An Ululumama to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen D): translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal...)

        SEGMENT A

        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)2bc-nanna-his-symbol2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C.

              (Nannar, Moon Crescent patron god of Ur for tens of thousands of years) 

        1-8 Great lord, light holding his head high in the vault of the sky,  …… brilliance, Suen (Sin / Nannar),

        powerful dragon from the high mountains shedding light on the people,

        light of the remote heavens, crown ……, joy of the father who begot him!

        Impressive son born of Ninlil, respected in the E-kur (Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur),

        4-ninlil-enlils-spouse3ac-nippur-ground-level (Ninlil, Enlil‘s spouse, & their E-kur temple / residence)

        visible even at noontime, youthful Suen, …… light of heaven (Moon Crescent God),

        whose majestic radiance is visible even at noontime, light who illuminates the black-headed people (all earthlings),

        father Nanna (Nannar / Sin), emerging from the remote (?) ……, understanding well how to make the night pleasant!

        Respected prince who, when he appears, is the glorious radiance of the heavens!

        2c-nannar-his-symbol  (Nannar / Suen, patron god of Ur, light haired Moon Crescent God then & now)

        9-16 At the foundations of heaven and earth, father Nanna appears in the night time over Urim (Ur),

        the foremost city of Sumer, whose divine powers can never be altered.

        He has called the name, he has filled the heart with joy, my Ibbi-Suen!

        1y-nippur-enlils-city-in-the-1st-region 2c-nippur  (Enlil‘s residence in Nippur)

        At the shrine Nibru (Nippur), whose interior is a mountain of abundance, the dwelling-place of the Ki-ur,

        he spreads his majestic light from above over the land in princely style,

        in the august courtyard, the unceasing …… of its majestic light determining great destinies.

       7c-top-mixed-breed-king-mother-ninsun-high-priestess-decorates-temple-in-ur  (offspring of the gods were the kings, queens, high-priests, & high-priestesses of Mesopotamia)

        Suen offers a prayer in the assembly hall to the father who begot him, the great …… of heaven and earth, lord Nunamnir (Enlil):

          17-20  “Canal inspector, prince on the dais, prince with life-giving divine powers (alien technologies)!

        2e - El & 2 lionshousing-housing-tents-of-early-modern-man (Nannar & his cow pens of Ur)

        There shall be no end to the butter and the milk of the cow in the cattle-pen — the shrine Urim,

        which you have chosen in your heart, the august royal dwelling-place, the encouragement of the Land!

        It shall have an abundance of butter, fish, birds, births, copper and gold!”

        21-32 The divine powers (alien technologies) of the city

        which was responsible for the emergence of human seed cannot be altered, my Ibbi-Suen!

        He has made its kingship shine forth; he prolongs life!

         6h-inanna-presents-a-king-to-nannar

            (giant semi-divine mixed-breed high-priest / king brought by Inanna before her father Nannar in Ur)

        He has strengthened for you the foundations of its great dais, and has made you take your seat proudly upon it.

        He has made the divine powers of its kingship come forth; great power emerges from there.

        Those august (royal god) commands cannot ever be changed, my Ibbi-Suen!

        You, Acimbabbar (Nannar / Sin), have caused respect for the king to shine forth throughout the whole of heaven and earth.

        For Nanna …… the just man chosen in the holy heart,

        6f - son of Enlil, El-Nannar-Sin (giant mixed-breed king & bigger giant god Nannar of Ur)

        my Ibbi-Suen (semi-divine mixed-breed), …… august …… shine forth like a god.

        Suen …… his command …… the E-kur (Enlil‘s residence / Earth Colony Command Central in Nippur);

        5 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki

              (Apkulla / pilotEnki, King Anu in his sky-disc, Enlil,  & winged eagle-headed pilot / Apkulla, helper god to royal gods)

        An and Enlil, who determine the destiny of the land, the Great Mountain Enlil …..

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        SEGMENT B

        1-15 The destiny which has been determined ……. Acimbabbar…….

        He has made the divine powers of kingship …… shine forth …… with head high ……,

               2h-nannar-espoused-ningal-ningikugas-daughter  (Moon Crescent Lord of Ur, Nannar, god of Biblical High-Priest Terah, Abraham’s father, Abraham, etc.)

        Nanna-Suen……, the noble manifest lord …… in heaven and earth, source of trust, son of Ninlil, ornament of ……,

        Nanna, lord with a holy mouth (?) and with an august (royal) name, encouragement of the Land!

        Prince (direct grandson to King Anu) endowed with charm, chosen in my holy heart, my Ibbi-Suen!

        Among the numerous people his name reaches far abroad, …… the decision of the Land.

        You know well how to benefit the reign and to increase abundance; direct your attention to the great storehouses!

        Father Nanna, …… is given to the one you have chosen in your heart,

        you noble lord who …… the good (DNA) seed (Anu>Enlil>Nannar royal seed), impressive with your divine powers (alien technologies),

        making …… decisions together with (father) Enlil, unique bull, manifest lord!

        Drinking scene. Bas-relief on a stele from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria (Nannar;   giant alien god eating & drinking with a much smaller king)

        Praise be to Suen!

        16 An ululumama to Suen.