENT C

        1-9 They filled the bronze vessels to the brim.

        He made the tilimda vessels shine like the holy barge, …… fine chickpea flour,

        bearded carp ……. ……, he …… fish like dates.

        Many followed Gudam on the streets of Unug (Uruk).

        They sat armed before him.

          3d - Inanna - Ishtar upon lion (armed Inanna atop her zodiac lion symbol of Leo, & her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus)

        Her = Inanna‘s singer …… came out to …… the forceful king, and looked at the troops.

        The singer met him with a song, …… string with his hand:

        10-15 “What you have eaten, what you have eaten —

        it was not bread that you have eaten, it was your flesh that you have eaten!

        What you have drunk, what you have drunk —

        it was not beer that you drank, it was your blood that you drank!

        Gudam, many followed you on the streets of Unug (Uruk); they sat armed before you.”

        16-19 “…… what the woman ordered me, when I have …….”

        Gudam slapped his thigh with his fist in annoyance; fear overcame him:

        8d - Gudea as high-priest of Lagash 5b - Ninurta with his 50-headed mace weapon (Gudea; his giant grandfather Ninurta, with his 50-headed mace)

        “He did not grasp the Car-ur, my heroic weapon (alien technologies from Ninurta).

        For me the temple (ziggurat residence) of Zabalam …….”

         2caa - Anu's house in Uruk (E-ana / ziggurat / residence of Anu & Inanna in Uruk)

        20-25 He lopped off the crossbeams of E-ana (Anu’s temple when on Earth) as if (?) they were branches.

        Gudam went out into the street.

        Gudam crushed many on the streets of Unug, and killed many with his mace.

        He hacked down the door of the city gate (the other ms. has instead: …… the gate, the gate of Ickur (Ishkur / Adad).

 

         2d - Adad with his weapon of brilliance 9d - giant god Teshub & unknown king (Ninurtagiant Anunnaki god Adad / Ishkur, & king)

        He went out from ……

        26-29 A junior fisherman, a fisherman of Inanna, turned

        (the other ms. has instead: ……) the double-ax against him and struck Gudam down.

        Gudam began to weep, and turned pale:

         1 - Ishtar & her divine weapons (Inanna, goddess who espoused many mixed-breed kings for thousands of years, hence – Goddess of Love)

          30-32  Inanna, spare my life! I will give you bulls of the mountains,

        I will make your cow-pen full! I will give (?) you sheep of the mountains, I will make your sheepfold full!”

        33-35 Holy Inanna replied to him: ” (the other ms. adds: …… bulls of the mountains for me.

        …… sheep of the mountains for me.

        …… weapon …….)

         (Zabalam, ancient city of Mesopotamia)

        The fields of Zabalam, where you dwelt: its villages …….

        Over a wide area, may …… calm for you, may …… desire (?).”

       1c - Inanna with Liberty Torch  (Inanna, Ninurta’s niece, Goddess of Love & War)

          36-37 Inana, I will speak of your heroism.

        It is pleasant to praise you!