Praise Poems of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma C & H): translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

        1-16 City of the finest divine powers (alien technologies), lofty royal throne-dais!

        3b - Nannar's Temple in Ur, Terah was the high-priest (city of Ur & temple residence of Nannar; god’s mountain residence)

        Shrine Urim (Ur), pre-eminent in Sumer, built in a pure place!

        City, your well-founded great wall has grown out of the abzu (marshlands of Persian Gulf)!

        City, beautiful as the sky, endowed with beauty, colorfully decorated in a great place!

        Shrine Urim (Ur), well-founded jipar, dwelling (multi-units for multi gods) of An (Anu) and Enlil!

        Your (Nannar‘s) lofty palace (in Ur) is the E-kic-nujal, in which the fates are determined!

        Your pilasters heavy with radiance tower over all the countries!

        3d - Nannar's Ziggourat-Temple in Ur (E-kishnugal discovered of Ur, original stairway to heaven & to god / Nannar, the patron god of the large, advanced city unearthed way below, much on top is missing)

        Its terrace like a white cloud is a spectacle in the midst of heaven.

        Its …… like flashing lightning shines (?) inside a shrine.

        Like a single bull under the yoke, …….Suen‘s (Nannar / Sin) beloved pure table; E-kic-nujal, Suen‘s beloved pure table.

        The king, ornament of the royal offering place, occupies the august courtyard;

        2ab - Ur-Nammu, Ninsun's son king, 2300-2000 B.C. (Ur King Ur-Namma, 2/3rds divine son-king to Ninsun & Lugalbanda, Ninsun‘s uncle Nannar‘s king)

        Ur-Namma the exalted, whom no one dares to oppose, ……. Urim, the wide city …….

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          17-30 ……, the authoritative, praised himself exultantly:

        Under Ur-Namma, king of Urim, for whom a favorable destiny was determined, the roads have been made passable.

        3b-anu-of-planet-nibiru (An / Anu, Anunnaki King of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony, father to sons of god who came down to colonize Earth) 

        An (Anu) opens his holy mouth, and because of me rain is produced.

        He directs it downward into the earth, and abundance is brought for me.

        Enlil treats me kindly, ……. Enki treats me kindly, bestowing early floods, grain and dappled barley.

        6gg - Ninhursag - Ninmah 2b-ninhursag-chief-medical-officer (Ninhursag, Chief Medical Science Officer – DNA Specialist;  Ninhursag with early failed attempts at fashioning adequate worker replacements for the minor alien gods toiling with mining, cultivation, civilization, etc.)

        Nintud (Ninhursag) formed me (DNA mixing); I am peerless.

        …… brought me up well; I am the king of the Land.

        I am ……; under my rule the cattle-pens and sheepfolds are extended wide.

        2e-babylonian-shamash-2000b-c  (damaged semi-divine king stands before Utu, the Sun God, as symbolized) 

        Utu endowed me with eloquence (?); my judgments create concord in Sumer and Akkad.

        Ningubalag (Utu) has given me strength.

        In the whole extent of heaven and earth, no one can escape from a battle with me.

          31-42 I am Ur-Namma, king of Urim, the protecting (taller, stronger, faster, smarter, & lived longer) genius of my city.

        I strike against those guilty of capital offenses, and make them tremble.

        The fear I cause …….

        2o-law-code-of-ur-nammu-utu-seated (Utu seated & pulling the strings on the “Wheel of Justice”)

        My judgments make Sumer and Akkad follow a single path.

        I place my foot on the necks of thieves and criminals.

        I clamp down on evildoers, who will be caught like snakes.

        I …… fugitives, and their intentions will be set right.

        I make justice apparent; I defeat wickedness.

        As if I were fire, even my frowning is enough to create concord.

        My word ……. …… the lands, the foreign countries …… Urim …….

        5a-nannar-a-very-early-king  (high-priests fed & clothed, worker-caterer to alien god Nannar & his spouse Ningal in Ur)

        Their food offerings make Nanna rejoice in E-kic-nujal.

        2l - Nannar & Ninsun's son King Ur-Nammu 2a-utu-shamash-twin-to-inanna(Ur-Namma receives his instructions from Utu)

          43-49 After my seed had been poured into the holy womb,

        Suen (Nannar), loving its appearance (?), made it partake of Nanna‘s attractiveness (DNA manipulations).

        1ae-enlil-babylonian2e-ninhursag-dna-experiments (Nannar, Enlil, & Nintud / Ninhursag)

        Coming forth over the Land like Utu, Enlil called me by an auspicious name, and Nintud (Ninhursag) assisted at my birth.

        As I came forth from the womb of my mother Ninsun, a favorable destiny was determined for me.

        2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings (Ninsun, daughter to Bau & Ninurta, goddess-mother to Anunnaki gods, & many mixed-breed kings)

          50-56 In me, Ur-Namma, the lands of Sumer and Akkad have their protecting genius.

        I am a source of joy for the Land; my life indeed creates!

        ……, the fields are resplendent (?) under my rule.

        In the fields growing with ……, …… did not multiply under my rule.

        In the desert, the roads are made up as for a festival, and are passable because of me.

        The owner of the fields ……; it rises (?) up to his chest.

         I have freed the sons of the poor from their duty of going to fetch firewood.

           57-69 After the storm ……, and the month had been completed (?) for me,

         (Royal Prince Enlil, son & heir to alien Anunnaki King Anu, stationed as their Earth Colony Commander)

        Enlil chose me by extispicy on a day very auspicious for him.

        He spoke fairly to Sumer, and caused me to arise (?) from my family (?). (mixed bloodline of gods, 2/3rds divine)

        Because of my broad understanding and wisdom, An the king entrusted …… into my hands.

        3a - Anu in flight (King Anu visits Earth Colony in his winged sky-disc)

        I am the foremost one of Sumer.

        I am …… good ……. I am ……. I am …… of the Land.

        3 lines fragmentary

        I, the lord, …….

          70-78 I, Ur-Namma, born on high, …… shining.

        http://earthstation1.simplenet.com (2,040 B.C. stele, top panel: mixed-breed giant King Ur-Namma stands before giant alien god Nannar; middle panel: Ningal, Ur-Namma, & Ninsun / Ninsun, Ur-Namma, & Nannar; bottom panels: giant god, very large king, & much smaller earthling workers doing their assigned tasks benefiting the gods)

       The people line up in front of me (bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, & lived much longer than earthlings).

        Enlil has given me the task of keeping the Land secure, with unscathed (?) troops.

        I am clad in linen in the jipar.

        I lie down on the splendid bed in its delightful bedchamber.

        I cause the people to eat splendid food;

        I am their Enkimdu (i.e. the god of irrigation and cultivation) (yoke bearer of the gods).

        I am the good shepherd whose sheep multiply greatly.

        2i-cattle-pens-of-nannar-in-ur housing-housing-tents-of-early-modern-man  (Nannar protects his cattle pens in Ur)

        I open the …… of the cattle-pens and sheepfolds.

        I am peerless. …… the pastures and watering-places of shepherds (?).

          79-85 Since I have been adorned (?) with their rulership, no one imposes taxes on my abundant crops which grow tall.

        My commands bring about (?) joy in the great fortresses of the mountains.

        The joy of my city and the territory (?) of Sumer delights me.

        I release water into the canals of Sumer, making the trees grow tall on their banks.

        I have lifted the yoke of its male prostitutes.

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        3ca - Nannar's house & city of Ur (Nannar‘s & Ningal‘s house, with the stairway to heaven in Ur)

           86-100 I returned …… to Urim.

        I made …… return (?) to his country …… like ……. I loaded its grain on barges, I delivered it to its store-houses.

        I returned its …… citizens to their (?) homes.

        I …… their earth-baskets.

        I …… the savage hands of the Gutians (primitive earthlings not in cities), the …….

        After I had made the evil-doers return (?) to their ……,

        I restored (?) the walls that had been torn down; my outstanding mind ……. …… the shrine of Urim …….

      2ba - Enlil leads Ur-Nammu to repair his home
(Enlil leads his great-grandson, mixed-breed King Ur-Namma,  & smaller earthling cup bearer to repair Enlil‘s ziggurat residence in Nippur)

        I am the foremost workman (?) of Enlil; I am the one who …… food offerings.

        7 lines fragmentary or missing

        XIR188782 Votive plaque depicting an offering scene, from Diyala, Early Dynastic Period, 2600-2500 BC (stone) by Mesopotamian stone Iraq Museum, Baghdad Giraudon out of copyright  farming-naked-plowman-seal

                     (feeding the alien gods, & all the work that goes with it, labor handed down to the earthlings)

           101-110 …… at a banquet with me in the city.

        …… joyful dance …….

3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur 2e - Enlil's home in Nippur 1y - Nippur, Enlil's City in the 1st Region

              (Earth Colony Command Central, Commander Enlil‘s ziggurat temple residence, home away from home, in Nippur)

        I have brought abundance to Enlil‘s temple on the king’s canal:

        I have directed ships both to the wine quay of Enlil and to the lapis-lazuli quay of Nanna (Nannar / Sin).

        Alcohol and syrup have been poured out before Enlil.

        To me, the shepherd Ur-Namma (Biblical Abraham was also called a shepherd), let life be given as a reward!

        SYRIA - CIRCA 2002: Limestone stela depicting the Moon God Sin, rear view. Artefact from Tell Ahmar, Syria. Assyrian civilisation, 8th Century BC. Aleppo, Archaeological Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)Communication - temple with communication towers3e-urs-ziggourat-nannars-house

            (Moon Crescent God of Ur, Nannar, standing atop his ziggurat temple residence;  his communication towers;  Nannar‘s home)

        For Nanna, my master, I have built (repaired, built thousands of years prior to Ur-Nammu) his temple;

        as if it were a verdant hillside, I have set up the E-kic-nujal in a great place.

        I have surrounded (?) its terrace with a gold and lapis-lazuli fence.

          111-115 I am the creature of Nanna!

        6aa - Gilgamesh two-thirds Divine (Gilgamesh, giant 2/3rds divine famous king of Uruk, son to Ninsun & Lugalbanda, = 2/3rds divine)

        I am the older brother of Gilgamec (Gilgamesh)!

          2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed KingsCylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. The water-goddess, standing on two goats between two naked heroes. They honour a deity holding a large ring. Haematite, H: 2,25 cm AO 25518

                    (Ninsun                               2 mixed-breed sons, Ninsun, another son, Nannar, & Utu)

        I am the son born by Ninsun, a princely seed!

        For me, kingship came down from heaven!

(Enlil‘s decision to have mixed-breeds serve as kings, queens, high-priests, & high-priestesses, acting as perfect go-betweens for alien gods, established in many cities, & early “modern man”)

        Sweet is the praise of me, the shepherd Ur-Namma (Ur King)!

A praise poem of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma H): 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!)

(mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

        SEGMENT A

        2j - King Ur-Nammu Rebuilds Nannar's Temple (Ur-Namma working for the gods, acting as king, go-between for gods & earthlings)

          1-4 Ur-Namma, king of the Land ……. …… far and distant (?) ……. …… ebony …….

        1 line fragmentary

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        SEGMENT B

          1-6 1 line fragmentary

        …… with silver and lapis lazuli ……. …… like silver …… in the Land.

        …… in (?) the desert.

       2bd-ningal-king-ur-nammu-nannar

               (Ningal, goddess queen of Ur, King Ur-namma, damaged Ninsun, again Ur-Namma, & Nannar seated on his throne in Ur)

        Lion (?) and dragon ……. Ur-Namma, king of the Land, far and distant (?)

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