Azimua / Ninazimua = Enki & Ninhursag‘s daughter via Uttu

spouse to Ningishzidda

(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…)

 

As Azimua:

         “’What hurts you still, dear (Enki)?’

         ‘My throat hurts me. (Ninhursag)’

         ‘To the goddess Azimua I have given birth for you to set your throat free’…”

 

         “’My brother (Enki), what part of you hurts you?’

         ‘My arm (a) hurts me.’

         She (Ninhursag) gave birth to Azimua out of it…”

 

         “Azimua shall marry Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda),…”

 

         “To Dimpimekug (1 ms. has instead: Dimpikug, who stands by his side,

         he gave a lapis-lazuli seal hanging from a pin, and a gold and silver toggle-pin with a bison’s head.

          To his spouse, Ninazimua (Azimua), the august scribe, denizen of Arali,

          in her palace, the shepherd Ur-Namma offered a headdress with the august ear-pieces (?) of a sage,

        made of alabaster, a …… stylus, the hallmark of the scribe,

        a surveyor’s gleaming line, and the measuring rod ……”

 

As Ninazimua:   

          “To …… Ninjiczida, in his palace, the shepherd Ur-Namma offered a …… sparkling with ……,

         ……. donkeys that bray loudly (?), followed by …….”

 

          “To …… Ninazimua, …… denizen of Arali, and to Jectin-ana (Geshtinanna) , the king’s sister,

       (Geshtinanna & Ur-Namma are offspring of Ninsun)

         in her palace, the shepherd Ur-Namma offered a ……,

         the hallmark of the scribe, ……, a peg and the measuring rod …….”