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)
(Ningal, Nannar‘s spouse, Queen Goddess of Ur)
1-26 (Ningal speaks:)
“I …… for the …….
approx. 19 lines missing
The embrace of my spouse …….
The young man …….
(alien god Nannar protects his cow pens in Ur; Nannar’s cow pens)
Among his cows …….
My beloved who …….
I shall go ……!
There with the lord …….”
(Nannar / Sin, Enlil‘s son, Moon Crescent god of Ur)
“My spouse, ……, Ningal who ……, …… butter from the holy cows.
Pure hands and …… feet …….
My lovely …….
32-37 “……, the reed-beds, the playground …….
I shall …… sharp knives to the …… and pointed reeds.
I shall …… to the beautiful young reeds.
Mistress, …… the treasures (?) of the ubi birds.
I will gather their eggs for you, and I shall …… the nest.
High priestess of Nanna, …… the ubi birds.
38-43 “After I have …... butter into the container, after I have …… for cakes in the morning (?),
after I have …… carp in the great marsh, young lady, after I have …… little kuda birds,
then I will …… your own mother Ningikuga (Nannar‘s mother-in-law).
Ningal, I shall go with you to your house.
44-49 “After I have led the cows into the stall ……, after I have …… holy milk into the holy churn for you,
after Cuni-du (unidentified?) has done the churning, young lady, after I have given my …… young calves milk ……,
then I will …… pats of butter and purified milk for you.
Ningal, I shall go with you to your house.”
50-59 Ningal addresses (her spouse) Nanna (Nannar):
“……, my beloved, if only I could come to you without my mother to ……!
(Nisaba / Ningikuga, once mistress to Enki, Enlil‘s mother-in-law, & Nannar‘s mother-in-law)
If only I could come to you without Ningikuga (?) ……!
approx. 1 line missing
Lord Nanna, bring it to me!
In the dwelling of the shepherd, in the house of gleaned barley, my lord, I shall come to you in the storehouse!
……, wonder of the Land, I shall come to you!
My Nanna, your chant is sweet; it is the chant of my heart.”
60 A balbale of Nanna.
A balbale to Nanna (Nanna C)
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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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…) Segment A 1-10. O eastern (?) house of Sumer, I will declare your greatness! O E-kiš-nu-ĝal (Nannar’s ziggurat residence), whose purification rites are brilliant, O house (mud brick-built ziggurat home) of Nanna (Nannar / Sin)!
(Nannar‘s mud brick-built ziggurat / temple / residence in his patron city of Ur, unearthed way below his man-made mountain) O shrine Urim (Ur), I shall glorify your name. Emerging from the holy heart of the pure hills, Urim, wisdom of An (Anu) and Uraš (Antu), appropriate for E-temen-ni-guru!
(An / Anu in his sky-disc, father in Heaven / Nibiru to sons ruling the Earth; Anu, King of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony) With An (Anu) you bestow kingship; your majesty …… the foreign lands. I shall glorify your name far and wide! 11-22. He keeps in order the lordly purification rites ……. He has taken his seat …… in Urim. Your name is sweet! The Prince ……. Your holy word is pleasing to An.
May my En-ḫedu-ana excel even An. …… the purification rites of the ĝipar. …… the lordly divine powers (alien technologies). …… the excellent ĝipar. probably 1 line missing 2 lines fragmentary The Prince ……. …… wisdom ……. …… the great divine powers (alien technologies). May he excel ……. Aš-im-babbar (Nannar / Sin) …….
Like the sweet moonlight ……. …… the ĝipar, my delight, ……. An and Enlil …….
(Ningal, giant mixed-breed King Ur-Nammu, his mother Ninsun damaged, Ur-Nammu again, & Nannar) Mother Ningal …… charm ……. The high priestess of the moon god ……. En-ḫedu-ana ……. My king ……. …… the great divine powers ……. …… holy songs, light …… 1 line fragmentary
En-ḫedu-ana (the giant with hat in above artifact)…… 1 line fragmentary probably 1 line missing Segment B 1-10. …… who is familiar with your purification rites, ……, may he do ……. …… shall build for you in the pure abode (?) ……. …… shall not enter ……. He shall grind your barley for you in the pure cloister. Your milled grain is not laid in his hall. Water shall not touch what you have ground, and your malt shall not be turned over.
O palace of Suen, what do men know of you? 1 line unclear
11-17. To bring offerings in baskets, to cause rejoicing, to make the house comfortable, to establish the house, to put in order the place of the holy purification rites — may Ningal, my En-ḫedu-ana, restore your ……. …… Nanna, I shall praise you.
…… Suen (Nannar / Sin), I shall glorify your name. 19. A balbale of Nanna.
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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…) 1-7. They are as numerous, as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth.
Nanna, in the …… they are as numerous as the grasses which break through the earth. Their …… are translucent lapis lazuli. Their …… are the color of the rising moon. The cows with their calves are numerous and are precious šuba stone. …… built and …… together. In their …… he chooses ……. 8-12. He who loves the cows herds them into the pen. …… who loves the cows rounds up the cows.
He has …… his great cows for her, and their butter ……. Seven {(1 ms. adds:) small} churns resound with …… and sweet butter for her. …… their butter is holy butter, their milk is holy milk. 13-18. …… {from the holy pen} {(1 ms. has instead:) in my holy pen}, the woman does not drink. …… in the holy ……, the woman does not eat. When he sits …… in the pen, he fills the pen with praise.
When he sits …… in the pen, he is an ornament of the pen. …… the temple, the cattle-pen is a glory — Nanna is the master.The …… is Suen’s – Nanna (Nannar / Sin) is the master.
(Ninsun, her mixed-breed son-king Shulgi, his spouse-goddess Inanna, & Inanna‘s father Nannar, Moon Crescent god of then & now) 19-24. …… truly cares for ……, the king of Urim (Ur). In its …… fish and birds are abundant. In its …… fish and birds are abundant. The fish …… and the birds skim (?). The fish …… and the birds skim (?). He has planted ……, and the carp grow fat. 25-40. He has planted …… so that the calves may feed for me. He has planted …… so that the cows may feed for me. …… eats. …… drinks. 12 lines fragmentary or missing 41. A balbale of Nanna. |
