The Cedar

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(gods in blue)

       

           Translation:

2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna (Utu, son to Nannar, grandson to Enlil, symbolized as the Sun god)

O Shamash (Utu), I place to my mouth sacred cedar,

For you I knot it in a lock of my hair,

For you I place in my lap bushy cedar.

I have washed my mouth and hands,

I have wiped my mouth with bushy cedar,

I have tied sacred cedar in a lock of my hair,

For you I have heaped up bushy cedar.

Cleansed now, to the assembly of the gods draw I near for judgment.



2 - Utu-Shamash, god of the mountains,2a - Ishkur, Adad, Teshub, upon Taurus (Utu / Shamash & Adad / Ishkur)

O Shamash, lord of judgment, O Adad (Ishkur), lord of prayers and divination.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

O Shamash, I place incense to my mouth,… sacred cedar, let the incense linger!

Let it summon to me the great gods.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

2-enki-eridu-1st-city-established-in-sumer (Sumer, the “Eden”, Land of gods Between the Rivers)

O Shamash, I hold up to you water of Tigris and Euphrates,

Which has carried to you cedar and juniper from the highlands (of Lebanon).

Wash yourself, O valiant Shamash,

Let the great gods wash with you.

And you too, Bunene (unidentified?), faithful messenger,

Wash yourself in the presence of Shamash the judge.

2b - Utu (Utu, god of laws & justice, Commander of the Space Ports)

O Shamash, to you I hold up something choice, … sacred water for the flour.

2c - Utu - Shamash, Commander of the Space Port (Utu seated on his throne, symbols of Nannar, Anu, & Utu / Inanna)

O Shamash, lord of judgment, O Adad, lord of prayers and divination,

Seated on thrones of gold, dining from a tray of lapis (-lazuli blue-hued stone),

Come down to me that you may dine, that you may sit on the throne and render judgment.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!



3a - Utu in the mountains with weapons of brilliance 2ka-peru-utus-sawed-off-mountain-top-airport-used-by-the-gods

        (Utu cutting launch & landing sites into the mountains, hidden away from the earthlings)

O Shamash, I hold up to you a lordly tribute,

Which in the courtyard of the gods [ ] to you.

O Shamash, lord of judgment, O Adad l[ord of prayers] and divination,

Seated on thrones of gold, dining from a tray of lapis,

Come down to me that you may sit on the throne and render judgment.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!



2ee - Utu, Shamash (damaged mixed-breed king stands receiving his instructions before giant Utu, the Sun God)

O Shamash, I hold up to you seven and seven sweet loaves,

The rows of which are ranged before you.

O Shamash, lord of judgement, O Adad, lord of divination,

Seated on thrones of [gold], dining from a tray of lapis,

Come [down to me] that you may eat,

5aa - giant god Utu, Shamash, Throne of Sippar  (Utu & the wheel of justice, alien god pulling the strings from above)

That you may sit on the throne and render judgement.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

O Shamash, I hold up to you the plentiful yield of the gods, the radiance of the grain-goddess.

(Utu, Adad, & Ninhursag)

O Shamash, lord of judgment, O Adad, lord of divination,

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

O Shamash, I have laid out for you the plentiful yield of the gods, the radiance of the grain-goddess,

O Shamash, lord of judgment, O Adad, lord of prayer and divination,

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

Take your seat, O valiant Shamash,

Let there be seated with you the great gods,

 2bc-nanna-his-symbol (alien Anunnaki King Anu & his grandson Nannar)

Let Anu, father of heaven, Sin (Nannar), king of the tiara,

2b - Nergal, god of the Underworld1 - Ishtar & her divine weapons (Nergal & his niece Inanna, Goddess of War) 

Nergal, lord of weaponry, Ishtar (Inanna), lady of battle

Be seated with you.

In the ritual I perform, in the extispicy I perform, place the truth!

Or: cleansed for the assembly of the gods.