Source: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Artifacts and parenthetical commentary added by editor R. Brown.
Segment A
1–19
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… in the holy heart …, …, whose words are powerful, who … decisions.
… foremost of the gods, omniscient …
… Enki, counselor of holy An (Anu),
(Enki, wisest of the alien gods, 1st to arrive to Earth with a group of 50)
adviser of the Great Mountain (Enlil) … … foremost of the gods, omniscient …
(Apkulla, Enki, Anu in his sky-disc, Enlil, Apkulla)
… Enki, counselor of holy An, adviser of the Great Mountain (Enlil) …
Adviser, whose statements cannot be countermanded, whose ways … fearsomeness.
Patient-hearted, who rides upon all the divine powers (alien technologies), who … like Nudimmud (Enki’s pet name) … holy dais …
Lord imbued with fearsomeness, born by An and Urac (Nammu, Anu’s concubine), eldest (1/2) brother of (Enlil) …
King whose ways are recognized by Enlil, caretaker of …
Supreme …, first-born child of holy An, whose divine powers are untouchable …
Junior Enlil (Enki) of trustworthy utterances, … divine plans.
(Enki, wisest & eldest son to King Anu, but not his heir, not born of the “double seed”)
Nudimmud (Enki), lord who determines the fates, who strengthens the Land …
Enki, great bull of Eridug (Eridu), … … greatly exalted among the Anuna (Anunnaki gods)…
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… like sheep (?) …
unknown no. of lines missing — the sequence of segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition.
Segment B
1–7
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… the house (?) of Enlil … … of Enlil … his statements …
… counselor of holy An…
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unknown no. of lines missing — the sequence of segments B and C is uncertain, and they may well belong to a different composition.
Segment C
1–10
Nudimmud … Lord of Eridug …
Icme-Dagan …, (mixed-breed) son of Enlil … … gives (?) you your instructions …
Wise … … divine plans …
Omniscient …
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Segment D
1–5
… excellent divine powers (alien technologies) …
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May he prepare for you … liquor and emmer beer … at the royal offering-place and salute you from there.
… prays to you (?) …
6–7
May he bestow a long life with vigorous (?) days on Icme-Dagan, the son of Enlil!
May father Enki bestow a long life with vigorous (?) days on (King) Icme-Dagan, the son of Enlil!
Colophon (lines 8–9): Its jicgijal. A balbale of Enki.