Source: Black, J. A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E. and Zólyomu, G. The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature , Oxford University, 1998 – ©All rights reserved to authors. Text reproduced here for aid in research and study purposes
(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)
SEGMENT A
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(Goddess of War Inanna & twin brother Utu with disloyal earthling underfoot; Inanna holds captive earthling by nose ring)
Holy Inanna…….
The hero, youthful Utu, …….
At dead of night ……. E-ana (Anu‘s mud-brick-built temple / residence in Uruk) ……. Inanna…….
The great (?) heavens …….
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SEGMENT B
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(E-ana, Anu‘s temple / residence way above city of Uruk, safely away from prodding earthlings)
…… E-ana came forth from heaven,
…… the lady of heaven set her mind to capturing the great heavens,
…… Inanna set her mind to capturing the great heavens,
…… set her mind to capturing the great heavens from the …… of heaven,
…… youthful Utu, she set her mind to capturing the great heavens.
7-9 Holy Inanna spoke to her brother the hero, youthful Utu:
“My brother, I want to tell you something — pay attention to my speech.
……Utu, my twin, I want to tell you something — pay attention to my speech.”
(Utu; “modern earthling” serving Inanna)
10-15 Her brother the hero, youthful Utu, answered holy Inanna: “My sister, I swear an oath by the life of heaven,
I swear by the life of the rainbow (?) of heaven, my ……,
……, I swear by the life of my throne, by my majesty:
I will follow what my sister says to me, I will follow what holy Inanna says to me.”
16-23 The maiden Inanna answered her brother the hero, youthful Utu:
“……, my spouse (?), has made love to me, has kissed me.
I wanted …… for him but …… he did not give it to him.
(Anu, King & father of the Anunnaki gods stationed on Earth Colony)
I hastened (?) with him …… but majestic An (Anu) would not give him E-ana.
The heavens are ours, the earth is ours: E-ana should be captured from An.
After you have taken ……, listen to what I say to you.
Examine …… for me, you must observe these instructions: …… the evil wind, the south wind, against me.”
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SEGMENT C
1-4 1 line fragmentary
(Adagbir (barge captain) speaks:)
“…… great net.
…… the flood.
…… the fisherman.”
(Inanna, Utu‘s twin sister)
5-13 Holy Inanna embarked (?) on the …….
The barge …….
The rope …….
The south wind, that south wind, rose up.
The evil wind, that evil wind, rose up.
In the distant heavens …….Hienhi-sag (unidentified?).……
The fisherman …….
The reed thickets and the tall-growing reeds …….
14-18 Inanna spoke to Adagbir:
(Nannar with children Inanna & Utu; Utu, Inanna, Nannar, & damaged son Papsukal)
“Youthful Utu …….
The barge …….”
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SEGMENT D
(Inanna with advanced alien technologies, standing atop her zodiac symbol of Leo)
1-4 (Inanna speaks:) “I ……. …… the way …….”
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5-12 Adagbir answered holy Inanna: “My lady, you cannot …….
Your divinity …….
The fisherman …… the south wind.
My lady, if you travel on the barge, and he raises the south wind, that south wind,
and he raises the evil wind, that evil wind, barges and small boats will sink in the marshes.”
13-15 Whenever (?) he approached the …… with his great net, as (?) it came out of the flood,
the swelling sea, it lashed the water and made an evil …….
(Inanna, giant alien Goddess of Love & War)
16-19 Holy Inanna answered the fisherman: “If you are to find …… E-ana ……
and I am to gaze in admiration …… at that place, you said …… the narrow passage.”
20-22 Adagbir answered holy Inanna: “…… through the reed thickets and the tall-growing reeds.
For you …… find E-ana, which came forth from heaven.”
(Enlil, son & heir to King Anu, tasked with colonizing Earth for the Anunnaki)
23-25 Adagbir, …… of Enlil, …… through the reed thickets and the tall-growing reeds.
She gazed in admiration at E-ana which had come forth from heaven.
26-28 Cul-a-zida (unidentified), An‘s herdsman, grasped the cosmic tethering rope in his hands.
After he had brought the …… forth from the sky, he overcame the protective deities.
He …… and kept it below the horizon.
29-32 Having drunk cleansing water from the Ulaya river,
(Inanna & the scorpion, ancient artifact reflecting our history of the gods on Earth)
Inanna stamped on the scorpion and cut off its tail.
Like a lion it bellowed in an angry roar but its cries died down.
…… she threw it …… and made it secure.
33-38 Having heard its …… cries, …… poured forth the ……, the clay of creation, …… and laid it …….
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(King Anu in his sky-disc, father in Heaven to royal offspring establishing Earth)
…… the great lady of heaven delivered those words to An.
39-45 Having heard those words, An slapped his thighs in ……, his voice filled with sighs of grief:
(King Anu & great-granddaughter Inanna atop Leo / Lion)
“What has my child done?
She has become greater than me!
What has Inanna done?
She has become greater than me!
From now on, the normal length of daylight becomes shorter, and daylight converts to night-time.
From today, when the day’s watch is three units long, daylight is equal to night-time.”
And now, when day began, it was indeed so.
(King Anu meets 1st “modern earthlings” Adapa & Titi in Heaven / planet Nibiru, & the 12-pointed star symbol of Nibiru)
46-55 An, who created gods and humankind, gazed at holy Inanna
(1 ms. adds: and addressed the favorite wife who travels by his side), unable to describe this arrogance, this arrogance —
An was unable to describe (1 ms. adds: to Inanna) this arrogance, this arrogance:
“My child, …… you did not say …… — you were able to capture E-ana!
(city of Uruk / Biblical Erech; Anu‘s temple / residence, alien mud-brick-built mountain)
Inanna, …… you did not say …… — you were able to capture E-ana!
E-ana should be as firm as heaven, it should not be toppled (1 ms. has instead: its attractions should never be exhausted).
Its name should be “The Settlement of the Land”. (1 ms. adds: It should have no rival.)
Mankind, all of the people, should prostrate themselves at her (?) feet.”
And now, under that sun and on that day, it was indeed so.
(E-ana, Anu‘s, Inanna‘s, & others residence in Uruk)
56-60 She had captured E-ana (Inanna given control over temple, city, & kings of Uruk) from An (Anu)!
She secured it …….
Now Inanna speaks of the E-ana as the house that is the place of the lady.
The goddess who has attained her triumphant position,
Inanna who has attained her triumphant position, declares in the good place: “I have captured E-ana from An.”
61-62 Because you are unmatched among the Great Princes, maiden Inanna, praising you is magnificent!
