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)
1-8. Hero, majestic, awe-inspiring son of Enlil (Enki‘s son in some texts),
battering like a storm and roaring against the rebel lands!
Immense at his front, at his rear surging as a flood, after he ……, …… this place;
(Nergal, son to Enlil in some texts, son to Enki in other texts)
Lord Mešlamta-ea (Nergal) inspiring terrifying awe,
his …… not releasing the hostile land, his luxuriant horn …… in the Land,
struck …… with weapons.
(Enlil, King Anu’s son & heir to the throne of Nibiru)
9-12. ……, sired by Enlil, great ……,
…… flood ……;
he has placed you ……, he has positioned you in your heroic strength.
13-16. Raising his head, authoritative with a ringing voice,
knowing the divine powers (alien technologies) of the gods, …… of the Land,
he travels through heaven and organizes everything.
17-27. When …… you command the storm which flattens the hostile land,
you devastate its evil; you pour it over for as long as it disobeys.
You are the great hero of the lands, you speak ……,
you go …… where no foot has previously been placed.
…… like a vessel with seven spouts.
The black-headed (name for earthlings) gather together at the front.
You outpace the pigeons with …….
You outpace the black and white swallows (?).
28-35. …… in the hushed streets, your …… awesomeness covers the city.
The majestic and just crown …… your awesomeness.
The …… is a south wind that none can withstand.
At the place of the queen, the most precious place, you exercise the role of supreme deity!
Directing a noble gaze, you exercise kingship in the Land!
For his father he has led the people from afar.
He, Nergal, has brought them to the …… of the nether world.
(Nergal, Lord of the Under World)
36-49. Then Erra (Nergal) welcomed his king:
“They have come! You surpass An (Anu)!
Perform the stewardship for An the king!
In accordance with destiny you determine fates with him, Nergal!”
(goddess Ninshubur, assistant to Inanna)
Ninšubur, the minister of the great place, the underworld, greeted Nergal:
“You are the lord who has made the bandits come forth (?) from the mountains.
As with Enlil ……, no part of a foreign land escapes your grasp.
Hero, for Enlil you piled up Enlil‘s enemies (?) in a single day.
Hating ……, Nergal, …… as fire, you rise up in the lands where the sun rises.”
(Nergal with smaller earthling under his foot)
The Anuna gods stepped forward: “Like …… cracks ……, ……, you are Nergal!”
…… son of Enlil ……, Lugal-era (NInurta).
Praising you is sweet.