Balbales to Nanna (Nanna B, C, D): translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

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(gods in blue)

            4b - Ningal head 3b-ningal-spouse-of-nannar-ningikugas-daughter (Ningal, Nannar‘s spouse, Queen Goddess of Ur)

1-26 (Ningal speaks:)

“I …… for the …….

approx. 19 lines missing

The embrace of my spouse …….

The young man …….

2i-cattle-pens-of-nannar-in-urhousing-housing-tents-of-early-modern-man

          (alien god Nannar protects his cow pens in Ur;                   Nannar’s cow pens)

Among his cows …….

My beloved who …….

I shall go ……!

There with the lord …….”

SYRIA - CIRCA 2002: Limestone stela depicting the Moon God Sin, rear view. Artefact from Tell Ahmar, Syria. Assyrian civilisation, 8th Century BC. Aleppo, Archaeological Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)3aa - Nanna & his symbol  (Nannar / Sin, Enlil‘s son, Moon Crescent god of Ur)

27-31 Nanna addresses Ningal:

My spouse, ……, Ningal who ……, …… butter from the holy cows.

Pure hands and …… feet …….

My lovely …….

32-37 “……, the reed-beds, the playground …….

I shall …… sharp knives to the …… and pointed reeds.

I shall …… to the beautiful young reeds.

Mistress, …… the treasures (?) of the ubi birds.

I will gather their eggs for you, and I shall …… the nest.

High priestess of Nanna, …… the ubi birds.

38-43 “After I have …... butter into the container, after I have …… for cakes in the morning (?),

after I have …… carp in the great marsh, young lady, after I have …… little kuda birds,

then I will …… your own mother Ningikuga (Nannar‘s mother-in-law).

Ningal, I shall go with you to your house.

44-49 “After I have led the cows into the stall ……, after I have …… holy milk into the holy churn for you,

after Cuni-du (unidentified?) has done the churning, young lady, after I have given my …… young calves milk ……,

then I will …… pats of butter and purified milk for you.

Ningal, I shall go with you to your house.”

50-59 Ningal addresses (her spouse) Nanna (Nannar):

“……, my beloved, if only I could come to you without my mother to ……!

  (Nisaba / Ningikuga, once mistress to Enki, Enlil‘s mother-in-law, & Nannar‘s mother-in-law)

If only I could come to you without Ningikuga (?) ……!

approx. 1 line missing

Lord Nanna, bring it to me!

In the dwelling of the shepherd, in the house of gleaned barley, my lord, I shall come to you in the storehouse!

……, wonder of the Land, I shall come to you!

My Nanna, your chant is sweet; it is the chant of my heart.”

60 A balbale of Nanna.

      A balbale to Nanna (Nanna C)

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

Segment A

1-10. O eastern (?) house of Sumer, I will declare your greatness!

O E-kiš-nu-ĝal (Nannar’s ziggurat residence), whose purification rites are brilliant,

O house (mud brick-built ziggurat home) of Nanna (Nannar / Sin)!  

3b - Nannar's Temple in Ur, Terah was the high-priest

   (Nannar‘s mud brick-built ziggurat / temple / residence in his patron city of Ur, unearthed way below his man-made mountain)

O shrine Urim (Ur), I shall glorify your name.

Emerging from the holy heart of the pure hills,

Urim, wisdom of An (Anu) and Uraš (Antu), appropriate for E-temen-ni-guru!

 

               (An / Anu in his sky-disc, father in Heaven / Nibiru to sons ruling the Earth;   Anu, King of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony)

With An (Anu) you bestow kingship; your majesty …… the foreign lands.

I shall glorify your name far and wide!

11-22. He keeps in order the lordly purification rites …….

He has taken his seat …… in Urim.

Your name is sweet!

The Prince …….

Your holy word is pleasing to An.

2m - Enheduanna, Sargon's daughter, 1st author (Enheduana, Inanna & King Sargon‘s daughter, Nannar‘s high-priestess)

May my En-ḫedu-ana excel even An.

…… the purification rites of the ĝipar.

…… the lordly divine powers (alien technologies).

…… the excellent ĝipar.

Ašimbabbar (Nannar / Sin) …….

probably 1 line missing

2 lines fragmentary

23-42. …… holy songs …….

The Prince ……. …… wisdom ……. …… the great divine powers (alien technologies).

3b - Anu of planet Nibiru 1ae - Enlil, Babylonian3a-ningal-head (Anu, Enlil, Ningal)

An and Enlil ……. Ningal ……

May he excel ……. Aš-im-babbar (Nannar / Sin) …….

2bc-nanna-his-symbol3a - Nannar & moon crescent symbol  (Nanna / Nannar / Acimbabba, Enlil‘s son, Moon Crescent God)

Like the sweet moonlight ……. …… the ĝipar, my delight, ……. An and Enlil …….

3h-ningal-king-ur-nammu-nannar-sin

       (Ningal, giant mixed-breed King Ur-Nammu, his mother Ninsun damaged, Ur-Nammu again, & Nannar)

Mother Ningal …… charm …….

The high priestess of the moon god ……. En-ḫedu-ana …….

My king ……. …… the great divine powers ……. …… holy songs, light ……

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2q - Enheduanna with high-hat (High-Priestess of Moon God Nannar)

En-ḫedu-ana (the giant with hat in above artifact)……

1 line fragmentary

probably 1 line missing

Segment B

1-10. …… who is familiar with your purification rites, ……,

may he do ……. …… shall build for you in the pure abode (?) ……. …… shall not enter …….

He shall grind your barley for you in the pure cloister.

Your milled grain is not laid in his hall.

Water shall not touch what you have ground, and your malt shall not be turned over.

3da-nannars-terahs-abrahams-home-in-ur  (Nannar‘s residence in his patron city of Ur)

O palace of Suen, what do men know of you?

1 line unclear

(earthlings bring food for Nannar’s house)

11-17. To bring offerings in baskets, to cause rejoicing, to make the house comfortable,

to establish the house, to put in order the place of the holy purification rites —

may Ningal, my En-ḫedu-ana, restore your …….

…… Nanna, I shall praise you.

2n - EnheduAnna, rolled cap in the middle (Enheduana second in line, Nannar‘s high-priestess & consort)

…… Suen (Nannar / Sin), I shall glorify your name.

18. Its ĝišgiĝal.

19. A balbale of Nanna.

     

A balbale to Nanna (Nanna D)

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1-7. They are as numerous, as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth.

2 - Nannar, father of Inanna. Utu, & Ereshkigal (Royal Prince Nanna / Nannar, son to Earth Colony Commander Enlil; semi-divine king, Ninurta upon his flying storm beast, Nannar, & father Enlil)

Nanna, in the …… they are as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth.

Their …… are translucent lapis lazuli.

Their …… are the color of the rising moon.

The cows with their calves are numerous and are precious šuba stone.

…… built and …… together.

In their …… he chooses …….

8-12. He who loves the cows herds them into the pen.

…… who loves the cows rounds up the cows.

shipping-giant-earthlings-with-cargo  (earthlings & alien giant god on ship with cargo & bull)

He has …… his great cows for her, and their butter …….

Seven {(1 ms. adds:) small} churns resound with …… and sweet butter for her.

…… their butter is holy butter, their milk is holy milk.

13-18. …… {from the holy pen} {(1 ms. has instead:) in my holy pen}, the woman does not drink.

…… in the holy ……, the woman does not eat.

When he sits …… in the pen, he fills the pen with praise.

2i-cattle-pens-of-nannar-in-ur  (Nannar protects his herds of cattle & sheep in Ur)

When he sits …… in the pen, he is an ornament of the pen.

…… the temple, the cattle-pen is a glory — Nanna is the master.

The …… is Suen’s – Nanna (Nannar / Sin) is the master.

7a - Lama, Inanna & spouse King Shulgi before father Nannar

(Ninsun, her mixed-breed son-king Shulgi, his spouse-goddess Inanna, & Inanna‘s father Nannar, Moon Crescent god of then & now)

19-24. …… truly cares for ……, the king of Urim (Ur).

In its …… fish and birds are abundant.

In its …… fish and birds are abundant.

The fish …… and the birds skim (?).

The fish …… and the birds skim (?).

He has planted ……, and the carp grow fat.

25-40. He has planted …… so that the calves may feed for me.

He has planted …… so that the cows may feed for me.

…… eats. …… drinks.

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2f-nannar-moon-god-of-ur (Nannar / Sin)

41. A balbale of Nanna.