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…)
Version A
SEGMENT A
1-16 1 line fragmentary
(Enlil’s ziggurat temple residence, the E-kur)
…… what he orders is faithfully executed, …… endowed with beauty in the E-kur (Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur),
…… among the great gods, the great and august lord …… in the heavens, …… whose seat (?) no other god ……!
(Nannar‘s residence with city of Ur below 1928)
August ……, lord whose abode is the mountains, father Nanna (Nannar / Sin)……,
…… fixes the months and the new moon according to a cord (?), establishes the year ……,
…… life for the multitudes ……, …… who puts all the lands in order,
…… who makes the Tigris and the Euphrates bring flowing water ……,
…… fine grain ……, …… lush vegetation in the spacious land ……
(earthlings feeding the alien gods colonizing the Earth)
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…… lord (King) Icme-Dagan ……
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august …… bestowed upon father Nanna (Nannar) by An (Anu) and Enlil ……
17-22 After you have extended yourself in the bright ……, the daylight ……, after you have established …… on earth,
on the day of the disappearance of the moon, as you have completed the month, you summon (?) the people, lord;
and then in the netherworld you decree great judgments, you decide sublime verdicts.
Enki and Ninki (Enki‘s spouse, Marduk‘s mother), the great lords, the great princes,
the lords who determine fates, await your utterances, father; they …… the newborn (?) moon.
23-30 Prince, you place justice in every mouth, and make propriety resplendent.
Daily (?) you make hearts content, daily (?) you determine fates appropriately, daily (?) your refulgence …….
You brighten the night sky in the broad firmament, and illuminate the darkness.
(Nannar, 2nd son to Enlil, 1st with spouse Ninlil, Moon Crescent god of Ur & Biblical Abraham)
The Anuna (Anunnaki) gods stand by with prayers and supplications at your rising.
The sweet sight of your resplendent crescent (Nannar‘s symbol), full of loveliness,
brings joy to the great lady of the Ki-ur, mother Ninlil in ……, and the true and august lady, the good cow,
the leader …… prays …… in the E-jajiccua, her delightful residence, the awesome palace.
31 Sa-gida.
32 Brightest lord, may you make Icme-Dagan …… exert superior strength.
33 Jicgijal of the sa-gida.
(Ninlil, spouse & equal partner to Enlil)
34-35 Lord, great and august crown of the sky ……. …… Ninlil (Enlil‘s spouse).…..
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SEGMENT B
1-8 …… heart ……. …… his august name …… king …….
You have been assigned divine powers from the divine powers (alien technologies) by lord Nunamnir (Enlil).
He has presented you with the capacity to determine fates, the role of a supreme deity.
He has elevated you; the great lord, Enlil, has made you one of the princes.
With the rightful tiara and headdress, he has made you glorious on the holy august dais.
He has bestowed upon you the guardianship of all the countries teeming (?) like fish.
The prince of all the foreign countries …… like a shepherd (?).
9-25 Except you, no god …… in the entirety of heaven and earth.
Bright diadem on the holy sky, you …… like daylight.
The Land rejoices over the harvest, the great festival that is full of delight,
and the black-headed people look to you as to their father.
Great lord, you hearken to anyone who approaches you for succor; you are the beloved of the Land.
Urim (Ur), the great cosmic bond of Sumer, the city that has grown as high as the heavens,
(Nannar‘s E-kish-nugal ziggurat residence)
(Nannar‘s home in Ur with city for earthlings way below, Ur temple where Abraham’s father Terah was the High-Priest)
joyfully becomes of one accord for you in the sanctuary built with extispicy, in your delightful cattle-pen.
……Icme-Dagan ……, may the breed-bull and the good ox mount holy cows ……, may they multiply vigorously for you.
May premium …… and premium milk, the milk of your holy dining room …… become abundant there.
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May he care properly for …… divine plans for you.
May he …… for you.
(Ningal, brown-eyed beauty patron goddess of Ur, spouse to Nannar)
…… your …… filled with gold, the lady ……Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse), on its …… appear as brightly as daylight …….
May he …...Icme-Dagan…….
26 Sa-jara.
27 May the …… of Icme-Dagan, the (giant semi-divine mixed-breed) son of Enlil, …… be immutable.
28 Jicgijal of the sa-jara.
29-31 Great lord, most wise in determining the fates from the holy heavens, ……!
Brightest lord, most wise in determining the fates from the holy heavens,
whom do you love more than Icme-Dagan, Enlil‘s son, the leader?
32 Its uru.
33 An adab of Nanna.”
Version B
SEGMENT A
This passage runs parallel to Segment A, lines 18-29, of Version A
1-7 unknown no. of lines missing
1 line fragmentary
On the day of the disappearance of the moon, ……, …… the people, lord, …… verdicts in the netherworld.
8-23 1 line fragmentary
Father, …….
Prince, …….
1 line missing
…… the hearts …….
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1 line fragmentary
…… in her awesome palace.
SEGMENT B
Lines 12-24 of this passage run parallel to Segment B, lines 25-31, of Version A
1-13 13 lines fragmentary
14 Sa-jara.
15-16 …… of Enlil ……
1 line fragmentary
17 Jicgijal of the sa-jara.
18-22 1 line fragmentary
4 lines missing
23 Its uru.
24 An adab of Nanna.