(Any writing in Bold Type, in Parenthesis, & in Italics is added by me, R. Brown, not the author!)

(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

        “lord Nijir-si (Ninurta?), the precious lord, had not been born;

        Cakkan (god of hoofed animals) had not gone out into the barren lands.

        The people of those days did not know about eating bread.

        They did not know about wearing clothes; they went about with naked limbs in the Land.

         Like sheep they ate grass with their mouths and drank water from the ditches …”

 

        “He raised a holy crown over the upland plain.

        He fastened a lapis-lazuli beard to the high plain, and made it wear a lapis-lazuli headdress.

        He made this good place perfect with grasses and herbs in abundance.

        He multiplied the animals of the high plain to an appropriate degree,

        he multiplied the ibex and wild goats of the pastures, and made them copulate.

        Enki placed in charge of them the hero who is the crown of the high plain,

        who is the king of the countryside, the great lion of the high plain,

        the muscular, the hefty, the burly strength of Enlil – Cakkan, the king of the hills …”

 

        “Cakkan (the god of hoofed animals) had not gone out into the barren lands …”

 

        “Cakkan, the lord of donkeys, has positioned them at your feet …”

 

        “Grain answered Sheep: ‘As for you, Ickur (Adad) is your master,

        Cakkan your herdsman, and the dry land your bed.’ …”

 

        “Because of my lady, the numerous beasts of Cakkan,

        the creatures of the plain, the four-legged animals under the broad heavens …”

 

        “Like a perfect donkey of Cakkan, he runs over (1 ms. has instead: cuts through) the mountains,

        he dashes like a large, powerful donkey.

        A slim donkey, eager to run, he rushes forth.

        A lion in the field at dawn, he lets out roars; like a wolf which has seized a lamb, he runs quickly …”

 

        “With his divine duties, namely to request; to command; to co-operate with the one speaking straightforwardly;

        to …… the one speaking evil; to inform Nin-jirsu (Ninurta), the warrior sitting on a holy dais in the E-ninnu,

        Gudea introduced Cakkan, the wild ram, the minister of the E-duga, his ……, to lord Nin-jirsu …”

 

        “Cakkan, king of the mountain, embosses the king’s emblems and puts his implements in order.

        He twists a giant rope against the great peaks of the rebel land.

        He …… the sling, the quiver and the longbows …”