Geshtinana’s (House) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

          2-geshtinanna-daughter-to-enki-ninsun (Geshtinana, daughter to Enki & Ninsun, scribe, Goddess of Songs, etc.)

          O house Kinirša, suited for its lady, ……, beautiful as a hill, standing by the ziqqurat,

          house, ……, place resounding loudly with happiness, house, your princess is a storm, riding on a lion, …….

          Exalted in holy song and antiphony, singing with a loud voice, the child, the true wild cow,

          taken care of at the holy breast of the mother who begot her (Ninsun),

          Dumuzid-abzu, has erected a house in your precinct,

          O shrine Kinirša, and taken her seat upon your dais.

          7 lines: the house of Dumuzid-abzu (Geshtinanna) in Kinirša.