Nanshe’s (House in Sirara) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

O house, wild cow ……, city which appears in splendor adorned for the princess,

Sirara, great and princely place, your …… by the shrine,

your lady Nanše, a great storm, a mighty flood, born on the shore of the sea,

who laughs on the foam of the sea, who plays on the water of the flood, who ……,

  (Nanshe, daughter to Enki, Goddess of Persian Gulf Birds & Fishes)

Nanše, the …… lady, has erected a house in your precinct,

O house Sirara (ancient city), and taken her seat upon your dais.

f490bc24768f3d0b7637245a26b854ba (Nanshe, giant alien Goddess of Birds & Fishes of Persian Gulf)

10 lines: the house of Nanše in Sirara.