The Herds of Nanna (Nanna F): translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in blue)

1-8 The lord has burnished (?) the heavens; he has embellished the night (1 ms. has instead: the earth).

2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C. 2bc-nanna-his-symbol (Nannar, God of the Moon Crescent, SEE NANNAR‘S SYMBOLS AT PAGE BOTTOM)

Nanna (Nannar / Sin) has burnished the heavens; he has embellished the night (1 ms. has instead: the earth).

When he comes forth from the turbulent mountains,

2a-utu-shamash-twin-to-inanna 2e-babylonian-shamash-2000b-c  (Utu, giant alien God of the Sun symbol)

he stands as Utu / Shamash (Nannar‘s son, Sun God,) stands at noon.

When Acimbabbar (Nannar, Moon Crescent God) comes forth from the turbulent mountains,

he stands as Utu stands at noon.

9-13 His father, whose word is true, speaks with him day and night.

 (Enlil, Anunnaki alien King Anu‘s son & heir, tasked with being Earth Colony Commander)

Enlil, whose word is true, speaks with him day and night, and in decision determines the fates with him.

14-17 His lofty jipar number four.

There are four platforms (1 ms. has instead: cattle pens) which he has established for him.

housing-housing-tents-of-early-modern-man  (cattle pens, food for the giant alien gods on Earth prior humans)

His great temple cattle pens, one ece in size, number four.

They play for him on the aljarsura instrument (1 ms. has instead: on the churn).

18-25 The cows are driven together in herds for him.

His various types of cow number 39600.

His young (?) cows and calves (1 ms. has instead: His fattened cows) number 108000.

His young bulls number 126000.

The sparkling-eyed cows number 50400.

The white cows number 126000.

The cows for the evening meal (?) are in four groups of five each (?).

Such are the various types of cow of father Nanna.

2e - El & 2 lions animals-gods-beasts

     (Nannar, giant Anunnaki god of Ur, his herds of cattle & sheep fed the Anunnaki & then later, earthlings working for them)

26-30 His wild cows number 180000.

The …… cows are four.

Their herds of cattle are seven.

Their …… herdsmen are seven.

There are four of those who dwell among the cows (?).

31-36 They give praise to the lord, singing paeans (?) as they move into the jipar.

2b-enlil-parent-in-laws-haia-nisaba-spouse-ninlil  (Enlil, Haia, Nisaba, Ninlil, & unidentified)

 (Nisaba, Enlil‘s mother-in-law, Master Scribe of the gods, accountant, author, teacher)

Nisaba has taken their grand total; Nisaba has taken their count, and she is writing it on clay.

Great Sumerian hymn: Lamentation on the ruins of Ur. Inscription on clay 24.5 x 13.6 cm AO 64464-nisabas-holy-stylus (alien languages, alien authored texts deciphered recently by earthlings)

The holy cows of Nanna, cherished by the youth Suen (Sin), be praised!

37-41 He is ever able to increase the butter of abundance in the holy animal pens of …… and goats.

He is able to provide abundantly the great liquor of the mountains,

and syrup, and alcoholic drink for the king on his lofty pure platform.

42-45 Mighty one, trusted one (son) of Enlil, youth, god of living creatures,

3a-ningal-head 4-unknown-goddess-nannar  (Ningal & spouse Nannar)

leader of the Land, and Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse), lady of the jipar —

O father Nanna, be praised!