A Hymn to Ninshubur (Ninshubur B): translation

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)

1-10 The servant (cubur) (Ninshubur), the wise suppliant, …… the servant, the wise suppliant,

the …… of Akkil, the wise suppliant has taken her seat in her city Akkil.

The servant has taken her seat in Akkil.

2 - NinshuburHathorix capital. Limestone, bas-relief from Paphos, Cyprus 80 x 44 x 24 cm AM 2755 (artifacts of alien goddesses Ninshubur & Ninhursag)

The servant ……, Nincubur, …… Nintud (Ninhursag), the servant.

….., Nincubur …… to An (Anu).

3-anu-father-of-the-gods-on-earth4b - Enlil & spouse Ninlil (Sky Father King Anu; son Enlil & his spouse Ninlil)

11-23 For father Enlil, lord of all the lands; for Ninlil (Enlil’s spouse),

lady of Ki-ur (Nippur residence of Ninlil), the majestic place;

2aa-enki-found-in-sins-temple-at-khorsabad 2ba-enkis-temple-ziggourat-in-eridu  (giant god Enki; ruins of his patron city Eridu)

for Enki, the bull of Eridug (Enki’s city);

for the good woman, …… Damgalnuna (Enki’s spouse Ninki);

4c - Ningal, King Ur-Nammu & Nannar - Sin,

   (Ningal, spouse to Nannar, king Ur-Nammu, broken Ninsun, Ur-Nammu, & Nannar in Ur)

for Acimbabbar (Nannar / Sin) in Urim (Ur, Nannar’s city); for Ningal in her holy chamber;

           3i-nannars-spouse-ningal-king-ur-nammu  (Ningal & Ur-Nammu in her holy courtyard in Ur)

…… the Great Mountain (Enlil’s ziggurat, Command Central), Enlil;

for ……, Ninurta, for …… Ninhursaja (Ninhursag, mother to Ninurta),

for youthful Utu (Shamash) in the shrine of E-babbar (Utu’s temple residence in Sippar) ……,

2b-nergal-god-of-the-underworld  (Nergal with alien weaponry, Lord of the Under World, spouse to Ereshkigal)

for …… Nergal, for Inana (Inanna) in Zabalam, Enlil …… the great gods …….

         24 Sa-gida.

         25-30 Servant, as you took your seat on the lofty dais,

Nincubur, as you took your seat, as you took your seat on the dais like father Enlil,

as you took your seat like Enlil and Ninlil, (you said:)

“I , like my mother, I, Kaka, will ride high in joy like my mother!

I, Nincubur I, Kaka, will ride high in joy like my mother.”

  3e-anus-temple-in-uruk2l-uruk-as-was (E-ana, Inanna’s residence in Uruk)

31-40 My faithful minister of the E-ana, my Nincubur of the E-ana, (you said:)

3b - Inanna shown with wings for flight (giant goddesses Ninshubur & Inanna)

“I, the august minister of the universe,

I, Nincubur of the universe, the faithful minister of the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods,

2c-inanna-cylinder-seal-with-ninshuber  (Inanna & Ninshubur in their city of Uruk)

Nincubur of the Anuna gods, the faithful minister (to Inanna),

the personal god of the Land (Uruk, city where E-ana temple is located),

Nincubur, the personal god of the Land, the faithful minister, the mother of the Land,

Nincubur, the mother of the Land, …… I will ride high in joy!”.

         41 …… of Nincubur.