Nanaya Quotes From Texts

Nanaya = Nabu‘s spouse, Inanna‘s protige’, fertility goddess

 

(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…)

 

           

          For the goddess Nanāya, veiled one of the goddesses,

          who is adorned with attractiveness and joy and full of glamour, splendid daughter of the god Anu

 

        “He (Shalmaneser) entered also into Ê-Zida

         he prostrated himself before the temple of his immutable oracle,

            (Nabu; Nannar)

         and in the presence of Nebo (Nabu) and Nana (Nannar) the gods his lords

         he directed reverently his path.

         Strong oxen (and) fat sheep he gave in abundance…

             (E-ana ziggurat; Ezida ziggurat)

         he brought the statue of Nanaya, the goddess of the Ezida, the beloved of Nabû,..”

        

         “Nanaya, ornament of E-ana (Uruk‘s temple), worthy of the Lady!

         Wise one, correctly chosen as lady of all the lands by the Mistress:

         Nanaya, you instruct the Land, bestowing wisdom in E-ana

         As fine as An (Anu), woman with a holy (?) head, made perfect by the …… lady!

         Nanaya, properly educated by holy Inana (Inanna / Ishtar),

         woman who is as bright as the stars,

         wise lady who is available for everything, righteous sympathetic woman,

         lady who is always available on request,

            (Inanna)  (Nanaya, mixed-breed king & ill daughter)

         counseled by holy Inana, beloved by the Mistress!

         Nanaya, great judge, deity who occupies the high throne of Unug (Uruk)!…”

        

          “who dwells in Eḫiliana (“House, Luxuriance of Heaven”) — which is inside Eannaqueen of Uruk

 

         “Nanaya, the goddess has created your holy powers …… for you.

         You have …… turned the favorable eye of life onto the bedchamber,

         and Icbi-Erra is the youth chosen for his beauty…”

        

         Nanaya (Nabu’s spouse), …… the mother of all,

         …… she who exists for luxury, …… a great destiny …….

         ……, the queen, ……, restoring the destroyed E-me-urur

         and building the …… which were abandoned,

         has created the …… which had not been built up since ancient days.

         ……, you fix the rules……., excelling in the Land, you pray justly …… in its fine …….

         Standing steadfastly in prayer ……, you determine food offerings.

         And you, ……, lady, great goddess who goes by one’s side,

         have determined a great destiny until distant times for him

         who has set up permanent statues in E-ana and E-me-urur,

         …… for the man whose destiny will not be spoiled,

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         The lady, the nurse Nanaya,

            (E-ana ziggurat in Uruk)

         who stands there like a great wall at the door of E-ana,

         has decreed throughout heaven and earth that ……

         and should spend long days in heartfelt joy;

         and she has fixed life, progeny and luxury as your lot.

         The lady, the nurse Nanaya, who stands there like a great wall at the door of E-ana,

         has decreed throughout heaven and earth that ……

         and should spend long days in heartfelt joy;

         and she has fixed life, progeny and luxury as your lot…”

         

            

         “Nanaya (Nabu’s spouse), …… the mother of all, …… she who exists for luxury,

          …… a great destiny …….  ……, the queen, ……, ,,,”