A Praise Poem of Sîn-iddinam (Sîn-iddinam A): 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 bluemixed-breed demigods in teal)

 

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1-4 …… who worships ……. Sîn-iddinam …… his departing boat.

He provided flour, gold and grain, befitting the great lady.

…… all this choice (?) grain …… the lapis lazuli E-kur.

 

5c - Enki & shipping (alien god & earthlings on the Euphrates)

5-10 A He transported this cargo to the Quay of Life, the quay of Urim (Ur).

Joyously he brought it into the majestic house, the house of Suen (Sin).

Nanna (Nannar / Sin) was delighted with the king, and Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse) …… to him.

3d - Utu, Nannar, & Ningal (son Utu, Nannar & Ningal)

Nanna was delighted with Sîn-iddinam, and Ningal …… to him.

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(Nannar‘s family, daughters Ereshkigal & Inanna, Nannar & son Utu               Utu, Inanna, father Nannar, & damaged Papsukal)

The Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods, blessed him.

He had brought to complete perfection the plenitude,

the pure first-fruit offerings, the first-fruit offerings of the new year.

(1 ms. adds 1 line: He had transported this cargo to the Quay of Life, the quay of Urim.)

 

11-13 Suen put in order the food offerings and, after he had taken them to Nibru (Nippur),

(1 ms. adds 1 line: and had brought them into the E-kur, the house (residence) of Enlil),

              2e-enlils-home-in-nippur3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur (Enlil & Ninlil; E-kur, house of Enlil & Ninlil, Command Central for the Anunnaki gods)

Enlil, delighted with the food offerings, fixed a good destiny.

Cylinder seal: two orants before a goddess. Cuneiform inscription in the name of the scribe Ur-Nanshe. From Tello  (giant mixed-breed king presented by lover Inanna to her mother Ningal as her spouse-king, doing this so often, earned her the title “Goddess of Love“)

His own mother, the great lady Ninlil (Enlil‘s spouse), expressed deserved affection.

 

3a - Nannar & moon crescent symbol (Nannar, son to Enlil & Ninlil, Moon Crescent God of Ur)

13A-18 (1 ms. adds 1 line: Suen (Nannar / Sin) addressed Enlil and Ninlil.)

He prayed to them to determine an eternal destiny for Sîn-iddinam:

“May the life of the humble shepherd whom you favorably address …….

May the life of Sîn-iddinam whom you favorably address …….

As a just destiny, may a life into the distant future be determined for him (?) in destiny.

May he be allotted long-lasting life.

 

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19-25 “As …… this choice grain to the lapis lazuli E-kur (Enlil‘s residence in Nippur) for you,

may he hasten (?) …… thick bread …… like this threshed (?) grain.

Let us give him years of favor, days of life and months of success.

In his palace you (?) will bring to him (?) in perfection what pleases the spirit and gladdens the heart.

May you be the gift of life for Sîn-iddinam, who discourses (?) pleasingly!

May the royal throne rise high and endure eternally!

Forever make foreign lands submit to his great name!”