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)
SEGMENT A
1-14 2 lines missing or fragmentary
You who bundle together the divine powers (alien technologies), ……
the divine powers, articulate …… house of the king ……,
who give instruction throughout the breadth of heaven and earth,
adviser of the Land, Nuska (Enlil’s son & minister)!
The Great Mountain Enlil has summoned you to his divine powers (alien technologies).
He has made long life issue gloriously in heaven and earth for you
(Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)
who were fathered by lord Nunamnir (Enlil); you are his beloved lord.
He has entrusted the princely divine powers of the E-kur (Enlil’s residence in Nippur),
(the E-kur, Enlil’s temple residence in Nippur)
the august shrine, the holy divine powers (alien technologies),
the august and most complex divine powers,
the divine powers of the father, of the Great Mountain to you.
Lord Nuska, summoned by the Prince!
He has truly installed you Nuska as leader of the assembly,
and has truly installed you to make most brilliant the holy precinct
and the pure lustrations, to position the holy vessels,
to perfect the divine powers of his status as Enlil, and to amplify the great divine powers.
15-26 The Great Mountain has entrusted you with organizing the divine plans of heaven and earth,
throughout the breadth of heaven and earth, setting on their course the great decisionism
and perfecting the cultic ordinances, Nuska, good lord of Enlil!
Impressively strong minister (& son) of Enlil, wielding the holy scepter,
per-eminent leader of the gods, who broadens heaven and earth, good minister,
lord of the great words, honorable son (grandson) of An (Anu), with broad chest,
endowed with great strength by the Prince, perfecting the divine powers of all that is great!
Cup-bearer who makes the holy copper bowls shine,
lord of the divine powers of the offering-table, you of great terrifying splendor!
Temple cleaner, cita priest of the abzu, you sprinkle the temple courtyard!
Great ……, working industriously on the Holy Mound to prepare best butter and best milk,
reciting …… to cool the …… with incantation formula, to perfect the holy prayers,
making …… shine, hurrying about, organizing food offerings,
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SEGMENT B
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E-kur …….
The great divine powers ……
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The great divine powers …….
Nuska ……. E-kur ……. Nuska …….
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SEGMENT C
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Your verdicts are great verdicts,…….
Important lord, wise …….
My god, …… like the rainbow ……,
in Ubcu-unkena, ……, the great gods of heaven and earth ……
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Hero, you have the …… scepter ……
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…… has declared a name for you.
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SEGMENT D
1-10 to him with broad wisdom, understanding everything, concentrating on the whole world.
In the august sanctuary he has indeed given to Nuska the mattock,
the plow that opens up the cultivated fields, the furrows, speckled barley,
the grain pile and the granary heaped up to the maximum,
……, years of plenty, delight, ……, abundance and life until distant days.
Mighty man, with heroic arms, hurrying to battle,
covering the Land, throwing fire at the enemy, burning …… the wicked,
trampling underfoot opponents from the mountains, the insubmissive lands!
Bulls with fat forelegs, sheep with long fleece,
and great food offerings, are brought before you, Nuska, lord beloved by An.
(Enlil, father King An / Anu, & brother Enki in alien sky-disc)
11-24 You make truly perfect your divine powers which are bound to the foreign lands,
and you make very great your divine powers of enormous importance,
Nuska, great lord, son (grandson) of An.
May you be praised appropriately.
You who make the holy princely cita vessels look especially fine,
who search out decisions, august in heaven and earth,
protective deity of E-kur, glory of E-kur, who make great verdicts,
decision maker in heaven and earth, lord who identifies the great claims,
arms wielding a battle net over the enemy but which lead the just correctly!
Hero who bears all the great terrifying divine powers,
who covers the earth with awesome splendor like a mighty storm —
An be praised for your very great eminence!
Your own father has declared your fame:
immensely complex lord who has taken his seat, who perfects the divine powers,
lion of the far distance, lion standing by, leader of the assembly,
Nuska, it is sweet to praise you.
25 A cir-gida to Nuska.
A Shir-gida to Nuska (Nuska B): translation
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
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(gods in blue)
1-6 ……, Enlil decreed your birth in the E-kur!
Nuska, Enlil decreed your birth in the E-kur!
(Enki)
Lord Nudimmud (Enki), the king of prosperity, honored you in the abzu.
Good minister, I shall praise you!
Nuska, majestic minister of Enlil, your praise is good and most sweet.
My king, I shall praise you in song!
7-14 You are the light of the good shepherd Enlil, and you have been given a majestic name by Ninlil.
You have been given wisdom by Enki.
You were born to Enul (Enlil) and Ninul (Ninlil), and so you are united with the lordly seed.
You are the E-kur’s (Enlil’s temple residence in Nippur) song.
You are a minister fit for his king: Nuska, you are the man of Enlil’s heart.
(giant alien gods battle amonst themselves)
15-25 You are the wise one among the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods!
You are pre-eminent in just speech!
You are the good minister of father Enlil!
You do not alter what you have spoken justly.
You are the light of the shining …….
You have been given authority …….
You have been looked on favorably by Enlil.
You are an adornment of the household of Enlil.
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You make pleasing the offering table of Nintud (Ninhursag).
You issue orders for Ennugi (Enlil’s son, sheriff of the Anunnaki).
You …… life for the king.
You …… over the single path of heaven and earth.
64-71 At the command of the household of Enlil,
you …… the great divine powers (alien technologies), you …… the good divine powers,
you are the good provider of the majestic divine powers,
you make manifest the everlasting divine powers;
you are clothed in the divine powers of ma garments and linen garments;
you make the princely divine powers prosper, you perfect the multitude of the divine powers.
72-76 The Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods, all honor you with due praise:
“Minister, you are endowed with princely strength …… the lustration rites.
You gladden father Enlil’s heart!”
Praise be to Nuska, the leader of the assembly!
77-78 Praise to Nisaba (Enlil’s mother-in-law), the righteous, glorious woman who consults with An (Anu)!
79 A cir-gida of Nuska.