E-kur (Enlil’s House) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

 

(E-kur = Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur, Earth Colony Command Central)

 

Ninlil, righteous woman of Enlil, you dwell in the Ki-ur (‘holy of holies’).”

 

1-13. The great house is as great as a mountain.

The house of Enlil is as great as a mountain.

3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur

(E-kur, Enlil‘s & Ninlil‘s ziggurat residence in Nippur, top structure was added in 1900 by American archaeologists)

The (mud-brick-built) house of Ninlil is as great as a mountain.

The bedchamber is as great as a mountain.

The house which knows no daylight (electricity?) is as great as a mountain.

The house at the Lofty Gate is as great as a mountain.

The house at the Gate of Well-being is as great as a mountain.

The courtyard of Enlil is as great as a mountain.

The ursaĝ-galama is as great as a mountain.

The holy Renowned Gate is as great as a mountain.

The Gate From Which Grain Is Never Diverted is as great as a mountain.

The Ubšu-unkena is as great as a mountain.

The Ĝa-ĝiš-šua is as great as a mountain.

 

14-27. The house of Ninlil is as great as a mountain.

The gate Kan-innamra is as great as a mountain.

3a - nippur ziggurat, Enlil's home on Earth (Enlil‘s Earth Colony Command Central / “Great Mountain” of mud brick)

The E-itida-buru is as great as a mountain.

The courtyard of the Egal-ma is as great as a mountain.

The lofty E-itida-buru is as great as a mountain.

The Entum-galzu is as great as a mountain.

The Innam-gidazu is as great as a mountain.

2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C.  (Nannar / Suen, Enlil‘s son, patron god of Ur, home of Biblical High-Priest Terah & son Abraham)

The Suen (Nannar / Sin) Gate is as great as a mountain.

The Du-kug, the holy place, is as great as a mountain.

The field of E-dima is as great as a mountain.

The Ane-ĝara is as great as a mountain.

The Ašte, the pure place, is as great as a mountain.

The E-tilla-ma is as great as a mountain.

The Ĝa-apina is as great as a mountain.

 

         28. Sa-gida.

         29. He declares: ‘Heavenward (?)!’

         30. Its ĝišgiĝal.

 

31-41. For him who declares it, for him who declares it, the house comes forth like the daylight.

For him who declares that he is of the mountain, the house comes forth like the daylight.

For him who declares that he is of the house of Enlil, the house comes forth like the daylight.

For him who declares that he is of the house of Ninlil, the house comes forth like the daylight.

For him who declares that he is of the house of Ninurta, the house comes forth like the daylight,

for him who declares that he is of the house of the princely son (Enlil, heir to Anunnaki throne).

 

          42. Kirugu.

 

              (inside the ziggurat of Enlil & Ninlil)

43-52. The house towers high in full grandeur; in its midst is a mountain of aromatic cedars.

The house of Enlil towers high in full grandeur; in its midst is a mountain of aromatic cedars.

The house of Ninlil towers high in full grandeur; in its midst is a mountain of aromatic cedars.

The courtyard of Enlil towers high in full grandeur; in its midst is a mountain of aromatic cedars.

The courtyard of Ninlil towers high in full grandeur; in its midst is a mountain of aromatic cedars.

 

          53. Sa-ĝara.

          54. …… rejoice …….

          55. Its ĝišgiĝal.

 

56-68. Its king is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

             (Ninurta & father Enlil, the giant Earth Commander, father Anu rules heaven / Nibiru, son Enlil rules Earth)

The hero Ninurta is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

The offspring (?) of Ninlil is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

The lord, the hero (?) of the E-kur (Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur),

is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

The offspring (?) of Enlil is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

Lord Ašimbabbar (Nannar / Sin) is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

2bc-nanna-his-symbol  (Nannar / Biblical El, patron god over Ur, symbolized as the Moon Crescent God of then & now)

The princely son of the E-kur is worthy of Enlil the king in the true house of youth.

 

          69. …… (This rubric was probably omitted accidentally)

          70. He is the favorite of Enlil.

71. Its ĝišgiĝal.