A Balbale to Ninazu (Ninazu A)

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(gods in blue)

1-6. O king, you are the …… shepherd of the city which thrives like cattle!

Ninazu, you are the …… shepherd of the city which thrives like cattle!

My lord Ninazu, you are the …… shepherd of the city which thrives like cattle!

You are the reed-worker of the ……, …… like a shining mat!

You are the herdsman of them that dwell like sheep in a sheepfold,

you who exude the allure of the high hills, Lord Ninazu!

2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C.    (Nanna / Nannar, son to Royal Prince Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)

7-15. Lord Ninazu, may Nanna (Nannar / Sin) rejoice over you that the earth was created.

Powerful and of great intelligence, you were engendered by Nanna.

May Acimbabbar (Nannar / Sin) make the shining branches of your scepter radiant in your grasp.

3a - Anu in flight (Skyfather Anu in his winged sky-disc, father in heaven / planet Nibiru to descendants ruling Earth)

He has strengthened the foundations of the throne which An (Anu) gave you.

May he make the way straight for you as far as the ends of heaven and earth,

may he make it as straight for you as the sunlight.

My lord Ninazu, may he make it as straight for you

as the sunlight, may he make it as straight for you as the sunlight.

Suen (Sin / Nannar) has perfected your lordly staff,

 (Nannar, son to Enlil, espoused to Ningal, Moon Crescent god of Ur, city of Biblical Abraham)

the lofty scepter which shines over all the foreign countries, and guides the people.

Your protective goddess has …… great power for you in E-kic-nu-jal.

3ab - Abraham's father was high-priest of this temple (Nannar’s house Ekishnugal in Ur way above the city below)

16-22. Ninazu, born in Urim (Ur), may Nanna rejoice over you.

Lord Ninazu, born in Urim, may Nanna rejoice over you.

The father who engendered you, the Great Mountain Enlil, has made your name glorious.

Your own mother, the august lady (Ninlil, in some texts Ereshkigal),

has decided your destiny in the Ki-ur.

May you take your seat in your house, in your city –the mountain, the pure place!

May you take your seat in Enegir, in your city — the mountain, the pure place!

My lord Ninazu, may you take your seat there, may you take your seat there!

23-31. He has fixed the golden headdress on your head, making you truly perfect with it.

He has …… the lordly son of his own father, he beloved of his heart.

He has looked with best favor on ……. An has determined a good destiny for you.

Son of Enlil king of the lands, may your splendor shine forth!

My lord Ninazu, may your splendor shine forth, may your splendor shine forth!

May your wife, the maiden, the good woman, Lady Ningirida (Enki’s daughter), say to you:

“Your house, your city!” as she steps before you in prayer, god of the Land, my lord Ninazu!

32. A balbale of Ninazu.