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Advice to a Prince

Source: Lambert, W. G. Babylonian Wisdom Literature.
From the Oxford University Press edition published in 1963, reprinted in 1996 by Eisenbrauns, here included for aid in research and studies 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)

 

1. If a king does not heed justice, his people will be thrown into chaos and his land will be devastated.

2aa - Enki, found in Sin's temple at Khorsabad (Enki, alien King Anu‘s eldest & wisest son, 1st to arrive on Earth with a crew of 50 Anunnaki)

2. If he does not heed the justice of his land, Ea (Enki), king of destinies,

3. Will alter his destiny and he will not cease from hostilely pursuing him.

4. If he does not heed his nobles, his life will be cut short.

5. If he doe snot heed his adviser, his land will rebel against him.

6. If he heeds a rogue, the status quo in his land will change.

7. If he heeds a trick of Ea, the great gods

8. In unison and in their just ways will not cease from prosecuting him.

9. If he improperly convicts a citizen of Sippar, but acquits a foreigner, Shamash (Utu), judge of heaven and earth,

2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna (Utu / Shamash, son to Nannar, patron god of Sippar, lord of justice)

10. Will set up a foreign justice in his land, where the princes and judges will not heed justice

11. If citizens of Nippur are brought to him for judgment, but he accepts a present and improperly convicts them

 (Enlil, Earth Colony Commander, son & heir to King Anu of Nibiru, Enlil, then followed by Ninurta)

12.Enlil, lord of the lands, will bring a foreign army against him

13. to slaughter his army,

14. whose prince and chief officers will roam his streets like fighting-cocks.

15. If he takes silver of the citizens of Babylon and adds it to his own coffers,

16. Of if he hears a lawsuit involving men of Babylon but treats it frivolously,

2c - Marduk relief, flowing waters of Babylon (Marduk, Enki‘s eldest son, patron god of Babylon & later Egypt, Ninurta‘s rival)

17. Marduk, lord of Heaven and earth, will set his foes upon him,

18. And will give his property and wealth to his enemy.

19. If he imposes a fine on the citizens of Nippur, Sippar or Babylon,

20. Of if he puts them in prison,

21. The city where the fine was imposed will be completely overturned,

22. And a foreign enemy will make his way into the prison in which they were put.

23. If he mobilized the whole of Sippar, Nippur and Babylon,

24. And imposed forced labor on the people,

25. Exacting from them a corvée at the herald´s proclamation,

26. Marduk, the sage of the gods, the prince, the counselor,

27. Will turn his land over to his enemy

28. So that the troops of his land will do forced labor for his enemy,

6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki

         (Apkulla / pilotEnki,   father Anu in his sky-discAnu‘s heir Enlil, & winged eagle-headed Apkulla / pilot)

29. For Anu, Enlil and Ea (Enki),the great gods,

30. Who dwell in heaven and earth, in their assembly affirmed the freedom of those people from such obligations.

31, 32. If he gives the fodder of the citizens of Sippar, Nippur and Babylon to his own steeds,

33. The steeds who eat the fodder

34. Will be led away to the enemy´s yoke,

35. And those men will be mobilized with the king´s men when the national army is conscripted.

2b - Nergal, god of the Underworld8 - Nergal's divine weapon, symbol

       (Nergal with alien high-tech alien weaponry; symbol of Nergal, god of the Under World / Netherworld / Lower World)

         36. Mighty Erra (Nergal), who goes before his army,

37. Will shatter his front line and go at this enemy´s side.

38. If he looses the yokes of their oxen,

39. And puts them into other fields

40. Or gives them to a foreigner, […] will be devastated […] of Addu.

41. If he seizes their … stock of sheep,

42. Addu, (Adad) canal supervisor of heaven and earth,

43. Will extirpate his pasturing animals by hunger

44. And will amass offerings for Shamash (Utu, the Sun god).

45. If the adviser or chief officer of the king´s presence

46. Denounces them (i.e. the citizens of Sippar, Nippur and Babylon) and so obtains bribes from them,

47. At the command of Ea (Enki), king of the Apzu (swamp waters of Enki‘s domain),

48. The adviser chief officer will die by the sword,

49. Their place will be covered over as a run,

50. The wind will carry away their remains and their achievements will be given over to the storm wind.

51. If he declares their treaties void, or alters their inscribed treaty stelea,

52. Sends them on a campaign or press-gangs them into hard labor,

            2bb - god Nabu & US Army (giant god Nabu / Nebo, son to Marduk, grandson to Enki; this very artifact has now been viciously, & shamefully destroyed by Radical Islam, blindly fearing & so denying, our hidden & forgotten history)

          53. Nabu, scribe of Esagila, who organizes the whole of heaven and earth, who directs everything,

54. Who ordains kingship, will declare the treaties of his land void , and will decree hostility.

4d - Nergal & Marduk do Battle  (high-priest atop Marduk‘s ziggurat / residence, & Marduk prepare for war)

         55. If either a shepherd or a temple overseer, or a chief officer of the king,

56. Who serves as a temple overseer of Sippar, Nippur or Babylon

57. Imposes forced labor on them (i.e. the citizens of Sippar, Nippur and Babylon) in connection with the temples of the great gods,

58. The great gods will quit their dwelling in their fury and

59. Will not enter their shrines.

A Praise Poem of Anam: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

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

           1-11 Anam, lord, ……,  ……, perfect in your broad wisdom, ……,

        1y - Nippur, Enlil's City in the 1st Region (ancient cities of the gods in Sumer)

        who preserves Nibru (Nippur), who prevents the city from having ……!

        Sweet breeze (?) of his city, father of the region of Unug (Uruk), judge who …… in his verdicts, reverent ……,

        6c - Anu & Inanna

           (King Anu                      Inanna atop her zodiac symbol of Leo the lion)

        who fears (basic polivy of alien gods dominating earthlings) An (Anu) and Inana (Inanna)!

        Who cherishes E-ana (Anu‘s temple residence in Uruk), who is happy there …… in friendly words!

        2d - Inanna Wars Against Marduk  (unidentified High-Priest & Inanna The Goddess of Love & of War)

        Mighty ……, heart’s desire of Inana, who reveres the …… of the Land, …… with head high, en priest of Inana, ……, all-knowing!

        12-25……, who batters the wrathful, ……, endowed with good looks,

        …… who is fearsome; watching ……, richly endowed with charms, you are ……, foremost of the troops.

        2 - Nanaya being presented to the daughter of the king (Nanaya & mixed-breed king with his sick daughter)  

        Nanaya (Nabu‘s spouse), …… the mother of all, …… she who exists for luxury, …… a great destiny …….

        ……, the queen, ……, restoring the destroyed E-me-urur (Ninurta’s temple) and building the …… which were abandoned,

        has created the …… which had not been built up since ancient days. ……, you fix the rules.

        26-37……, excelling in the Land, you pray justly …… in its fine …….

        Standing steadfastly in prayer ……, you determine food offerings.

        And you, ……, lady, great goddess who goes by one’s side, have determined a great destiny until distant times for him

        who has set up permanent statues in E-ana and E-me-urur (Ninurta’s temple residence in Nippur),

        …… for the man whose destiny will not be spoiled,

        1 line unclear

        2a - Nanaya, spouse to Nabu, Marduk's son 2cd - Anu's temple-home in Uruk

        The lady, the nurse Nanaya (Nabu‘s spouse), who stands there like a great wall at the door of E-ana (Uruk‘s ziggurat home for gods),

        has decreed throughout heaven and earth that …… and should spend long days in heartfelt joy;

        and she has fixed life, progeny and luxury as your lot.

        38-41You are grandly there for Enlil!

        As befits your calling as lord, you have freed from Unug (Uruk) and its settlements,

        3a - Anu's Ziggourat in Unig-Uruk  3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur

               (E-ana ziggurat residence of gods in Uruk / Unug / Erech)                                          (Enlil’s Nippur residence ziggurat)

        and released to Nibru (Nippur), the citizens of Nibru, slaves and slavegirls, who have much …….