Gehstinanna’s (House) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

 

        O house Kinirša, suited for its lady, ……,

        beautiful as a hill, standing by the ziqqurat,

        house, ……, place resounding loudly with happiness,

        house, your princess is a storm, riding on a lion, …….

        Exalted in holy song and antiphony,

        singing with a loud voice, the child, the true wild cow,

         2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings (Ninsun, mother of many mixed-breeds made into kings)        

        taken care of at the holy breast of the mother who begot her (Ninsun),

        Dumuzid-abzu, has erected a house in your precinct,

        O shrine Kinirša, and taken her seat upon your dais.

        2 - Geshtinanna, daughter to Enki & Ninsun

        7 lines: the house of Dumuzid-abzu (Geshtinanna) in Kinirša.