^{The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature}

(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 blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal...)

       

        SEGMENT A

        1-13 …… who alone surpasses heaven and earth, the exalted one,

        prominent among the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods, whose utterances cannot be overturned!

         (Enlil, alien Anunnaki King Anu‘s son & heir, tasked with being Earth Colony Commander by Anu)       

        Nunamnir (Enlil), whose decisions cannot be altered, proud one imbued with terrifying awesomeness,

        who alone is exalted (1 ms. has instead: who alone is eminent, the foremost one)

        among the Great Princes, has taken his seat in the shrine of Nibru (Nippur),

        in Dur-an-ki (“Bond Heaven & Earth”), in E-kur (Enlil‘s temple / residence in Nippur),

                 (E-kur, Enlil‘s house / ziggurat in Nippur, much later earthlings gathered into the city below; archaeologists added top in 1900)

        the temple where the fates are determined (Earth Colony Command Central), in the holy shining temple (in Nippur).

         (Adad, parents Enlil & equal spouse Ninlil)

        When mother Ninlil, who is equal in rank with the Great Mountain (Enlil), embraces him ……,

        …… says to ……: “…… chosen in the heart by …….

        unknown no. of lines missing

        SEGMENT B

        1-8 The city, where …… orders …….

        1 line fragmentary

  (Utu has lamb offered to his grandfather Enlil at Enlil‘s E-kur / step pyramid)

        Enlil, what you say is exalted, and there is no god who can interpret it.

        “I will make the fate I have determined for you even more glorious.

  (Utu, Nannar‘s son, Inanna‘s twin, symbolized as the Sun god)

        I will make your life long-lasting. I will make your days as numerous as those of Utu.”

        You are the god of all the foreign lands!

          ⁹ Sa-jara.

        10 You are the lord who determines the fates!

        Bur-Suen’s (Adad‘s mixed-breed grandson son-king of Isin) royal trust is in you!

        11 Its jicgijal.

        12-14 You have made justice and righteousness conspicuous, and you have made the Land feel content.

           (inscription artifact of Bur-Suen)

        Bur-Suen, may your name be a cause for rejoicing …… daily.

        May you be exalted among ……; let them call you the pre-eminent lord!

        15 Its uru.

        16 An adab to Enlil.

        (ll. 16 and 17 are written as one line in the source)