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Sargon and Ur-Zababa

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        Segment A

        1-9. To …… the sanctuary like a cargo ship; to …… its great furnaces; to see that its canals …… waters of joy,

        to see that the hoes till the arable tracts and that …… the fields; to turn the house of Kiš (Kish),

        2b - Kish ruins, where kingship was born

        (Kic / Kis / Kish, Ninhursag‘s patron city, where “kingship began”, “lowered from Heaven” by Enlil)

        which was like a haunted town, into a living settlement again — its king, shepherd Ur-Zababa, rose like Utu over the house of Kiš.

         2ee - Utu, Shamash3b - Anu of planet Nibiru

         (Utu, giant alien god symbolized by the Sun;  An / Anu;  Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir to throne of Nibiru & Earth Colony)

        An (Anu) and Enlil, however, authoritatively (?) decided (?) by their holy command

        to alter his term of reigning and to remove the prosperity of the palace.

        2gg - Sargon of Akkad (Sargon, became 1st king in Akkadian Dynasty of semi-divine mixed-breed giant kings)

        10-13. Then Sargon his city was the city of ……, his father was La’ibum, his mother …… Sargon …… with happy heart.

        Since he was born …….

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        Segment B

        1-7. One day, after the evening had arrived and Sargon had brought the regular deliveries to the palace,

        Ur-Zababa was sleeping (and dreaming) in the holy bed-chamber, his holy residence.

        He realized what the dream was about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone.

        After Sargon had received the regular deliveries for the palace,

        Ur-Zababa appointed him cupbearer, putting him in charge of the drinks cupboard.

       3a - Ishtar-Inanna & possibly Ninshubur

                                            (winged Apkulla pilot, Inanna, Ninshubur, & winged Apkulla pilot)

        Holy Inana (Inanna) did not cease to stand by him.

        8-11. After five or 10 days had passed, King Ur-Zababa …… and became frightened in his residence.

        Like a lion he urinated, sprinkling his legs, and the urine contained blood and pus.

        He was troubled, he was disturbed like a fish living in brackish water.

         4 - Ninlil, Enlil's spouse  (Ninlil, beloved equal spouse to Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)

        12-24. It was then that the cupbearer of Ezina‘s (Ninlil) wine-house, Sargon, lay down not to sleep, but lay down to dream.

        In the dream, holy Inana drowned Ur-Zababa in a river of blood.

        The sleeping Sargon groaned and gnawed the ground.

        When King Ur-Zababa heard about this groaning, he was brought into the king’s holy presence,

        Sargon was brought into the presence of Ur-Zababa (who said:) “Cupbearer, was a dream revealed to you in the night?”

        Sargon answered his king: “My king, this is my dream, which I will tell you about:

        There was a young woman who was as high as the heavens and as broad as the earth.

        She was firmly set as the base of a wall.

        For me, she drowned you in a great river, a river of blood.”

        25-34. Ur-Zababa chewed his lips, he became seriously afraid.

        He spoke to ……, his chancellor:

        1c - war dressed Ishtar atop lion - Leo  (Inanna, Goddess of War atop her zodiac symbol Leo)

        “My royal sister, holy Inana, is going to change (?) my finger into a …… of blood;

        she will drown Sargon, the cupbearer, in the great river.

        Beliš-tikal, chief smith, man of my choosing, who can write tablets, I will give you orders, let my orders be carried out!

        Let my advice be followed!

        Now then, when the cupbearer has delivered my bronze hand-mirror (?) to you,

        in the E-sikil, the fated house, throw them (the mirror and Sargon) into the mold like statues.”

        35-45. Beliš-tikal heeded his king’s words and prepared the molds in the E-sikil, the fated house.

        The king spoke to Sargon: “Go and deliver my bronze hand-mirror (?) to the chief smith!”

        Sargon left the palace of Ur-Zababa.

        3aba - unknown mixed-breed, Inanna, & unidentified god

          (semi-divine mixed-breed king, elevated Inanna, & NInurta in his sky-chariot / winged storm bird)

        Holy Inana, however, did not cease to stand at his right hand side,

        and before he had come within five or 10 nindan of the E-sikil, the fated house,

        holy Inana turned around toward him and blocked his way, (saying:) “The E-sikil is a holy house!

        No one polluted with blood should enter it!”

        Thus he met the chief smith of the king only at the gate of the fated house.

        After he delivered the king’s bronze hand-mirror (?) to the chief smith,

        Beliš-tikal, the chief smith, …… and threw it into the mold like statues.

        46-52. After five or 10 days had passed, Sargon came into the presence of Ur-Zababa, his king;

        he came into the palace, firmly founded like a great mountain.

        King Ur-Zababa …… and became frightened in his residence.

        He realized what was it about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone.

        Ur-Zababa became frightened in the bed-chamber, his holy residence.

        He realized what was it about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone.

        53-56. In those days, although writing words on tablets existed, putting tablets into envelopes did not yet exist.

        King Ur-Zababa dispatched Sargon, the creature (giant semi-divine son of a mixed-breed high-priestess) of the gods,

        to Lugal-zage-si (another giant mixed-breed appointed to kingship) in Unug (Uruk king 2345-2316 B.C.)

        with a message written on clay, which was about murdering Sargon.

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        Segment C

         18 - Lugal-zage-si  (Lugal-zage-si, Uruk giant semi-divine king for 34 years, 2.296-2,271 B.C.)

        1-7. With the wife of Lugal-zage-si …….

        She (?) …… her feminity as a shelter.

        Lugal-zage-si did not …… the envoy.

        2ca - Anu's temple, at least 3500B.C.

            (Uruk city way below residences to giant alien Anunnaki gods colonizing the Earth)

        “Come! He directed his steps to brick-built E-ana (Anu‘s temple residence in Uruk)!”

        Lugal-zage-si did not grasp it, he did not talk to the envoy.

        But as soon as he did talk to the envoy …….

        The lord said “Alas!” and sat in the dust.

        8-12 .Lugal-zage-si replied to the envoy: “Envoy, Sargon does not yield.”

        After he has submitted, Sargon …… Lugal-zage-si ……. Sargon …… Lugal-zage-si …….

        Why …… Sargon ……?

Lugalkiginedudu Quotes From Text

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          “When (the god) Enlil favorably summoned him (Lugalkiginedudu)

         and combined the kingship and the lordship for him,

         Enlil, king of all the lands, had Lugalkiginedudu exercise lordship in Uruk,

         had him exercise lordship in Ur.

         In great joy, Lugalkiginedudu dedicated (this stone vessel),

         for (the sake of) his (own) life, to Enlil, his beloved king.”

 

         “(The god) An (Anu), king of all the lands, and (goddess) Inanna, queen of the (temple) of Eana,

         Lugalkiginedudu, king of Kishwhen Inanna combined lordship with kingship for Lugakkiginedudu,

         he exercised lordship in Uruk and kingship in Ur …”

 

King Enshakushana Quote From Vase

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Enshakushana

Sumerian king of Uruk, son of Elili of Ur (c. 24th century). There is an inscribed vase dedicated to Enlil that records his victory over Enbi-Ishtar of Kish and his restitution of votive goods pillaged from the temple.

         “For (the god) Enlil, king of all the lands,

         Enshakushanna, lord of Sumer and king of the “Land”, who, when the gods ordered him,

         destroyed Kish and seized Enbi’eshtar, the king of Kish,

         returned to (?) the leader of Akshak and the leader of Kish, who’s cities were destroyed,

         their…..in their….., (but) he dedicated their statues, their precious metals and lapis lazuli,

         their wood, and their treasure to Enlil, for Nippur…”

Gilgamesh & Aga: translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu)

       

           1-8 Envoys of Aga (Kish giant semi-divine mixed-breed king ruled 625 years),

          the son of En-me-barage-si (Kish giant semi-divine mixed-breed king ruled 900 years),

             2b - Kish ruins, where kingship was born 2c - Kish walls, 5th city in Mesopotamia (Kish ruins of city walls)

came from Kic (Kish) to Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh) in Unug (Uruk).

Gilgamec presented the issue before the elders of his city, carefully choosing his words:

“There are wells to be finished, many wells of the Land yet to be finished;

there are shallow wells of the Land yet to be finished,

there are wells to deepen and hoisting gear to be completed.

We should not submit to the house of Kic!

Should we not smite it with weapons? (2 mss. have instead: Let us smite it with weapons!)

9-14 In the convened assembly, his city’s elders answered Gilgamec:

“There are indeed wells to be finished, many wells of the Land yet to be finished;

there are shallow wells of the Land yet to be finished,

there are wells to deepen and hoisting gear to be completed.

2d - Kish 1926 (Kish, Ninhursag‘s ziggurat & patron city)

So we should submit to the house of Kic.

We should not smite it with weapons!

(1 ms. has instead: So should we not submit to the house of Kic?

Should we smite it with weapons?)

Gilgamesh & Inanna  (Gilgamesh & naked  Goddess of Love Inanna)

15-23 Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba, placing his trust in Inana (Inanna),

did not take seriously the advice of his city’s elders.

Gilgamec (1 ms. adds: , the lord of Kulaba,) presented the issue again,

this time before the able-bodied men of his city, carefully choosing his words:

“There are wells to be finished, many wells of the Land yet to be finished;

there are shallow wells of the Land yet to be finished,

there are wells to deepen and hoisting gear to be completed.

Never before have you submitted to the house of Kic.

Should you not smite it with weapons? (1 ms. has instead: We should not submit to the house of Kic.

We should smite it with weapons!)

24-29 In the convened assembly, his city’s able-bodied men answered Gilgamec:

“Standing on duty and sitting in attendance, escorting the king’s son,

and forever grasping the donkey’s reins — who has that much breath?”, as the saying goes.

You old men should not submit to the house of Kic (Kish)!

Should we young men not smite it with weapons?

3e - Anu's Temple in Uruk  (residences of alien gods Anu, Inanna, Ninsun, Ninshubur, etc. in Uruk‘s ziggurat)

30-39 “The great gods created the structure of Unug (Uruk),

the handiwork of the gods, and of E-ana (Anu’s ziggurat temple residence in Uruk),

2caa - Anu's house in Uruk (E-ana temple & ramparts) 

the (mud-brick-built) house lowered down from heaven (architecture from Nibiru).

You watch over the great rampart, the rampart which An (Anu) founded

(1 ms. has instead: its great rampart, a cloudbank resting on the earth),

  (Anu, King of the alien Anunnaki on Nibiru & Earth Colony, father in heaven)

the majestic residence which An established (for his Earth Colony visits, otherwise Inanna‘s).

You are its king and warrior, an exuberant person,

a (giant, smarter, faster, longer-lived, 2/3rds divine mixed-breed) prince beloved of An.

When Aga comes, what terror he will experience!

That army is small, and scattered at the rear.

Its men will be incapable of confronting us.”

40-47 Then Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba (Anu‘s district in Uruk prior being given to Inanna),

rejoiced at the advice of his city’s able-bodied men and his spirit brightened.

 Terracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post, Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian, 2.000-1.600 BCE. The relief shows a creature with head and torso of a human but lower body and legs of a bull. He may be supporting a divine emblem and this acting as a protective deity. Baked clay tablets were mass-produced using moulds in southern Mesopotamia from the second millenium BCE. ANE 103225 (Enkidu, DNA-created creature by Ninhursag for Gilgamesh‘s companionship & protection)

He addressed his servant Enkidu:

“On this account let the weaponry and arms of battle be made ready.

War - captured & killed (earthlings forced into wars by alien gods)

Let the battle mace return to your side.

             (2,150 B.C. mace dedicated to Gilgamesh, ancient weapon prior to bronze age weapons)

May they create a great terror and radiance.

When he comes, my great fearsomeness will overwhelm him.

His reasoning will become confused and his judgment disarrayed.”

48-54 Not five, not ten days had passed when Aga, the son of En-me-barage-si,

             (Uruk city with E-anna, house of alien gods)

laid siege to Unug (Uruk) with his men.

Unug‘s reasoning became confused.

6a - Gilgamesh, giant kingKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

 (Gilgamesh, giant semi-divine king of Uruk ruled 126 years; Gilgamesh statue @ University of Sidney, Australia)

Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba, addressed its warriors:

My warriors shall have the choice. (2 mss. have instead: My warriors, choose!)

Let someone with courage volunteer “I shall go to Aga

(1 ms. has instead: , and I will send him to Aga).”

55-58 Birhur-tura, his royal guard, spoke in admiration to his king:”

(2 mss. add: My king,) I shall go (1 ms. has instead: go prancing (?) to Aga

so that his reasoning will become confused and his judgment disarrayed.”

59-69 Birhur-tura went out through the city gate.

As soon as Birhur-tura went out through the city gate,

they captured him at the gate’s entrance, and then beat Birhur-tura’s entire length.

He came into the presence of Aga and then spoke to Aga.

Before he had finished speaking,

an officer of Unug climbed up on the rampart and leaned out over the rampart.

Aga saw him and then spoke to Birhur-tura: “Slave, is that man your king?”

70-81 “That man is not my king!

Were that man my king, were that his angry brow, were those his bison eyes,

were that his lapis lazuli beard, were those his elegant fingers,

would he not cast down multitudes, would he not raise up multitudes,

would multitudes not be smeared with dust, would not all the nations be overwhelmed,

would not the land’s canal-mouths be filled with silt, would not the barges’ prows be broken,

and would he not take Aga, the king of Kic (Kish), captive in the midst of his army?”

82-89 They hit him, they struck him.

They beat Birhur-tura’s entire length.

3i - Uruk  (Uruk‘s many ramparts)

Gilgamec climbed up on the rampart after the officer of Unug.

His radiance overwhelmed Kulaba‘s young and old.

He armed Unug‘s (Uruk) able-bodied men with battle maces

and stationed them on the causeway at the city gate’s door.

Only Enkidu went out through the city gate.

Gilgamec leaned out over the rampart.

Looking up, Aga saw him: “Slave, is that man your king?”

92-99 “That man is indeed my king.”

It was just as he had said: Gilgamec cast down multitudes, he raised up multitudes,

multitudes were smeared with dust, all the nations were overwhelmed,

the land’s canal-mouths were filled with silt, the barges’ prows were broken, and he took Aga,

the king of Kic, captive in the midst of his army.

(1 ms. adds 1 line:Unug‘s able-bodied men …… that army.)

100-106 Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba, spoke to (1 ms. has instead: approached close to) Aga:

Aga my overseer, Aga my lieutenant, (1 ms. adds 1 line: Aga my governor, Aga my commander,)

Aga my military commander!

Aga gave me breath, Aga gave me life:

Aga took a fugitive into his embrace, Aga provided the fleeing bird with grain.”

107-113 The able-bodied men acclaim Gilgamec

“You watch over Unug, the handiwork of the gods, the great rampart,

the rampart which An (Anu) ( founded, the majestic residence which An established.

2ca - Anu's temple, at least 3500B.C. (Uruk home of Anu & giant alien gods)

You are its king and warrior, an exuberant person, a prince beloved of An.”

Gilgamec addresses Aga:

5b - Utu & Ur-Nammu Law Code (Utu seated, god above pulling the strings of the original “wheel of justice”)

“Before Utu, your former kindness is hereby repaid to you.'”

(the other ms. has instead: “I watch over Unug, the handiwork of the gods, its great rampart,

3b - Anu of planet Nibiru  (An / Anu, father in Heaven to alien royal offspring sent to establish Earth Colony)

a cloudbank resting on the earth, its majestic residence which An established.

The city will repay the kindness shown to me.

2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna5d-utu-the-law-giver

   (Utu, son to Nannar & Ningal, twin brother to Inanna; Babylonian King Hammurabi & Utu, symbolized as the Sun god)

Before Utu, your former kindness is hereby repaid to you.”)

He set Aga free to go to Kic.

114-115 O Gilgamec, lord of Kulaba (during days of Anu’s presence on Earth), praising you is sweet.

The Death of Gilgamesh

Source: Black, J. A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E. and Zólyomu, G. The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature , Oxford University, 1998 – ©All rights reserved to authors.

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu, Enlil’s creature creation = Hawawa)

        

         A VERSION FROM NIPPUR

SEGMENT A

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…… hero …… has lain down and is never to rise again.

…… has lain down and is never to rise again.

He of well-proportioned limbs.

….. has lain down and is never to rise again.

…… has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who …… wickedness has lain down and is never to rise again.

The young man …… has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who was perfect in …… and feats of strength has lain down and is never to rise again.

…… has lain down and is never to rise again.

The lord of Kulaba has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who spoke most wisely has lain down and is never to rise again.

1a - Gilgamesh two-thirds Divine, 2700 B.C. (1)  (Gilgamesh, Uruk‘s giant semi-divine mixed-breed king- bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, & lived much longer than earthlings, perfect go-betweens for alien gods & earthlings)

The plunderer (?) of many countries has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who climbed the mountains has lain down and is never to rise again.

He has lain down on his death-bed and is never to rise again.

He has lain down on a couch of sighs and is never to rise again.

Unable to stand up, unable to sit down, he laments.

Unable to eat, unable to drink, he laments.

Held fast by the door-bolt of Namtar, he is unable to rise.

Like a fish ……, he …… ill.

Like a gazelle caught in a trap, he …… couch.

            (Ereshkigal, naked sister Inanna, & Namtar)

Namtar, with no hands or feet ……, Namtar (Ereshkigal‘s son in the Under World) …….

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…… great mountains ……

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SEGMENT B

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For six days, he …… ill.

…… on his skin like resin.

Lord Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh) …… ill.

…… Unugand Kulaba.

…… the words spoken …….

6a - Gilgamesh, giant king  (Gilgamesh, demigod who coveted immortality, wanted to be like goddess mother Ninsun)

Then lord Gilgamec …… lay down (?) on the death-bed.

The king …… sleep.

…… his dream ……. …… assembly …….

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SEGMENT C

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“…… you will be accounted a god.

…… render verdicts.

2a - Dumuzi the Shepherd, Adam, & Eve

      (Dumuzi with ankles & wrists in cuffs, Eve & Adam, Dumuzi “The Shepherd“, who taught herding to Abel)

…… will be as weighty as …… of Dumuzid (Dumuzi).”

10-20 …… Gilgamec …….

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…… lord of Kulaba, …… hero of the pristine mountain, …… handiwork of the gods,

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2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings  (young goddess Ninsun, daughter to Ninurta & Bau, Enlil‘s granddaughter, & once lover to Enki)

…… of Ninsumun (Ninsun), …… Lugalbanda (semi-divine spouse to Ninsun, 3rd Uruk king- ruled 1,200 years),

            "God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long "kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free,typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill.BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm AO 28232 - Enki, the wisest god

  (Enki / Ea / Nudimmud, wisest of the alien gods, eldest son to Anu, 1st to arrive on Earth Colony with crew of 50)

…… lord Nudimmud (Enki),

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SEGMENT D

“…… having traveled all the roads that there are, having fetched …… from its ……,

having killed ……, you set up …… for future days …….

Having founded ……, you reached …….

Having brought down the old …… forgotten forever and ……,

he (?) carried out correctly ……. …… the flood …… the settlements of the Land.”

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SEGMENT E

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2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna  (Utu, Commander of the Space Ports in the mountains, son to Nannar, Enlil‘s grandson)

Sisig (a god of dreams), the son of Utu,

will provide light for him in the nether world, the place of darkness.

When a funerary statue is made in honor of someone, whoever they may be, for future days, mighty youths and

…… will form (?) a semicircle at the door-jambs and perform wrestling and feats of strength before them (?).

In the month Nenejar, at the festival of the ghosts, no light will be provided before them without him (i.e. Gilgamec).”

 (Enlil, Earth Colony Commander, heir to King Anu‘s throne, his word is final)

“Oh Gilgamec! Enlil, the Great Mountain, the father of gods,

has made kingship your destiny, but not eternal life lord Gilgamec, this is how to interpret (?) …… the dream.

The …… and …… of life should not make you feel sad,

should not make you despair, should not make you feel depressed.

You must have been told that this is what the bane of being human involves.

You must have been told that this is what the cutting of your umbilical cord involved.

The darkest day of humans awaits you now.

The solitary place of humans awaits you now.

The unstoppable flood-wave awaits you now.

The unavoidable battle awaits you now.

The unequal struggle awaits you now.

The skirmish from which there is no escape awaits you now.

But you should not go to the underworld with heart knotted in anger.

            Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. The water-goddess, standing on two goats between two naked heroes. They honour a deity holding a large ring. Haematite, H: 2,25 cm AO 25518

          (2 giant mixed-breed sons to Ninsun, Ninsun, another son, Nannar, & Utu)

May …… before Utu.

…… palm-fiber …….

“Go ahead ……

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SEGMENT F

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…… Enkidu, your young comrade.

7 - Enkidu, Enki's creation, Gilgamesh's companion  (Enkidu, protector-companion fashioned for Gilgamesh by Ninhursag, upon Ninsun‘s request)

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…… is lying alone.

…… is lying alone.

…… the king …….

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…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

…… will come to you.

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SEGMENT G

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…… Gilgamec …… …… they answered him.

…… he weeps.

Why is …… made ……?

            Hathorix capital. Limestone, bas-relief from Paphos, Cyprus 80 x 44 x 24 cm AM 27554a - I have done it, the worker of the gods

               (Ninhursag, Chief Medical Science Officer of the alien Anunnaki, DNA Specialist, Anu‘s knowledgeable eldest daughter)

…… Nintud (Ninhursag) has not given birth yet.

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“The birds of the sky …… cannot escape.

The fish of the deep water cannot see …….

Having spread his net, the young fisherman will catch you (?).

Who has ever seen anyone who could ascend …… from (?) the …… of the nether world?

No king has ever been destined a fate like yours.

Who …… anyone among mankind, whoever they may be, …… like you?

…… the governorship of the nether world.

You …… your ghost …… pass judgments ……. “

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SEGMENT H

Kulaba …….

As Unug rose ……,

2b - Uruk's Excavation (Uruk city established way below the giant alien Anunnaki temple residences)

as Kulaba (Uruk) rose …….

Within the first month ……, it was not five or ten days before they …… the Euphrates.

…… its shells.

Then, as in the bed of the Euphrates, the earth cracked dry.

…… was built from stone.

…… was built from stone.

…… were hard diorite.

…… its latches were hard stone.

…… were cast in gold.

…… heavy blocks of stone.

…… heavy blocks of stone.

…… brought in ……. …… for future days.

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…… should not find ……. …… Gilgamec …… has established in …….

His beloved …….

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SEGMENT I

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…… opened …….

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…… of lord Gilgamec ……. …… scratched the nose for him, …… pulled out their hair for him.

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         ANOTHER VERSION FROM NIPPUR (probably the final section of another version)

His beloved wife, his beloved children, his beloved favorite and junior wife, his beloved musician,

cup-bearer and ……, his beloved barber, his beloved ……, his beloved palace retainers and servants

and his beloved objects were laid down in their places as if …… in the purified (?) palace in the middle of Unug (Uruk).

Gilgamec, the (giant 2/3rds divine mixed-breed) son of Ninsumun (Ninsun),

2b - Ninsun, Ninurta & Bau's Daughter (Ninsun, mother to 2 children of Enki‘s, mother to children of giant mixed-breed Lugalbanda)

set out their audience-gifts for Ereckigala (Ereshkigal).

3a - Ereshkigal, Inanna, Nannar, & Utu

        (daughter Ereshkigal, daughter Inanna, father Nannar, son Utu, offspring of Nannar)      

He set out their gifts for Namtar (Ereshkigal‘s son).

He set out their surprises for Dimpikug (unidentified?, Ningishzidda‘s assistant).

He set out their presents for Neti (Ereshkigal‘s Under World gatekeeper).

4d - King Gudea, Ningishzidda, Dumuzi, Enki missing4da - Gudea, Ningishzidda, Dumuzi, & Enki missing (Ninsun‘s son giant mixed-breed king Gudea, Enki‘s son Ningishzidda, Enki & Ninsun‘s son Dumuzi the 1/2 brother to Gudea, & 1/2 brother to Ningishzidda)

He set out their presents for Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda) and Dumuzid (Dumuzi).

He …… the audience-gifts for Enki, Ninki, Enmul (Enlil), Ninmul (Ninlil),

Endulkuga (unidentified?), Nindulkuga (unidentified?, Ningikuga?),

Enindacurima (unidentified?), Nindacurima (unidentified?), Enmu-utula (unidentified?, Enlil’s aunt?),

Enmencara (Enlil‘s uncle), the maternal and paternal ancestors of Enlil;

  (Utu & Ninurta climb Eridu ziggurat to see Enki)

for Cul-pa-ed (Ninurta), the lord of the table,

 2 - Ninhursag & DNA experiments (Ninhursag, sister-helper to Enki with modern earthling DNA fashioning)

for Sumugan (king of the hursag) and Ninhursaja (Ninhursag),

1g - images (King Anu & spouse Antu visit Anu‘s descendants of royal alien gods on Earth Colony)

for the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods of the Holy Mound, for the Great Princes of the Holy Mound,

for the dead en priests, the dead lagar priests, the dead lumah priests, the dead nindijir priestesses,

and the dead gudu, the linen-clad and …… priests.

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He set out their presents for ……. …… lie down …… Ninsumun (Ninsun) …….

2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings (Ninsun, mother to many Anunnaki gods, & several mixed-breeds appointed to kingships)

Gilgamec, the son of Ninsumun, …… poured water …….

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…… scratched the nose for him.

The people …… of his city …… will not …… anymore.

They spread out (?) their …… in the dust.

Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec, who never ceases to …… for the …… of Enlil

6fb - Gilgamesh, Inanna, & Enkidu -(Enki's Creation)  (Gilgamesh, his alien goddess mother Ninsun, & Enkidu)

Gilgamec, the son of Ninsumun (Ninsun), …… offshoot ……; no king who could match him has ever been born,

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Gilgamec, lord of Kulaba, it is sweet to praise you!

          A VERSION FROM ME-TURAN

SEGMENT A

The great wild bull has lain down and is never to rise again.

Lord Gilgamec has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who was unique in …… has lain down and is never to rise again.

The hero fitted out with a shoulder-belt has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who was unique in strength has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who diminished wickedness has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who spoke most wisely has lain down and is never to rise again.

The plunderer (?) of many countries has lain down and is never to rise again.

He who knew how to climb the mountains has lain down and is never to rise again.

The lord of Kulaba has lain down and is never to rise again.

He has lain down on his death-bed and is never to rise again.

He has lain down on a couch of sighs and is never to rise again.

Unable to stand up, unable to sit down, he laments.

Unable to eat, unable to drink, he laments.

Held fast by the door-bolt of Namtar (Ereshkigal‘s son), he is unable to rise.

Like a …… fish …… in a cistern, he …… ill.

Like a captured gazelle buck, he …… couch.

Namtar with no hands or feet, who …… one by night,

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SEGMENT B

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1-5 Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec,

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SEGMENT C

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Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec,

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SEGMENT D

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SEGMENT E

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Gilgamec ……

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SEGMENT F

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Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec, lay down on his death-bed.

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After lord Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh) had arrived at the assembly,

the pre-eminent place of the gods, they said to lord Gilgamec concerning him:

“As regards your case: after having traveled all the roads that there are,

having fetched cedar, the unique tree, from its mountains,

8e - Gilgamesh & Enkidu battle Humbaba  (Gilgamesh & Enkidu kill Huwawa)

having killed Huwawa in his forest, you set up many stelae for future days, for days to come.

Having founded many temples of the gods,

11 - Noah, his spouse, Gilgamesh, & the plant of life

        (Noah‘s spouse, Noah      Plant of Life     Gilgamesh, immortality granted Noah & spouse from Enlil)

you reached Zi-ud-sura (Noah) in his dwelling place (1 ms. has instead: place).

Having brought down to the Land the divine powers of Sumer, which at that time were forgotten forever,

the orders, and the rituals, he (?) carried out correctly the rites of hand washing and mouth washing …….

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Enlil‘s advice was given to Enki.

6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki

          (Apkulla pilot     Enki       Anu above in sky-disc       Enlil     Apkulla pilot)

Enki answered An (Anu) and Enlil:

“In those days, in those distant days, in those nights, in those distant nights, in those years, in those distant years,

after the assembly had made the Flood sweep over to destroy the seed of mankind,

among us I was the only one who was for life (?), and so he remained alive (?)

9a - Utnapishtim in the Ark   (Noah & family safely in the Ark)

Zi-ud-sura (Noah), although (?) a human being, remained alive (?).

Then you made me swear by heaven and by earth,

and …… that no human will be allowed to live forever (?) any more.

Now, as we look at Gilgamec, could not he escape because of his mother?”

(Another god speaks:)

“Let Gilgamec as a ghost, below among the dead, be the governor of the nether world.

Let him be pre-eminent among the ghosts, so that he will pass judgments and render verdicts,

and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninjiczida and Dumuzid.”

4 - King Gudea, Ningishzidda, Dumuzi, Enki missing (giant mixed-breed king Gudea, Ningishzidda, & Dumuzi, all blood-related)

Then the young lord Gilgamec became depressed because of (?) all mankind.

“You should not despair, you should not feel depressed.

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Mighty youths and …… a semicircle …….

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1f - gods in procession  (alien gods in procession upon their symbols)

“Go ahead to the place where the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods, the great gods, sit at the funerary offerings,

to the place where the en priests lie, to where the lagar priests lie,

to where the lumah priests and the nindijir priestesses lie,

to where the gudu priests lie, to where the linen-clad priests lie,

to where the nindijir priestesses lie, to where the …… lie,

to the place where your father, your grandfather, your mother, your sisters, your ……,

7 - Enkidu, Enki's creation, Gilgamesh's companion  (Enkidu stele, ancient evidence to a millennium old event on Earth)

to where your precious friend, your companion, your friend Enkidu,

your young comrade, and the governors appointed by the king to the Great City are,

to the place where the sergeants of the army lie, to where the captains of the troops lie,

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From the house of ……, the …… will come to meet you.

Your jewel will come to meet you, your precious one will come to meet you.

The elders of your city will come to meet you.

You should not despair, you should not feel depressed.”

          “He will now be counted among the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods.

He will be counted a companion of the (1 ms. adds: great) gods.

…… the governor of the nether world.

He will pass judgments and render verdicts, and what he says will be as weighty

as the words of Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda & Dumuzi) and Dumuzid.”

6a - Gilgamesh, giant king (Gilgamesh, 2/3rds divine, giant ancient king of Inanna‘s patron city Uruk)

And then the young lord, lord Gilgamec, woke up …….

…… his eyes, ……. …… a dream ……!

…… a dream ……!

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“Am I to become again as I were …… on the lap of my own mother Ninsumun (Ninsun)?

2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings  (Ninsun, mother to Gilgamesh, Ur-Nammu, Gudea, etc., Biblical “heroes of old”, “men of renown”)

…… who makes the great mountains tremble (?).

Namtar with no hands or feet takes away …….”

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2a - Enki keeper of the MUs-knowledge disks (Enki statue, shamefully destroyed by Radical Islam, & those who fear truth)

Lord Nudimmud (Enki) made (?) him see a dream:

After lord Gilgamec had arrived at the assembly, the pre-eminent place of the gods,

they said to lord Gilgamec concerning him: “As regards your case:

after having traveled all the roads that there are, having fetched cedar, the unique tree, from its mountains,

8h - Humbaba 2000-1500  (Huwawa, Enlil‘s guard to his cedar forests of Lebanon)

having killed Huwawa in his forest, you set up many stelae for future days …….

Having founded many temples of the gods,

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Having brought down to the Land the divine powers of Sumer, which at that time were forgotten forever,

the orders, and the rituals, he (?) carried out correctly the rites of hand washing and mouth washing.

…… the settlements of the countries.”

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…… Gilgamec ……. Enlil‘s advice was given to Enki.

Enki answered An (Anu) and Enlil: “In those days, in those distant days, in those nights,

in those distant nights, in those years, in those distant years, after the assembly had made the Flood

sweep over to destroy the seed of mankind ……, among us I was the only one who was for life (?).

7e - Noah & Enki behind reed wall

(Noah was informed by Enki through a reed wall, & was given a water clock for the all-aboard count-down)

He remained alive (?); Zi-ud-sura (Noah) alone, although (?) a human being, remained alive (?).

Then you made me swear by heaven and by earth,

and I swore that no human will be allowed to live forever (?) any more.

Now, as we look at Gilgamec, could not he escape because of his mother?”

(Another god speaks:)

“Let Gilgamec (Gilgamesh) as a ghost, below among the dead, be the governor of the nether world.

Let him be pre-eminent among the ghosts, so that he will pass judgments and render verdicts,

and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda) and Dumuzid (Dumuzi).”

             Figure of a god on top of a foundation nail. Such nails were buried in the foundation walls of temples, to hold a dedication tablet or because it was thought they gave stability to the walls.Period of king Ur-Bau or Gudea, around 2100 BCE. Bronze, H: 29 cm AO 311 (Ningishzidda, builder of the world’s ziggurats & pyramids)

            2b - Dumuzi the shepherd

 (Dumuzi “The Shepherd”, son to Enki & Ninsun, spouse to young Inanna, a supposed immortal god who died!)

Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec, became depressed because of (?) all mankind.

“You should not despair, you should not feel depressed.

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Mighty youths and …… a semicircle …….

Without him (i.e. Gilgamec)…….

2b - Utu  (Utu, God of Laws, the Sun God, son to Moon Crescent God Nannar & spouse Ningal)

Sisig (a god of dreams), the son of Utu, will provide light for him in the place of darkness.

“You must have been told (?) that this is what your being (?) a human involves.

You must have been told (?) that this is what the cutting of your umbilical cord involved.

The darkest day of humans awaits you now.

The solitary place of humans awaits you now.

The unstoppable flood-wave awaits you now.

The unequal struggle awaits you now.

The unavoidable battle awaits you now.

The evil (?) from which there is no escape awaits you now.

But you should not go to the underworld with heart knotted in anger.

May it be …… before Utu.

Let it be unraveled like palm-fiber and peeled (?) like garlic.

“Go ahead to the place where the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods, the great gods, sit at the funerary offerings,

to the place where the en priests lie, to where the lagar priests lie, to where the lumah priests

and the nindijir priestesses lie, to where the gudu priests lie, to where the linen-clad priests lie,

to where the nindijir priestesses lie, to where the …… lie, to the place where your father,

your grandfather, your mother, your sisters, your ……, to where your precious friend, your companion,

your friend Enkidu, your young comrade, and the governors appointed by the king to the Great City are,

to the place where the sergeants of the army lie, to where the captains of the troops lie.

…… the Great City Arali ……

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“From the house of the sisters, the sisters will come to meet you.

From the house of ……, …… will come to meet you.

Your jewel will come to meet you, your precious one will come to met you.

The elders of your city will come to meet you.

You should not despair, you should not feel depressed.”

173-174 “He …… the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods.

He will be counted a companion of the great gods.

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SEGMENT H

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His architect (?) designed his tomb like …….

3j - unknown, Utu, Ninurta, & Enki

      (earthling,     Utu,                & Ninurta         visit Enki at his resident home in Eridu on Earth Colony)

The herald made the horn signal sound in all the lands:

1 - Isin, Bau's home city

   (Mesopotamia, “land of the gods”, land between the Rivers Euphrates & Tigris, the “Eden”)

Unug (Uruk), arise! Open up the Euphrates! Kulaba, arise!

Divert the waters of the Euphrates!”

Unug‘s levy was a flood, Kulaba’s levy was a clouded sky.

Meanwhile not even the first month had passed

(1 ms. has instead: ……), it was not five or ten days before they had opened up the

Euphrates and diverted its high water.

2g - unknown king & Utu-Shamash  (mixed-breed king kneels in praise before giant alien god Utu)

Utu looked at its shells with admiration.

Then as soon as the water in the bed of the Euphrates had receded, his tomb was built there from stone.

Its walls were built from stone.

Its door leaves were installed in the sockets (?) of the entrance.

Its bolt and thresholds were hard stone.

Its door-pivots were hard stone.

They installed its gold beams.

Heavy block of stone were moved to ……. …… was covered with a thick layer of

(1 ms. has instead: was covered (?) with) dark soil.

…… for future days.

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…… who are searching for it should not find its precinct (?).

He set up a solid house in the middle of Unug (Uruk).

His beloved wife, his beloved children, his beloved favorite and junior wife,

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…… Gilgamec ……

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…… entered, …… its entrance.

…… opened up the Euphrates, …… its water.

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          Then the young lord, lord Gilgamec,

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SEGMENT J

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…… Gilgamec ……

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SEGMENT K

…… to the city ……. …… smeared with dust ……. …… lord Gilgamec despaired and felt depressed.

For all the people, whoever they may be, funerary statues are made for future days,

and set aside in the temples of the gods.

Their names, once uttered, do not sink into oblivion.

Aruru (Ninhursag), the older (1/2) sister of Enlil, provides them with offspring for that purpose (?).

5aa - Ninhursag & high-priest in attendance  (a much older Ninhursag attended by earthling worker, servitude begins)

Their statues are made for future days and they are mentioned in the Land.

Ereckigala (Ereshkigal), mother of Ninazu, it is sweet to praise you!

4d - Ninlil followed Enlil to Ereshkigal's Underworld

                  (2 unidentified goddesses & Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World)

Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven

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 bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu, Anu‘s creature creation = Bull of Heaven)

A version of unknown provenance, supplemented from Nippur mss.

Segment A

A1-A4 I will sing the song of the man of battle, the man of battle.

6a - Gilgamesh, giant kingKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA(Gilgamesh, 5th mixed-breed giant king of Uruk)

I will sing the song of lord Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh), the man of battle,

I will sing the song of him with the well-proportioned limbs, the man of battle.

I will sing the song of the mighty …… lord, the man of battle.

A5-A11 I will sing the song of the lord with the very black beard, the man of battle.

I will sing the song of …… athletic strength, the man of battle.

…… the king, the man ……; my king ……, my lord …… garden …….

…… courtyard, …… jipar; (1 ms. has instead: …… his mother who bore him spoke to the lord:

“My king …… in the river, my lord …… your garden.”

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Segment B

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Sports - sports in Mesopotamia (ancient fisticuffs for sport, the “sweet science”)

B3-B6 In the great courtyard, without there being any combat, a man …….

She perceived the canopy, the canopy ……,

  (Ba’al Utu & Inanna, Goddess of Love & War)

holy Inanna (Enlil‘s granddaughter) perceived the canopy,

from the palace of the abzu, she perceived the canopy ……:

B7-B12 “My wild bull, my …… man, I shall not let you go!

Lord Gilgamec, my wild bull, my …… man, I shall not let you go!

I shall not let you go to dispense justice

2caa - Anu's house in Uruk

     (E-ana, mud brick-built ziggurat mountain residence of giant alien gods in Uruk)

in the E-ana (Anu‘s temple residence in Uruk, later taken by Inanna)!

I shall not let you go to pronounce verdicts in my holy jipar!

3b - Anu of planet Nibiru (Anu, King of Nibiru & Earth Colony, sent his sons to colonize Earth)

I shall not let you go to dispense justice in the E-ana beloved by An (Anu)!

Gilgamec, may you be ……, may you be ……!”

B13-B18 (Gilgamec speaks:)

“I shall certainly not try to take over the portion of Inanna in your jipar.

Ninegal (Bau) will not …… because of my valorous strength.

But Inanna, lady, don’t you block my way, either!

6f - Inanna & Gilgamesh (Goddess of Love Inanna & Gilgamesh)

My wish is to catch (?) mountain bulls, to fill the cow-pens.

I wish to catch (?) mountain sheep, to fill the sheepfolds.

I wish to …… silver and cornelian.”

B19-B30 The queen spoke with a snort; Inanna spoke with a snort: “…… say to you.

…… say to you.

……, Gilgamec.”

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B31-B36 (An speaks:) “Its entrails (?)……. Its hide ……. Its blood …….,

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Inanna, it will muddy the waters; it will …… cowpats.

My one beloved by An, …….”

        (King Anu, ruling planet Nibiru & its colonies such as Earth)

B37-B41 He let her hold the leash. An (Anu, king of all alien gods) …….

“My child, who does it belong to?” (1 ms. has instead: “My child, what use would it be?”)

“It will stir up the waters, it will leave …… cowpats ……!

If the great bull is let loose, …… Unug (Uruk / Biblical Erech)!

If the great bull is let loose against Gilgamec, …… Unug!

I will not give her that which bears my own name.”

B42-B45 (Inanna speaks:) “Maybe it will muddy the waters, and will leave gigantic cowpats —

           9 - Inanna asks Anu for the Bull of Heaven

                                      (Inanna Utu    Bull of Heaven   Gilgamesh)

but let my father give me the Bull of Heaven (alien bio-technologies),

so I can kill the lord, so I can kill the lord, so I can kill the lord, lord Gilgamec!”

6c - Anu & Inanna  (Anu & Inanna atop her zodiac symbol Leo)

B46-B49 Great An replied to holy Inanna:

“My child, the Bull of Heaven would not have any pasture, as its pasture is on the horizon.

Maiden Inanna, the Bull of Heaven can only graze where the sun rises.

So I cannot give the Bull of Heaven to you!”

B50-B51 Holy Inanna replied to him:

“I shall shout, and make my voice reach heaven and earth!”

B52-B54 He was frightened, he was frightened. (1 ms. adds here: …… was frightened of Inanna.)

Great An replied to holy Inanna: “I shall give her the Bull of Heaven.”

4c - Inanna, Utu, Bull of Heaven, & Anu

   (Inanna  Utu     Bull of Heaven         Gilgamesh)

(instead of approx. lines 52-54, 1 ms. has:

She made her voice reach heaven ……, she made her voice reach earth;

she made her voice reach heaven ……, she made her voice reach earth.

It covered them like a woolen garment, it was spread over them like a linen garment.

…… who could speak to her?

…… who could speak to her?

…… gave …….)

B55-B63 In masculine fashion, the maiden Inanna grasped it by the lapis-lazuli (gemstone) tether.

Holy Inanna brought the Bull of Heaven out (1 ms. has instead: down).

             (Uruk, ziggurat home of alien giants)

At Unug (Uruk), the Bull devoured the pasture, and drank the water of the river in great slurps.

With each slurp it used up one mile of the river, but its thirst was not satisfied.

It devoured the pasture and stripped the land bare (alien bio-technologies).

It broke up the palm trees of Unug, as it bent them to fit them into its mouth.

When it was standing, the Bull submerged Unug.

The very presence (1 ms. has instead: the name) of the Bull of Heaven submerged Kulaba.

B64-B67 His musician …….

As he looked up ……, leaning (?) ……

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              (giant mixed-breed King Gilgamesh statue at University of Sydney, Australia)

(1 ms. has instead: Then lord Gilgamec …… his musician.)

(a second ms. has instead: Gilgamec …… his musician Lugal-gabajal.

Music - 1st harp player, 1830-1600 B.C.  (artifact of ancient Sumerian lyre musician)

“My musician, tune your strings, …… give me a drink, ……. …… bronze …… in your hand …….

His musician …….”) (a third ms. has instead: …… replied to Lugal-gabajal,

Lugal-gabajal, tune your strings; I wish to have a drink!”

(Lugal-gabajal answers:) “…… drink, that is why nothing of yours is important.”

…… replied to Lugal-gabajal.) (instead of approx. lines 64-67, a fourth ms. Has:

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…… drink, lord ……. …… drink, lord …….

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…… Unug …….)

B68-B83 Lord Gilgamec ……. Inanna …… the Bull of Heaven.

At Unug, the Bull ……, and drank the water of the river in great slurps.

With each slurp it used up one mile of the river, but its thirst was not satisfied.

It devoured the pasture and stripped the land bare. (1 ms. adds here: His lady ……. Gilgamec …… said,

  (alien giant goddess Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed King Gilgamesh)

“My mother ……, my sister ……, will …… the cattle to their tethering stakes,

will …… the sheep to their tethering stakes, will …… to their tethering stakes.”

9d - Gilgamesh, Bull of Heaven, & Enkidu  (Enkidu, Bull of Heaven, & Gilgamesh)

Gilgamec ……, “Bull of Heaven, you, yes you, ……; you, yes you — you do not …….” Gilgamec …….)

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“They will throw your corpse in the deserted streets, and throw your intestines in the broad square.

They will send your carcass to the knacker’s, and I shall share out your meat

in baskets to the widows’ sons who are citizens of my city …….

I shall make flasks of your two horns for pouring fine oil to Inanna in E-ana.”

2ca - Anu's temple, at least 3500B.C.

               (E-anna, Anu‘s, Inanna‘s, Ninsun‘s, etc. temple residence in Uruk)

B84-B90 Inana watched from the top of the ramparts.

The Bull bellowed in the dust, and Gilgamec walked (?)

at its head as Enkidu climbed up the rope of its …….

Their fellow-citizens came along …….

It covered them with dust, like a young calf unused to the yoke.

Enkidu stood behind the Bull and went round …….

9b - Gilgamesh & Enkidu, Uruk 3rd Mil. BC

           (Gilgamesh                              Enkidu & Bull of Heaven)

(1 ms. has instead: He put …… and seized its tail.)

He spoke to his master Gilgamec:

B91-B103 “Ho! magnificent one, extending your staff of office,

born of noble lineage, splendor of the gods, furious bull standing ready for battle,

who is respected as the great lord Gilgamec of Unug!

Your mother (Ninsun) was truly skilled in bearing (giant semi-divine mixed-breed) children,

and your nurse was truly skilled in suckling her charges!

(1 ms. adds: Lord born of noble (divine) lineage, ……)

Do not fear — the warrior without strength …… himself (?).

There where the road is straight ……. …… ax ……. “

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A version from Me-Turan

Segment A

A1-A7 I will sing the song of the man of battle, the man of battle.

6aa - Gilgamesh two-thirds Divine  (giant mixed-breed Gilgamesh, 5th King of Uruk)

I will sing the song of lord Gilgamec, the man of battle,

I will sing the song of the lord with the very black beard, the man of battle.

I will sing the song of him with the well-proportioned limbs, the man of battle.

I will sing the song of him in his prime (?), the man of battle.

I will sing the song of him who batters the wicked, the man of battle.

The king, the lord, having …… (Ninsun) as his mother who bore him ……, wishing to wash (?) in the river.

A8-A18 My lord, entering the garden planted with junipers, as you set to work;

the lord, coming from the jipar, sheared the wool of the fleecy sheep ……; …… he sat down …….

The king …… bending …… with the oar;

the prince covered …… with the oar, as if it was of flourishing reed.

You covered their wicked ones, as if ……, with water.

He gave …… to his mother who bore him.

2b - Uruk's Excavation  (Uruk city located way below alien gods residence)

In the wide courtyard ……, Gilgamec …….

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In the great courtyard …….

A19-A21 Then …… the canopy …….

Holy Inanna perceived the canopy, from the palace of the Abzu, she perceived the canopy:

A22-A27 “My wild bull, my man, I shall not let you ……!

Gilgamec, I shall not let you ……!

I shall not let you dispense justice in my E-ana!

I shall not let you pronounce verdicts in my holy jipar!

I shall not let you dispense justice in the E-ana beloved by An!

Gilgamec, may you ……, may I …….”

A28-A39 The king …… these words, the king …… to his mother who bore him.

2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings  (lovely goddess Ninsun, daughter to Ninurta & Bau)

Gilgamec …… to Ninsun (his mother) ……:

6fa - Ninsun, Gilgamesh, Utu, Enkidu, & Lama

                (Inanna  Gilgamesh       Utu           Enkidu              Ninsun)

“O mother who bore me, how ……!

By the door of the great gate ……

From the crenellations of the wall ……:

“My wild bull, my man, I shall not let you go ……!

Gilgamec, I shall not let you go ……!

You dispensed justice in my E-ana — I shall not let you go!

You pronounced verdicts in my holy jipar — I shall not let you go, in his beloved …… E-ana!”

A40-A41 When he had spoken thus to the mother who bore him,

the (goddess) mother who bore him replied to Gilgamec:

6fc - 2 kings, sons to mother Ninsun

  (DNA god Ningishzidda entwined with snakes, & Ninsun with two of her giant mixed-breed son-kings)

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Segment B

B1-B6 Holy Inanna ……. An ……. …… the bond of heaven.

6bb - Utu, Adad, Inanna, Bull of Heaven, & Anu

   (earthling,  Utu,          Adad,       Inanna,      Bull of Heaven, & Utu in the mountains)

An …… to holy Inanna: “My child, …….”

Inanna replied …….:

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Segment C

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C1-C5 5 lines fragmentary

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Segment D

D1-D4 4 lines fragmentary

D5-D9 “My musician, Lugal-gabajar, perform your song, tune your strings!

Give me beer to drink! Fill my bronze jug again! ……”

Lugal-gabajar replied to his master, Gilgamec: “My master, you may eat, and you may drink —

but as for me, how does this matter concern me?”

6ga - Gilgamesh, Raging Bull, Inanna, & Adad

D10-D15 To defeat the Bull, ……, Gilgamec, to defeat the Bull, …….

…… his harness of fifty (text: five-sixths) minas.

…… his sword weighing seven talents and thirty minas.

…… his battle ax.

“My mother who bore me …….”

D16-D23 His sister …….

 (Ninsun, mother goddess to many mixed-breed kings)

His mother who bore him ……

Pectur (mixed-breed), his little sister ……. Gilgamec ……

            (Ninsun, her giant son-king, & Nannar seated)

“My mother who bore me, in the house (?) of Enki (?) ……. Pectur, the little sister,

……, will bring back the cattle to their tethering stakes ……,

will bring back the sheep to their tethering stakes …….”

D24-D32 Bull of Heaven, you — you, ……, yes, you!

You crush them ……, and I crush them …….

If you crush them, ……

They shall consign your hide to the streets …….

They shall consign your intestines to the broad square …….

The widows’ sons of my city shall each take their share of your meat in baskets.

They shall consign your carcass to the knacker’s,

and I shall turn your two horns into flasks for pouring fine oil to Inanna in E-ana.”

D33-D38 The Bull …… in the dust.

6fb - Gilgamesh, Inanna, & Enkidu -(Enki's Creation)  (Gilgamesh, his alien goddess mother Ninsun, & Enkidu)

Gilgamec …… and Enkidu …….

Their fellow-citizens ……. …… with dust, like a young calf unused to the yoke.

Enkidu stood by (?) the Bulls head and spoke to Gilgamec:

D39-D44 “Ho! magnificent one, extending your staff of office, born of noble lineage,

splendor of the gods, furious-hearted bull, standing ready for battle, warrior, …… your hand …….

The people ……, the people …….”

7 - Enkidu, Enki's creation, Gilgamesh's companion  (Enkidu, creature-companion to Gilgamesh)

D45-D48 When Enkidu had spoken thus to Gilgamec,

            (Gilgamesh, too big & powerful for all, less than the gods themselves)

Gilgamec himself smote its skull with his ax weighing seven talents.

The Bull reared up so high, so high that it overbalanced.

It spattered like rain, it spread itself out like the harvested crop.

D49-D52 The king took his knife in his hand, just as if he were a master chef.

He hit Inanna with a haunch, he made her flee away like a pigeon,

and demolished those ramparts.

Standing by (?) the Bull‘s head, the king wept bitter tears:

“Just as I can destroy you, so shall I do the same to her (?).”

D53-D59 As he spoke, he consigned its hide to the streets, he consigned its intestines

to the broad square, and the widows’ sons of his city each took their share of its meat in baskets.

He consigned its carcass to the knacker’s, and turned its two horns into flasks

for pouring fine oil to Inanna in E-ana.

            (Gilgamesh kills Bull of Heaven)

For the death of the Bull of Heaven:

holy Inanna, it is sweet to praise you!

Fragment of an earlier version from Nippur (Enlil‘s city), dating to the Third Dynasty of Ur

Segment A

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A1-A8 Seed of the jipar (= Gilgamec?) ……; he sat on the ……;

that which was in the marsh, my king, to bend that which was in the marsh with the oar,

5 - Enki lived in the abzu marshes of Eridu  (Enki in the Abzu marshes with 2 unidentified gods)

the lord covered it with water with the oar, as if they were flourishing reeds.

That which exceeded, as if it was a reed (?) ……, he covered with water.

2cd - Anu's temple-home in Uruk  (Uruk residence of giant alien gods)

In the wide courtyard …… of the temple of Inanna Gilgamec …….

A9-A13 My king, entering the garden of junipers, as you set to work, the seed of the jipar ……

the sheep of the queen (?) …… sheared (?) the wool; he sat on the …….

He leant (?) over the marsh; my king leant (?) over the marsh; he bent it with the oar.

A14-A15 The lord covered it with water as if they were flourishing reeds;

that which exceeded, as if it was a reed (?) ……, he covered it with water.

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Segment B

B1-B4 I (?) shall not try to take over the portion of Inanna in the jipar;

…… shall not cover my valiant arm with a garment (?)!

The Huluppa Tree

Wolkstein, Diane & Samuel Noah Kramer. (1983). Inanna queen of
heaven and earth: Her stories and hymns from Sumer. New York: Harper & Row.

 

(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 bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

Version One

In days of yore, in the distant days of yore,

In nights of yore, in the far-off nights of yore,

In days of yore, in the distant days of yore,

After in days of yore all things needful had been brought into being,

After in days of yore all things needful had been ordered,

After bread had been tasted in the shrines of the Land,

After bread had been baked in the ovens of the Land,

After heaven had been moved away from earth,

After earth had been separated from heaven,

After the name of man had been fixed,

6-anu-above-enlil-enki

  (Apkulla / eagle headed & winged pilot, Enki, Anu in his sky-disk above the Tree of Life, Enlil, & Apkulla / pilot)

After An (planet Nibiru‘s King of the Anunnaki, Anu) had carried off heaven,

After Enlil (Anu‘s son & heir, Earth Colony Commander) had carried off earth,

After Ereshkigal (Queen of the Under World) had been carried off into the nether world as its prize

 

After he had set sail, after he had set sail,

After the father had set sail for the nether world,

Against the king, the small were hurled,

Against Enki (Anu‘s eldest & wisest son, 1st to arrive on Earth with crew of 50), the large were hurled,

Its small stones of the hand,

Its large stones of the dancing reeds,

The keel of Enki‘s boat,

Overwhelm in battle like an attacking storm,

Against the king, the water at the head of the boat,

Devours like a wolf,

Against Enki, the water at the rear of the boat,

Strikes down like a lion.

 

Once upon a time, a tree, a huluppu, a tree —

It had been planted on the bank of the Euphrates,

It was watered by the Euphrates —

The violence of the South Wind plucked up its roots,

Tore away its crown,

The Euphrates carried it off on its waters.

 

The woman, roving about in fear at the word of An,

Roving about in fear at the word of Enlil,

2i-sumerian-inanna-twin-sister-to-utu  (young goddess Inanna, spoiled granddaughter to Enlil)

Took the tree in her hand, brought it to Erech (Uruk, her patron city):

“I shall bring it to pure Inanna‘s fruitful garden.”

 

The woman tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

Inanna tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

“When will it be a fruitful throne for me to sit on,” she said,

“When will it be a fruitful bed for me to lie on,” she said.

3a - Inanna & Dumuzi in the Underworld (Inanna speaks to deceased spouse Dumuzi in the Under World)

The tree grew big, its trunk bore no foliage,

In its roots the snake who knows no charm set up its nest,

In its crown the Imdugud-bird placed its young,

 

In its midst the maid Lilith (Inanna?, Biblical Lilith?) built her house —

The always laughing, always rejoicing maid,

The maid Inanna — how she weeps!

 

As light broke, as the horizon brightened,

3a-utu-in-the-mountains-with-weapons-of-brilliance  (Utu, Inanna‘s twin brother, the Sun god rising over the mountains)

As Utu came forth from the “princely field,”

His sister, the holy Inanna,

Says to her brother Utu:

“My brother, after in days of yore the fates had been decreed,

After abundance had sated the land,

 (alien Anunnaki King Anu in his winged sky-disc, father in heaven to the gods)

After An had carried off heaven,

 (Enlil, father King Anu‘s appointed Earth Colony Commander, & Enki‘s younger 1/2 brother)

After Enlil had carried off earth,

2 - Ereshkigal (Ereshkigal, spouse to Nergal, Queen of the Nether World / Under World / Lower World / Hades)

After Ereshkigal had been carried off (appointed Commander) into the nether world as its prize –

After he had set sail, after he had set sail,

After the father had set sail for the nether world,

Against the king, the small were hurled,

Against Enki, the large were hurled,

Its small stones of the hand,

Its large stones of the dancing reeds,

The keel of Enki‘s boat,

Overwhelm in battle like an attacking storm,

Against the king, the water at the head of the boat,

5a - Enki in the abzu-marshes (alien gods boating on rivers Euphrates & Tigris)

Devours like a wolf,

Against Enki, the water at the rear of the boat,

Strikes down like a lion.

 

Once upon a time, a tree, a huluppu, a tree —

It had been planted on the bank of the Euphrates,

It was watered by the Euphrates —

The violence of the South Wind plucked up its roots,

Tore away its crown,

The Euphrates carried it off on its waters.

 

The woman, roving about in fear at the word of An,

Roving about in fear at the word of Enlil,

Took the tree in her hand, brought it to Erech:

“I shall bring it to pure Inanna‘s fruitful garden.’

 

The woman tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

3a - Adad, Inanna, & Fruit Of Life (aliens working to establish Earth Colony)

Inanna tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

“When will it be a fruitful throne for me to sit on,’ she said,

“When will it be a fruitful bed for me to lie on,’ she said.

 

The tree grew big, its trunk bore no foliage,

In its roots the snake who knows no charm set up its nest,

In its crown the Imdugud-bird placed its young,

In its midst the maid Lilith (Inanna?) built her house —

 

1e - Inanna in dress - Liberty, atop Leo lion  (Inanna atop her zodiac symbol of Leo, holding alien technologies, posed as modern goddess Liberty)

The always laughing, always rejoicing maid, I, the maid Inanna, how I weep!”

 The goddess Ishtar and her accolites on a mountain. Ishtar is shown in her warrior-aspect,with tiara and armour, her lion at her feet. From the ground around palace of Shakkanakku, Mari, period of the Amorite dynasties. 19th-18th BCE H: 11 cm Inv. 2880 (Utu, twin Inanna, & brother Papsukal, Nannar’s & Ningal‘s, children)

Her brother, the hero, the valiant Utu,

Stood not by her in this matter.

As light broke, as the horizon brightened,

3e - Shamash - Utu in the mountains of Sippar (Utu shapes launch pads in mountain ranges, & launch towers)

As Utu came forth from the “princely field,”

4a - Utu & Inanna gods of war (worker-warrior earthlings with no chance against giant alien gods Utu & Inanna)

 

His sister, the holy Inanna,

6a-gilgamesh-giant-kingKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA (Gilgamesh, 5th mixed-breed king of Uruk, Inanna‘s resident city)

Speaks to the hero Gilgamesh:

“My brother, after in days of yore the fates had been decreed,

After abundance had sated the land,

After An had carried off (returned to) heaven,

  (Anu & Enlil traverses the skies in his sky-disc, mapping out the lands of Earth)

After Enlil had carried off (appointed Earth’s Commander) earth,

After Ereshkigal had been carried off (Commander of) into the nether world as its prize —

 

After he had set sail, after he had set sail,

After the father had set sail for the nether world,

Against the king, the small were hurled,

Against Enki, the large were hurled,

Its small stones of the hand,

Its large stones of the dancing reeds,

The keel of Enki‘s boat,

Overwhelm in battle like an attacking storm,

Against the king, the water at the head of the boat,

Devours like a wolf,

Against Enki, the water at the rear of the boat,

Strikes down like a lion.

 

11 - Noah, his spouse, Gilgamesh, & the plant of life

       (Noah‘s spouse    Noah          Plant of Life    Gilgamesh)

Once upon a time, a tree, a huluppu, a tree —

It had been planted on the bank of the Euphrates,

It was watered by the Euphrates —

 

The violence of the South Wind plucked up its roots,

Tore away its crown,

2 - Mesopotamia (aliens landed in Persian Gulf, & established Sumer there)

The Euphrates carried it off on its waters.

The woman, roving about in fear at the word of An,

Roving about in fear at the word of Enlil,

Took the tree in her hand, brought it to Erech:

“I shall bring it to pure Inanna‘s fruitful garden.’

 

The woman tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

Inanna tended the tree with her hand, placed it by her foot,

“When will it be a fruitful throne for me to sit on,’ she said,

“When will it be a fruitful bed for me to lie on,’ she said.

 

5a - Inanna in Underworld, Dumuzi looks on (Nergal, Inanna, Dumuzi, Utu, & mixed-breed king)

The tree grew big, its trunk bore no foliage,

In its roots the snake who knows no charm set up its nest,

In its crown the Imdugud-bird placed its young,

In its midst the maid Lilith built her house —

 

The always laughing, always rejoicing maid,

I, the maid Inanna, how I weep!”

Her brother, the hero Gilgamesh,

Stood by her in this matter,

He donned armor weighing fifty minas about his waist —

Fifty minas were handled by him like thirty shekels —

His “ax of the road” —

Seven talents and seven minas — he took in his hand,

At its roots he struck down the snake who knows no charm,

3b - Anzu seal (Imdugud-bird)

In its crown the Imdugud-bird took its young, climbed to the mountains,

In its midst the maid Lilith tore down her house, fled to the wastes.

 

The tree — he plucked at its roots, tore at its crown,

The sons of the city who accompanied him cut off its branches,

He gives it to holy Inanna for her throne,

1c - Astarte, Hittite goddess of love  (giant alien Inanna, Goddess of Love to both gods & mixed-breed kings)

Gives it to her for her bed,

She fashions its roots into a pukku for him,

Fashions its crown into a mikku for him.

 

The summoning pukku — in street and lane he made the pukku resound,

The loud drumming — in street and lane he made the drumming resound,

The young men of the city, summoned by the pukku —

Bitterness and woe — he is the affliction of their widows,

“O my mate, O my spouse,” they lament,

Who had a mother — she brings bread to her son,

Who had a sister — she brings water to her brother.

 

1a - Inanna, 8-pointed star symbolizing Venus  (Inanna with her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus)

After the evening star (Venus) had disappeared,

And he had marked the places where his pukku had been,

He carried the pukku before him, brought it to his house,

At dawn in the places he had marked — bitterness and woe!

Captives! Dead! Widows!

Because of the cry of the young maidens,

His pukku and mikku fell into the “great dwelling,”

He put in his hand, could not reach them,

Put in his foot, could not reach them,

 Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in Cappadocia, 19th-18th BCE. The naked goddess under her arcade, surrounded by guardians and mythological animals. Serpentine, H: 4, 1 cm AO 22420 (Ereshkigal, Inanna, & Gilgamesh)

He sat down at the great gate ganzir, the “eye” of the nether world,

Gilgamesh wept, his face turns pale . . . .

 

Version 2

 

Wolkstein, Diane & Samuel Noah Kramer. (1983). Inanna queen of heaven and earth: Her stories and hymns from Sumer. New York: Harper & Row.

(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 bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Enkidu = Ninhursag’s creature creation)

 

Narrator: In the first days, in the very first days /

In the first nights, in the very first nights

In the first years, in the very first years /

In the first days when everything needed was brought into being /

In the first days when everything needed was properly nourished

When bread was baked in the shrines of the land

And bread was tasted in the homes of the land

When heaven (Nibiru‘s orbit) had moved away from earth

And earth had separated from heaven

And the name of man was fixed /

When the Sky God, An, had carried off the heavens,

             (Sky God Anu & Air God Enlil)

And the Air God, Enlil had carried off the earth,

When the Queen of the Great Below,

Ereshkigal, was given the Underworld for Her domain.

 

At that time, a tree, a single tree, a huluppu tree

Was planted by the banks of the Euphrates

The whirling South Wind Inanna, pulling at its roots

And ripping at its branches

Until the waters of the Euphrates carried it away

 

3a - Anu in flight  (Sky God An / Anu hovering above in his sky disc)

A woman who walked in the fear of the word of the Sky God, An,

  (Air God Enlil)

Who walked in the fear of the Air God, Enlil,

Plucked the Tree from the river and spoke:

(Lights focusing on Inanna, who will be ‘planting and taking care of’ a tree)

Inanna: ‘ I shall bring this tree to Uruk I shall plant this tree in my holy garden”.

 

Narrator: Inanna cared for the tree with her hand

She settled the earth around the tree with her foot She wondered:

Inanna: “How long will it be until I have a shining throne to sit upon?

How long will it be until I have a shining bed to lie upon?”

 

Narrator: As the years passed by, five years, then ten years, Inanna kept wondering about her throne and bed.

             Statue of the goddess Narundi, part of the statuary ordered by king Puzur-Inshushinak of Ur-Nammu (2111-2094 BCE). The goddess wears a woollen garment, a "kaunakes",and sits on a lion-throne. See 08021226,27 Limestone, 109 cm, Sb 54  (Inanna seated on her throne in Uruk, city of gods & earthlings)

Who could help Inanna in her quest for

Sovereignty to share?

Only a hero on the make could he be

A hero seeking for the Goddess without and within.

Finally he came, at the coming of the dawn, the hero came

6fb - Gilgamesh, Inanna, & Enkidu -(Enki's Creation)   (Gilgamesh, his mother Ninsun, & his companion Enkidu)   

Gilgamesh, hero of Uruk,

Display Inanna and Gilgamesh sitting under the Tree

From the trunk of the tree Gilgamesh carved a throne for his holy sister

From the trunk of the tree Gilgamesh carved a bed for Inanna

From the roots of the tree she fashioned a ring for her brother

From the crown of the tree Inanna fashioned a rod for Gilgamesh

Thus Goddess and Hero sit together as Friends

6g - Enkidu, Gilgamesh, & Inanna (Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, naked Inanna, Inanna)

 

And so this Great Myth (tales of Inanna & Gilgamesh) begins.

Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Nether World: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu, Enlil’s creature creation = Hawawa)

Version A, from Nibru (Nippur), Urim (Ur), and elsewhere

In those days, in those distant days, in those nights, in those remote nights,

in those years, in those distant years;

in days of yore, when the necessary things had been brought into manifest existence,

in days of yore, when the necessary things had been for the first time properly cared for,

when bread had been tasted for the first time in the shrines of the Land,

when the ovens of the Land had been made to work,

when the heavens had been separated from the earth,

when the earth had been delimited from the heavens, when the fame of mankind had been established,

6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki

    (Apkulla pilot   Enki        Anu hovers above    Enlil     Apkulla pilot)

when An (Anu) had taken the heavens for himself, (King of Nibiru)

when Enlil had taken the earth for himself(as Earth Colony Commander)

2 - Ereshkigal (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Nether World)

when the nether world had been given to Erec-kigala (Ereshkigal) as a gift;

when he set sail, when he set sail, when the father set sail for the nether world,

when Enki set sail for the nether worldagainst the king a storm of small hailstones arose,

against Enki a storm of large hailstones arose.

The small ones were light hammers, the large ones were like stones from catapults (?).

5a - Enki in the abzu-marshes (Anunnaki aliens built ships to carry themselves down rivers Euphrates & Tigris)

The keel of Enki‘s little boat was trembling as if it were being butted by turtles,

the waves at the bow of the boat rose to devour the king like wolves

and the waves at the stern of the boat were attacking Enki like a lion.


3a - Inanna & Dumuzi in the Underworld(young Inanna & her 1st spouse Dumuzi the Shepherd)

At that time, there was a single tree, a single halub tree, a single tree,

1 - Isin, Bau's home city (Mesopotamia, cities established by giant alien gods)

growing on the bank of the pure Euphrates, being watered by the Euphrates.

The force of the south wind uprooted it and stripped its branches,

and the Euphrates picked it up and carried it away.

A woman, respectful of An’s (Anu’s) words, was walking along;

a woman, respectful of Enlil‘s words, was walking along,

and took the tree and brought it into Unug (Uruk), into Inanna‘s luxuriant garden.

The woman planted the tree with her feet, but not with her hands.

The woman watered it using her feet but not her hands.

She said: “When will this be a luxuriant chair on which I can take a seat?”

She said: “When this will be a luxuriant bed on which I can lie down?”

Five years, ten years went by, the tree grew massive; its bark, however, did not split.

At its roots, a snake immune to incantations made itself a nest.

3b - Anzu seal (Mesopotamian artifacts enhancing the texts, ancient show & tell)

In its branches, the Anzud bird (named after Anzu) settled its young.

In its trunk, the phantom maid built herself a dwelling, the maid who laughs with a joyful heart.

But holy Inanna cried!

When dawn was breaking, when the horizon became bright,

when the little birds, at the break of dawn, began to clamor,

7 - Inanna. Utu, & Earthling underfoot(giant Inanna, & earthling under foot of twin brother Utu, demonstration of why earthlings called them gods, out of fear as above, or out of respect for their teachings & guidance)

when Utu had left his bedchamber, his sister holy Inanna said to the young warrior Utu:

“My brother, in those days when destiny was determined, when abundance overflowed in the Land,

3a - Anu in flight  (An / Anu in his sky disc, known as the Sky God, father in heaven)

when An had taken the heavens (planet Nibiru) for himself,

(Enlil, King Anu, & Enki in alien sky disc, surveying the lands of Sumer to establish settlement cities)

when Enlil had taken the earth for himself,

when the nether world had been given to Erec-kigala as a gift;

when he set sail, when he set sail, when the father set sail for the nether world,

5 - Enki lived in the abzu marshes of Eridu  (unidentified, Enki, & unidentified in the reed marshlands of Persian Gulf)

when Enki set sail for the nether worldagainst the lord a storm of small hailstones arose,

against Enki a storm of large hailstones arose.

The small ones were light hammers, the large ones were like stones from catapults (?).

The keel of Enki‘s little boat was trembling as if it were being butted by turtles,

the waves at the bow of the boat rose to devour the lord

like wolves and the waves at the stern of the boat were attacking Enki like a lion.

At that time, there was a single tree, a single halub tree, a single tree (?),

growing on the bank of the pure Euphrates, being watered by the Euphrates.

The force of the south wind uprooted it and stripped its branches,

and the Euphrates picked it up and carried it away.

I, a woman, respectful of An‘s words, was walking along; I, a woman, respectful of Enlil‘s words,

was walking along, and took the tree and brought it into Unug, into holy Inanna‘s luxuriant garden.

“I, the woman, planted the tree with my feet, but not with my hands.

1f - Inanna with Liberty Torch  (Inanna, Goddess of Love & War, powerful daughter to Nannar)

I, Inanna (1 ms. has instead: the woman), watered it using my feet but not my hands.

She said: “When will this be a luxuriant chair on which I can take a seat?”

She said: “When will this be a luxuriant bed on which I can lie down?”

Five years, ten years had gone by, the tree had grown massive; its bark, however, did not split.

At its roots, a snake immune to incantations made itself a nest.

In its branches, the Anzud bird settled its young.

In its trunk, the phantom maid built herself a dwelling, the maid who laughs with a joyful heart.

But holy Inanna cried!” Her brother, the young warrior Utu, however, did not stand by her in the matter.

When dawn was breaking, when the horizon became bright,

when the little birds, at the break of dawn, began to clamor, when Utu had left his bedchamber,

his sister holy Inanna said to the warrior Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh):

“My brother, in those days when destiny was determined, when abundance overflowed in the Land,

when An had taken the heavens for himself, when Enlil had taken the earth for himself,

when the nether world had been given to Erec-kigala (Ereshkigal) as a gift;

when he set sail, when he set sail, when the father set sail for the nether world,

when Enki set sail for the nether worldagainst the lord a storm of small hailstones arose,

against Enki a storm of large hailstones arose.

The small ones were light hammers, the large ones were like stones from catapults (?).

The keel of Enki‘s little boat was trembling as if it were being butted by turtles,

the waves at the bow of the boat rose to devour the lord

like wolves and the waves at the stern of the boat were attacking Enki like a lion.

“At that time, there was a single tree, a single halub tree, a single tree (?),

growing on the bank of the pure Euphrates, being watered by the Euphrates.

The force of the south wind uprooted it and stripped its branches,

and the Euphrates picked it up and carried it away.

I, a woman, respectful of An‘s words, was walking along;

I, a woman, respectful of Enlil‘s words, was walking along,

and took the tree and brought it into Unug, into Inanna‘s luxuriant garden.

“The woman planted the tree with her feet,

but not with her hands. Inanna watered it using her feet but not her hands.

She said: “When will this be a luxuriant chair on which I can take a seat?”

She said: “When will this be a luxuriant bed on which I can lie down?”

Five years, ten years had gone by, the tree had grown massive; its bark, however, did not split.

At its roots, a snake immune to incantations made itself a nest.

In its branches, the Anzud bird settled its young.

In its trunk, the phantom maid built herself a dwelling, the maid who laughs with a joyful heart.

3b - 2 unidentified goddesses, Inanna, & Ninshubur (Anunnaki female aliens with Royal Princess Inanna)

But holy Inanna (1 ms. has instead: I, holy Inanna,) cried!”

In the matter which his sister had told him about,

her brother, the warrior Gilgamec (Gilgamesh), stood by her.

He strapped (1 ms. has instead: ……) his …… belt of 50 minas weight to his waist —

50 minas were to him as 30 shekels.

He took his bronze ax used for expeditions, which weighs seven talents and seven minas, in his hand.

He killed the snake immune to incantations living at its roots.

The Anzud bird living in its branches took up its young and went into the mountains.

The phantom maid living in its trunk left (?) her dwelling and sought refuge in the wilderness.

As for the tree, he uprooted it and stripped its branches, and the sons of his city, who went with him,

cut up its branches and bundled them (1 ms. has instead: piled them up).

He gave it to his sister holy Inanna for her chair.

He gave it to her for her bed.

As for himself, from its roots, he manufactured his ellag and, from its branches,

he manufactured his ekidma. (the correct pronunciation of this word is unknown) .

He played ellag in the broad square, never wanting to stop playing it,

and he praised himself in the broad square, never wanting to stop praising himself.

(mss. from Urim (Ur) add: The young men of his city were playing ellag.)

For (?) him who made the team of the widows’ children ……, they lamented: “O my neck! O my hips!”

For those that had a mother, the mother brought bread for her son;

for those that had a sister, the sister poured water for her brother.

As the evening came, he marked the spot where the ellag had been placed,

and he picked up his ellag from in front of him and took it home.

But early in the morning as he …… the place marked,

the widows’ accusation and the young girls’ complaint caused his ellag

and his ekidma to fall down to the bottom of the nether world.

(1 ms. adds: He could not reach them by …….)

He tried with his hand but could not reach (1 ms. has instead: touch) them,

tried with his foot but could not reach (1 ms. has instead: touch) them.

At the gate of Ganzer (unidentified),in front of the nether world, he sat down.

Gilgamec wept, crying bitterly: “O my ellag! O my ekidma! O my ellag,

I am still not satiated with its charms, the game with it has not yet palled for me!

If only my ellag waited still in the carpenter’s house for me!

I would treat the carpenter’s wife like my own mother — if only it waited still there for me!

I would treat the carpenter’s child like my little sister — if only it waited still there for me!

My ellag has fallen down to the nether world — who will retrieve it for me?

(1 ms. has instead: Who will retrieve my ellag from the nether world?)

My ekidma has fallen down to Ganzer — who will retrieve it for me?

(1 ms. has instead: Who will retrieve my ekidma from Ganzer?)

His servant Enkidu answered (1 ms. has instead: said to) him

(1 ms. has instead: Gilgamec): “My king, you weep; why does your heart worry?

Today I shall retrieve your ellag from the nether world,

I shall retrieve your ekidma from Ganzer (unidentified, Namtar?).”

Gilgamec answered Enkidu:

If today (1 ms. has instead: If) you are going to go down to the nether world, let me advise you!

My instructions should be followed. Let me talk to you!

Pay attention to my words (1 ms. has instead: My words should be followed)!

“You should not put on your clean garments: they would recognize immediately that you are alien.

You should not anoint yourself with fine oil from a bowl:

they would surround you at its (1 ms. has instead: your) scent.

You should not hurl throw-sticks in the nether world:

those struck down by the throw-sticks would surround you.

You should not hold a cornel-wood stick in your hand: the spirits would feel insulted by you.

You should not put sandals on your feet.

You should not shout in the nether world.

You should not kiss your beloved wife.

You should not hit your wife even if you are annoyed with her.

You should not kiss your beloved child.

You should not hit your son even if you are annoyed with him.

The outcry aroused would detain you in the nether world.”

“She who lies there, she who lies there, Ninazu‘s (Ereshkigal‘s son) mother who lies there —

1-inanna-goddess-of-love (well made artifact of an alien Anunnaki goddess)

her pure shoulders are not covered with a garment, and no linen is spread over her pure breast.

She has fingers like a pickaxe, she plucks her hair out like leeks.”

Enkidu, however, did not heed not his master’s words.

He put on his clean garments and they recognized that he was alien.

He anointed himself with fine oil from a bowl and they surrounded him at its scent.

He hurled throw-sticks in the nether world

and those struck down by the throw-sticks surrounded him.

He held a cornel-wood stick in his hand and the spirits felt insulted by him.

He put sandals on his feet.

He caused irritation in the nether world.

He kissed his beloved wife and hit his wife when he was annoyed with her.

He kissed his beloved child and hit his son when he was annoyed with him.

He aroused an outcry and was detained in the nether world.

Warrior Gilgamec, son of Ninsumun (Ninsun, Ninurta‘s daughter),

6fc - 2 kings, sons to mother Ninsun

(Ningishzidda  mixed-breed son-king to mother Ninsun, another mixed-breed son-king to Ninsun)

directed his steps on his own to E-kur, the temple (residence) of Enlil.

He cried before Enlil:

 (Prince Enlil, son & heir to King Anu of planet Nibiru, tasked as Anu‘s Earth Colony Commander)

“Father Enlil, my ellag fell down into the nether world, my ekidma fell down into Ganzer.

7 - Enkidu, Enki's creation, Gilgamesh's companion  (Enkidu, mixed DNA-created creature-companion to Gilgamesh)

Enkidu went down to retrieve them but the nether world has seized him.

Namtar did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him; but the nether world has seized him.

2d - Nergal, god of the Underworld(Nergal, lord of the Under World / Nether World, spouse to Ereshkigal)

The udug demon of Nergal, who spares nobody,

did not seize him, but the nether world has seized him.

He did not fall in battle on the field of manhood, but the nether world has seized him.”

Father Enlil did not stand by him in the matter, so he went to Eridug (Eridu).

2e - Eridu temple reconstruction  (re-creation of Enki‘s ziggurat / house in Eridu)

In Eridug he directed his steps on his own to the temple of Enki.

He cried before Enki:

“Father Enki, my ellag fell down into the nether world, my ekidma fell down into Ganzer.

Enkidu went down to retrieve them but the nether world has seized him.

Namtar (Ereshkigal‘s son) did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him;

but the nether world has seized him.

2 - Nergal  (Nergal, spouse to Ereshkigal, Lords of the Under World)

The udug demon of Nergal, who spares nobody, did not seize him, but the nether world has seized him.

He did not fall in battle on the field of manhood, but the nether world has seized him.”

Father Enki stood by him in this matter.

3b - Utu with powerful brilliance & weapons2ka-peru-utus-sawed-off-mountain-top-airport-used-by-the-gods 

    (Utu, Commander of the Space Ports, with launch towers, cuts launch & landing sites into mountain tops for his fellow Anunnaki pilots)

He said to the young warrior Utu, the son born by Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse):

“Open a hole in the nether world immediately, and then bring up his servant from the nether world!”

5a - Inanna in Underworld, Dumuzi looks on (hole to Nether World / Under World / Hades, etc.)

He opened a hole in the nether world and brought up his servant with his breeze (?) from the nether world.

They hugged and kissed. They wearied each other with questions:

“Did you see the order of the nether world? —

If only you would tell me, my friend, if only you would tell me!”

“If I tell you the order of the nether world, sit down and weep!

I shall sit down and weep! ……, which your heart rejoiced to touch,

is ……, worms infest it like an old garment (?); like …… of (?) a crevice, it is full of dust.”

“Alas!” he said and sat down in the dust.

254-267 “Did you see him who had one son?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He weeps bitterly at the wooden peg which was driven into his wall.”

“Did you see him who had two sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He sits on a couple of bricks, eating bread.”

“Did you see him who had three sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He drinks water from a saddle waterskin.”

“Did you see him who had four sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“His heart rejoices like a man who has four asses to yoke.”

“Did you see him who had five sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“Like a good scribe he is indefatigable, he enters the palace easily.”

“Did you see him who had six sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He is a cheerful as a plowman.”

“Did you see him who had seven sons?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“As a companion of the gods, he sits on a throne and listens to judgments.”

Did you see the palace eunuch?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“Like a useless alala stick he is propped in a corner.”

“Did you see the woman who never gave birth?”

“I saw her.” “How does she fare?”

“Like a …… pot, she is thrown away violently, she gives no man joy.”

“Did you see the young man who never undressed his wife?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“You finish a rope, and he weeps over the rope.”

“Did you see the young woman who never undressed her husband?”

“I saw her.” “How does she fare?”

“You finish a reed mat, and she weeps over the reed mat.”

“Did you see him who had no heir?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“Like him who …… bricks (?), he eats bread.”

“……?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

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Did you see ……?”

“His food is set apart, his water is set apart,

he eats the food offered (?) to him, he drinks the water offered (?) to him.”

(1 ms. adds: “Did you see him who was eaten by a lion?”

“He cries bitterly “O my hands! O my legs!”

“Did you see him who fell down from the roof?”

“They cannot …… his bones.”)

“Did you see the leprous man?”

“He twitches like an ox as the worms eat at him.”

“Did you see him who fell in battle?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“His father and mother are not there to hold his head, and his wife weeps.”

“Did you see the spirit of him who has no funerary offerings?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He eats the scraps and the crumbs …… tossed out in the street.”

“Did you see him hit by a ship’s board (1 ms. adds: when diving (?)?

How does he fare?”

“Alas, my mother!” the man cries to her, as he pulls out the ship’s board ……,

he …… cross beam …… crumbs.”

“Did you see my little stillborn children who never knew existence?”

“I saw them.” “How do they fare?”

“They play at a table of gold and silver, laden with honey and ghee.”

“Did you see him who died ……?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He lies on a bed of the gods.”

“Did you see him who was set on fire?” “I did not see him.

His spirit is not about. His smoke went up to the sky.”

A version from Urim(Ur)

down from the roof?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“They cannot …… his bones.”

1b - Ishkur, Adad, Teshub (Adad / Ishkur, son to Enlil, powerful thunder god with alien technologies)

“Did you see him who was struck in (?) a flood-storm of (?) Ickur (Ishkur)?

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He twitches like an ox as the worms eat at him.”

“Did you see the leprous man?” “I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“His food is set apart, his water is set apart,

he eats the food offered (?) to him, he drinks the water offered (?) to him.

He lives outside the city.”

“Did you see him who had no respect for the word of his mother and father?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“”O my body! O my limbs!” he never ceases to cry.”

“Did you see him who was reached by the curse of his mother and father?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He is deprived of an heir. His spirit roams about.”

“Did you see him who …… the name of his god?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“His spirit …….”

Did you see the spirit of him who has no funerary offerings?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He eats the scraps and the crumbs …… tossed out in the street.”

“Did you see my little stillborn children who never knew existence?”.

“I saw them.” “How do they fare?”

“They play at a table of gold and silver, laden with honey and ghee.”

“Did you see him who was set on fire?”

“I did not see him. His smoke went up to the sky.

His spirit does not live in the underworld.”

“Did you see him who lied to the gods while swearing an oath?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“He drinks …… which has been drunk …… the libation place at the entrance (?) to the nether world.”

“Did you see the citizen of Jirsu who refused (?) water to his father and his mother?”

“I saw him.” “How does he fare?”

“In front of each of them are a thousand Amorites, and his spirit can neither …… nor …….

The Amorites at the libation place at the entrance (?) to the nether world …….”

“Did you see the citizens of Sumer and Akkad?”

“I saw them.” “How do they fare?”

“They drink the water of the …… place, muddy water.”

“Did you see where my father and my mother live?”

“I saw them.” “How do they fare?”

“Both of them drink the water of the …… place, muddy water.”

Another version from Urim (Ur)

SEGMENT A

“Did you see him hit by a ship’s board? How does he fare?”

“”Alas, my mother!” the man cries to her, as he pulls out ……, he …… crossbeam …… crumbs.”

“Did you see him who fell down from the roof? How does he fare?”

“He twitches like an ox as the worms eat at him.”

“Did you see him who was reached by the curse of his mother?

How does he fare?”

“He is deprived of an heir. His spirit roams (?) about.”

“Did you see him who had no respect for the word of his father and his mother?

How does he fare?”

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SEGMENT B

“His food is set apart, his water is set apart,

he eats the food offered (?) to him, he drinks the water offered (?) to him.”

“Did you see him who fell in battle? How does he fare?”

“His father and mother are not there to hold his head, and his wife weeps.”

“Did you see him who ……?

How does he fare?” “…… from his (?) hand …….”

“Did you see the spirit of him who has no funerary offerings?

How does he fare?”

“He eats the scraps and the crumbs tossed out in the street.”

“Did you see my little stillborn children who never knew existence?

How do they fare?”

“They play with a bucket of gold and silver, full of honey and ghee.”

“Did you see him who was set on fire?”

“I did not see him. His spirit is not there. His smoke went up to the sky.”

A third version from Urim (Ur)

2b - Uruk's Excavation  (Uruk city & ziggurat mountain-like residence of giant alien gods)

They returned to Unug (Uruk), they returned to their city.

He entered outfitted with tools and armaments,

with an ax and a spear, and deposited them in his palace happily.

Looking at the statue, the young men and women of Unug

and the old men (?) and women of Kulaba rejoiced.

As Utu came forth from his bedchamber,

6aa - Gilgamesh two-thirds DivineKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA(Gilgamesh, mixed-breed son to Ninsun made into 5th Uruk king)

Gilgamec (?) raised his head and told them (?):

“My father and my mother, drink clean water!”

Midday had hardly passed when they touched the statue’s (?) crown.

Gilgamec threw himself down at the place of mourning,

he threw himself down for nine days at the place of mourning.

The young men and women of Unug and the old men (?) and women of Kulaba wept.

As soon as he had said that, he repulsed the citizen of Jirsu.

“My father and my mother, drink clean water!”

6fb - Gilgamesh, Inanna, & Enkidu -(Enki's Creation)  (Gilgamesh, mother Ninsun, & Enkidu)

Warrior Gilgamec, son of Ninsumun (Ninsun), sweet is your praise!”

A version from Me-Turan

SEGMENT A

…… surrounded him.

He carried …… and the spirits felt insulted (?) by him.

He caused (?) …….

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He kissed his beloved wife, and hit his wife when he was angry with her.

He kissed his beloved child, and hit his son when he was angry with him.

He aroused an outcry and was detained in the nether world.

7a - Enkidu, silver horns broken off  (Enkidu in the Nether World)

From that fateful day and for seven days his servant, Enkidu, did not come out from the nether world.

The king was lamenting, crying bitterly:

“My beloved servant, my faithful companion, my counselor, has been seized in the nether world!

Namtar did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him; but he was seized in the nether world.

4d - Nergal & sky-chariot 1600 B.C.  (Nergal in his sky chariot)

The udug of Nergal who …… did not seize him, but he was seized in the nether world.

He did not fall in battle on the field of ……, but he was seized in the nether world.”

3a - Enlil's home in Nippur

          (Enlil‘s ziggurat residence in Nippur, his Earth Colony Command Central; top added in 1900 by American archaeologists)

He directed his steps on his own to E-kur, the temple of Enlil.

Before Enlil, he ……:

“My ellag fell down into the nether world, my ekidma fell down into Ganzer.

But Enkidu, going down to retrieve them, my beloved servant, my faithful companion,

my counselor, was seized in the nether world.

Namtar did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him, but he was seized in the nether world.

…… did not seize him, but he was seized in the nether world.”

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SEGMENT B

“Did you see him who had one son? How does he fare?”

“He weeps bitterly …….”

“Did you see him who had two sons? How does he fare?”

“He sits on …….”

“Did you see him who had three sons? How does he fare?”

“He drinks water …….”

“Did you see him who had four sons? How does he fare?”

“His heart is happy (1 ms. adds: like a man who has four asses to yoke).”

“Did you see him who had five sons? How does he fare?”

“Like a good scribe he is indefatigable, he enters the palace easily.”

“Did you see him who had six sons? How does he fare?”

“He is cheerful as a plowman.”

“Did you see him who had seven sons? How does he fare?”

“As a companion of the gods he sits on a throne and listens to judgments.”

“Did you see him who had no heir? How does he fare?”

“Like (?) …… he eats bread.”

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“Did you see him ……? How does he fare?”

“He drinks water …….”

“Did you see him ……? How does he fare?”

“He …… as the worms eat at him.”

“Did you see him who was eaten by a dog? How does he fare?”

“He …… “O my hands! O my legs! O ……!” ”

“Did you see him hit (?) by the mast of a boat? How does he fare?”

“”Alas, my mother” the man cries to her, …… wooden peg ……, he …… food, cross beam (?), crumbs …….”

“Did you see the woman who never gave birth? How does she fare?”

“Like a …… pot, she is thrown away violently, she …… nobody.”

“Did you see the young man who never undressed his wife? How does he fare?”

“You finish a reed mat and he weeps over the reed mat.”

“Did you see the young woman who never undressed her husband?

How does she fare?”

“You finish a …… garment and she weeps over the …… garment.”

“Did you see him who …… extolled himself? How does he fare?”

“He bows down (?) like an ox as the worms eat at him.”

“Did you see him who fell down from the roof? How does he fare?”

“His bones …… and his spirit …….”

“Did you see ……? How does he fare?”

7b - Enkidu, Enki's Creation  (Enkidu in the Nether World)

“He …….” “Did you see the leprous man? How does he fare?”

“His water is set apart, his food is set apart.

He …… the spirits. He lives outside the city.”

“Did you see my stillborn children who never received a name? How do they fare?”

“They play at a table of gold and silver …….”

“Didn’t you see him who was set on fire?”

“Why, my friend, did not you spare this question?”

“I asked it, my friend!”

“His spirit is …… from the nether world, it went up to the sky with the smoke (?).”

His heart was smitten, his insides were ravaged.

The king began to search for life.

Now the lord once decided to set off for the mountain where the man lives.

(These three lines create a transition to. Gilgamesh and Huwawa (Version A)

Gilgamesh and Huwawa Version B: translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu, Enlil‘s creation = Hawawa)

1-4 So come on now, you heroic bearer of a scepter of wide-ranging power!

Noble glory of the gods, angry bull standing ready for a fight!

6a - Gilgamesh, giant kingKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA (Gilgamesh, 5th mixed-breed giant king of Uruk, 3,000 B.C.)

Young lord Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh), cherished in Unug (Uruk)!”

5-21 “In Unug people are dying, and souls are full of distress.

People are lost — that fills me with dismay.

I lean out over the city wall: bodies in the water make the river almost overflow.

That is what I see: that people die thus, which fills me with despair;

that the end of life is unavoidable; that the grave, the all-powerful underworld, will spare no one;

that no one is tall enough to block off the underworld;

that no one is broad enough to cover over the underworld

the boundary that a man cannot cross at the final end of life.

2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings  (Ninsun, goddess mother to alien gods & many semi-divine mixed-breeds)

By the life of my own mother (giant alien goddess) Ninsun,

and of my father, holy Lugalbanda (mixed-breed spouse, ½ divine)!

5e - Enki & Adapa 

      (mixed-breed earthling & Enki, eldest & wisest of the alien gods on Earth Colony)

My personal god Enki, lord Nudimmud, (Neptune, pet name for Enki)

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I will complete …… there.

I will bring …… there.”

            Terracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post, Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian, 2.000-1.600 BCE. The relief shows a creature with head and torso of a human but lower body and legs of a bull. He may be supporting a divine emblem and this acting as a protective deity. Baked clay tablets were mass-produced using moulds in southern Mesopotamia from the second millenium BCE. ANE 103225  (Enkidu, companion created for Gilgamesh)

22-28 His slave Enkidu (Ninhursag‘s & Enki‘s creation) answered him: “

…… if you want to set off into the mountains, Utu should know about it from you.

If you want to set off into the Mountains of Cedar-felling, Utu should know about it from you.

3b - Utu with powerful brilliance & weapons  (Utu cuts launch & landing pads into the mountains)

A decision that concerns the mountains is Utu‘s business.

3a - Utu in the mountains with weapons of brilliance  (Utu in charge of the mountain Space Port)

A decision that concerns the Mountains of Cedar-felling is the business of youthful Utu.”

2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna  (giant alien god Utu, son to Nannar & Ningal)

29-33 Utu of heaven put on his lapis-lazuli (aqua gem) diadem and came forward with head high.

3a - unknown, Martu, & Utu  (Gilgamesh, Martu, & Utu)

In his hand Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba, held a holy staff before his nose:

Utu, I want to set off into the mountains!

May you be my helper!

I want to set off into the Mountains of Cedar-felling!

May you be my helper!”

34-50 4 lines missing

“The first …….

The second …….

The third …….

The fourth …….

The fifth …….

The sixth beats at the flanks of the mountains like a battering flood.

The seventh flashes like lightning, and no one can deflect its power (alien technologies).

These shine in the heavens, but they know the routes on earth.

In heaven they shine ……, raising ……; on earth they know the way even to Aratta.

They know the passes as the merchants do.

They know the mountains crannies like the pigeons.

They will guide you through the mountain valleys.”

51-56 Gilgamec organized a levy in his city.

In …… Kulaba he had the horn sounded.

“Citizens! You who have a wife, go to your wife!

You who have children, go to your children!

Warriors, whether experienced or inexperienced, who have no wife, who have no children —

let such people join me at my side as the companions of Gilgamec.”

57-66 The king left the city. Gilgamec left Kulaba, to follow the route to the Mountains of Cedar-felling.

He crossed the first mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the second mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the third mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the fourth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the fifth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the sixth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

When he had crossed the seventh mountain range, there his intuition led him to find the cedars.

67-70 Gilgamec began to chop at the cedars.

            (holy cedars of the gods)

His slave Enkidu worked on the branches for him.

His fellow-citizens who had come with him stacked them in piles.

71-77 Then, as one warrior got closer to the other,

8a - Hawawa, Enlil's cedar forest guardian  (Huwawa, beast to keep earthlings away from Enlil‘s domain in Lebanon)

the aura of Huwawa (Enlil‘s creation, his cedar forest guard)…… sped towards them like a spear (?).

…… he rested there peacefully.

He was asleep (?) ……

3 lines missing

78-82 …… addressed (?) ……: “You who have gone to sleep, you who have gone to sleep ……!

Young lord Gilgamec (2/3rds divine), how long will you sleep for?

The mountains are becoming indistinct as the shadows fall across them; the evening …….”

6aa - Gilgamesh two-thirds Divine  (Gilgamesh, one of Ninsun‘s many semi-divine mixed-breed sons)

83-89 Gilgamec awoke from his dream, shuddering from his sleep.

He rubbed his eyes; there was eery silence everywhere.

2b - Ninsun, Ninurta & Bau's Daughter

“By the life of my own mother Ninsun (giant alien goddess)

and of my father, holy Lugalbanda (giant semi-divine)!

2a - Enki keeper of the MUs-knowledge disks(Enki, eldest son of King Anu in Heaven / Nibiru, 1st who came down, & later had sex with daughters of men)

My personal god Enki, lord Nudimmud ……!

2 lines missing

90-95 “I ……, he vexes (?) me — the warrior whose face is a lion’s grimace,

and whose breast is like a raging flood.

No one dare approach his brow, which devours the reed-beds.

On his tongue, like that of a man-eating lion, the blood never dries.

You do not have enough strength for the warrior, such is his might.

96-98 His slave Enkidu addressed him:

2 lines fragmentary

2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings  (lovely goddess Ninsun, daughter to Ninurta & Bau)

99-108 “By the life of my own mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

            "God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long "kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free,typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill.BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm AO 2823  (Ea / Enki / Nudimmud / Ptah / Poseidon, etc., known throughout all Earth history)

My personal god Enki, lord Nudimmud ……!

Warrior, one would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here! they have made some tiny shoes for your tiny feet.

Here! they have made some big shoes for your big feet.

4 lines missing

If you bring …….

109-115 “By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

3a - Enki & Aquarius constellation

My personal god Enki, lord Nudimmud ……! (Enki‘s zodiac symbol of Aquarius)

Warrior, one would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here! they have made some tiny shoes for your tiny feet.

Here! they have made some big shoes for your big feet.

2 lines fragmentary

116-129 13 lines missing

They …… many piles on the hillside.

8h - Humbaba 2000-1500  (Huwawa, Enlil‘s mountain guard)

130-134 When Huwawa had finally handed over to him his seventh aura,

Gilgamec found himself beside Huwawa.

He punched him on the ear with his fist.

Huwawa furrowed his brows at him, baring his teeth at him.

Gilgamec threw a halter over him, as over a captured wild bull.

He tied him up by the elbows like a captured warrior.

135-136 The warrior began to weep, shedding tears.

Huwawa began to weep, shedding tears.

137-141 “Warrior, you lied!

You have manhandled me; yet you had sworn an oath,

by the life of your own mother Ninsun and of your father, holy Lugalbanda.

3b - Enki image (Enki, older 1/2 brother to Earth Colony Commander Enlil)

Your personal god Enki, lord Nudimmud (Enki)……!

And now you have thrown a halter over me as if over a captured wild bull,

and have tied me up by the elbows like a captured warrior!”

142-147 …… Gilgamec‘s noble heart took pity on him.

               (Enkidu, creature-companion to King Gilgamesh)

He addressed his slave Enkidu: “Come on, let us set the warrior free!

He could be our guide!

He could be our guide who would spy out the pitfalls of the route for us!

He could be my ……!

He could carry all my things!

1 line fragmentary

9f - Gilgamesh-left, Enkidu-right  (giant mixed-breed Gilgamesh, beast, beast, & Enkidu)

148-162 His slave (companion) Enkidu replied to him (1 ms. has instead: …… replied to Gilgamec):

“…… so lacking in understanding!

…… with no ……!

…… with not ……!

A captured warrior set free!

A captured high priestess returned to the jipar!

A captured gudu priest restored to his wig of hair!

Who has ever, ever seen such a thing?

He would be able to …… the mountain routes.

He would be able to mix up the mountain paths.

Then we would never get back to the mother-city that bore us!

4 lines missing

            Humbaba,demon,genie and guardian of the cedar forests of the Lebanon range. Period of the Amorite dynasties. In the Gilgamesh-epic, Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu cut off the demon's head. 20th-16th BCE Terracotta, H: 11,5 cm AO 6778 (Huwawa / Humbaba)

163-166 Huwawa replied to him: “The mother who bore me was a cave in the mountains.

The father who engendered me was a cave in the hills.

Utu left me to live all alone in the mountains!”

167-168 Gilgamec addressed Huwawa: “Come on, …….”

unknown no. of lines missing

Gilgamesh and Huwawa Version A: translation

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 bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu, Enlil‘s creation = Hawawa)

1-3 Now the lord once decided to set off for the mountain where the man lives;

6aa - Gilgamesh two-thirds Divine KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA(Gilgamesh, giant semi-divine son-king to Ninsun)

lord Gilgamec (Uruk‘s 5th King Gilgamesh) decided to set off for the mountain where the man lives.

He spoke to his slave Enkidu (Ninhursag‘s creation, companion for Gilgamesh):

             Terracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post, Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian, 2.000-1.600 BCE. The relief shows a creature with head and torso of a human but lower body and legs of a bull. He may be supporting a divine emblem and this acting as a protective deity. Baked clay tablets were mass-produced using moulds in southern Mesopotamia from the second millenium BCE. ANE 103225 (Enkidu)

4-7 Enkidu, since a man cannot pass beyond the final end of life,

I want to set off into the mountains, to establish my renown there.

Where renown can be established there, I will establish my renown;

and where no renown can be established there, I shall establish the renown of the gods.”

8-12 His slave Enkidu answered him:

“My lord, if today you want to set off into the mountains, Utu should know about it from us.

(1 ms. adds: If you want to set off into the Mountains of Cedar-felling, Utu should know about it from us.)

2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna  (alien giant Utu, son to Nannar & Ningal)

Utu, youthful Utu, should know about it from us.

            3a - Utu in the mountains with weapons of brilliance  (Utu cutting launch & landing pads into mountains)

A decision that concerns the mountains is Utu‘s business.

A decision that concerns the Mountains of Cedar-felling is the business of youthful Utu.

Utu should know about it from us.”

13-16 Gilgamec prepared (2 mss. have instead: took hold of) a white kid.

He clasped a brown kid, a sacrificial animal, close to his breast. (1 ms. has instead: He …… a brown kid.)

In his hand he held a holy staff before his nose, as he addressed Utu of heaven:

(addressing Utu with one foot upon a mountain, & his rock-saw in hand)

17-18 Utu, I want to set off into the mountains!

May you be my helper!

I want to set off into the Mountains of Cedar-felling!

May you be my helper!”

19-20 From heaven Utu replied to him:

“Young man, you are noble already in your own right — but what would you want with the mountains?”

                (Utu / Shamash, Sun God, Commander of the Space Ports)

21-33 Utu, I have something to say to you — a word in your ear!

I greet you — please pay attention!

In my city people are dying, and hearts are full of distress.

People are lost — that fills me with (1 ms. adds wretched) dismay.

I craned my neck over the city wall: corpses in the water make the river almost overflow.

That is what I see.

That will happen to me too — that is the way things go.

No one is tall enough to reach heaven; no one can reach wide enough to stretch over the mountains.

Since a man cannot pass beyond the final end of life,

I want to set off into the mountains, to establish my renown there.

Where renown can be established there,

I will establish my renown; and where no renown can be established there,

I shall establish the renown of the gods.”

34-47 Utu accepted his tears as a fitting gift.

As befits a compassionate person, he turned to him full of compassion:

“Now there are seven warriors, sons of a single mother.

The first, their eldest brother, has lion’s paws and eagle’s talons.

The second is a …… snake, …….

The third is a dragon snake, …….

The fourth blazes with fire …….

The fifth is a …… snake, …….

The sixth (1 ms. adds: , a shackle that …… the rebel lands in the hills,)

beats at the flanks of the mountains like a battering flood (1 ms. has instead: , floodwater that destroys all).

The seventh …… flashes like lightning, and no one can deflect it (alien tech) (1 ms. has instead: its power).

(1 ms. adds 4 lines:4 lines fragmentary)

(another ms. adds instead 6 lines:)

2 lines fragmentary

…… kingship …….

2a - Nisaba, master scribe, grain goddess  (Nisaba, scribe, Goddess of Grain)

Nisaba (Enlil‘s mother-in-law) has bestowed …… on you in addition.

They ……, and know the routes on earth.

They will help you find the …… of the way.)

They should guide you through the mountain valleys!

The warrior, youthful Utu, gave these seven to (King) Gilgamec.

(3 mss. have instead the line, placed after line 43:

These seven the warrior, youthful Utu, gave to lord Gilgamec.)

The feller of cedars was filled with joy; lord Gilgamec was filled with joy.

48-51 In his city he had the horn sounded for single men; similarly for two together he made them call out.

“Let him who has a household go to his household!

Let him who has a mother go to his mother!

Let bachelor males, types like me, (4 mss. add: — fifty of them –) join me at my side!”

52-60 Whoever had a household went to his household.

Whoever had a mother went to his mother.

Bachelor males, types like him — there were fifty — joined him at his side.

He made his way to the blacksmith’s, and had them cast ……

weapons and axes, the strength of warriors.

Then he made his way to the deeply shaded plantations,

where he had ebony trees felled, and halub trees, apricot trees, and box trees.

He …… to his fellow-citizens who were going with him.

(1 ms. adds: Warriors, sons of a single mother …….)

The first, their eldest brother, has lion’s paws and eagle’s claws.

They will guide him through the mountain valleys.

61 He crossed the first mountain range,

but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there

(1 ms. has instead: the cedars did not catch his attention).

(The same ms. adds: He crossed the second mountain range,

but the cedars did not catch his attention.

He crossed the third mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his attention.

He crossed the fourth mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his attention.

He crossed the fifth mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his attention.

He crossed the sixth mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his attention.)

(Another ms. adds instead:unknown no. of lines missing

He crossed the third mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the fourth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the fifth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.

He crossed the sixth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.)

62-67 When he had crossed the seventh mountain range, there his intuition led him to find the cedars.

He did not need to ask, nor did he have to search any further.

Lord Gilgamec (King Gilgamesh) began to chop at the cedars,

             (cedar wood, favorite of the gods, used for perfumes, oil, construction, etc.)

while Enkidu lopped off their branches, …… to Gilgamec.

(1 ms. has instead: while Enkidu (Enki‘s creation) …… their branches, and his fellow-citizens …….)

(1 ms. adds: to ……, Enkidu …….) …… stacked them in piles.

            (Huwawa)

(1 ms. adds: Huwawa …….) (Enlil‘s creature-creation, cedar forest guard)

He loosed his terrors against ……. (instead of lines 65-67, 1 ms. has instead:

while Enkidu cut up the timbers, and the widows’ sons who had come with him heaped them up in piles.

Since, because of the ……,

8a - Hawawa, Enlil's cedar forest guardian  (Huwawa, Enlil‘s cedar forests of Lebanon guard)

Huwawa had been scared in his lair by Gilgamec, he began to radiate his terrors …….)

68-75 Gilgamec …… was overcome by sleep, and it affected Enkidu …… as a powerful longing.

His fellow-citizens who had come with him flailed around at his feet like puppies.

Enkidu awoke from his dream, shuddering from his sleep.

He rubbed his eyes; there was eerie silence everywhere.

He touched Gilgamec, but could not rouse him.

He spoke to him, but he did not reply.

76-84 “You who have gone to sleep, you who have gone to sleep!

Gilgamec, young lord of Kulaba (Anu‘s precinct in Uruk), how long will you sleep for?

The mountains are becoming indistinct as the shadows fall across them; the evening twilight lies over them.

3a - Ningal head  (Ningal, Nannar‘s spouse, mother to Utu)

Proud Utu is already on his way to the bosom of his mother Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse).

Gilgamec, how long will you sleep for?

The sons of your city who came with you should not have to wait at the foot of the hills.

Their own mothers should not have to twine string in the square of your city.”

85-89 He thrust that into his right ear; he covered him with his aggressive words as if with a cloth

(1 ms. adds: , laid them out like linen).

He gathered (3 mss. have instead: picked up)

in his hand a cloth with thirty shekels of oil on it and smothered

(1 ms. has instead: rubbed) it over Gilgamec‘s chest.

 6a - Gilgamesh, giant king  (giant mixed-breed offspring shaped into a king, Gilgamesh)

Then Gilgamec (2/3rds divine) stood up like a bull on the great earth.

Bending his neck downwards, he yelled at him:

2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings  (Ninsun, mother to alien gods & many semi-divine mixed-breed kings)

90-91 “By the life of my own mother Ninsun

and of my father, holy Lugalbanda! (semi-divine mixed-breed king)

Am I to become again as if I were slumbering still on the lap of my own mother Ninsun?”

92-95 A second time he spoke to him:

(Gilgamesh & mother-goddess Ninsun)

“By the life of my own mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

Until I discover whether that person was a human or a god,

I shall not direct back to the city my steps which I have directed to the mountains.”

96-97 The slave, trying to ameliorate the situation,

trying to make life appear more attractive, answered his master:

98-106 “My master, you have not yet really seen that person, he should not vex you. —

But he vexes me — me, who have seen him before.

His pugnacious mouth is a dragon’s maw; his face is a lion’s grimace.

His chest is like a raging flood; no one dare approach

(1 ms. has instead: can escape from) his brow, which devours the reed-beds.

(2 mss. adds 1 line: A man-eating lion, he never wipes away the blood from his slaver.)

(1 ms. adds instead 5 lines:1 line fragmentary

…… a lion eating a corpse, he never wipes away the blood

3 lines fragmentary)

Travel on, my master, up into the mountains! — but I shall travel back to the city.

If I say to your mother about you “He is alive!”, she will laugh.

But afterwards I shall say to her about you “He is dead!”, and she will certainly weep over you

(1 ms. has instead: bitterly).” (1 ms. adds: …… replied to ……:)

             (Inanna, Nannar, Enkidu, & Gilgamesh)

107-116 “Look, Enkidu, two people together will not perish!

A grappling-pole does not sink!

No one can cut through a three-ply cloth!

Water cannot wash someone away from a wall!

Fire in a reed house cannot be extinguished!

You help me, and I will help you — what can anyone do against us then?

When it sank, when it sank, when the Magan boat sank, when the magilum barge sank,

then at least the life-saving grappling-pole of the boat was rescued

(1 ms. has instead: was not allowed to sink)!

Come on, let’s get after him and get a sight of him!

117-119 “If we go after him, there will be terror!

There will be terror. Turn back! Is it advisable?

Is it advisable? Turn back!”

120 “Whatever you may think — come on, let’s get after him!

121-125 Before a man can approach within even sixty times six yards,

8h - Humbaba 2000-1500  (Hawawa, Enlil‘s creature creation)

Huwawa has already reached his house among the cedars.

When he looks at someone, it is the look of death.

When he shakes his head at someone, it is a gesture full of reproach.

(1 ms. adds: When he speaks to someone, he certainly does not prolong his words:)

“You may still be a young man, but you will never again return to the city of your mother who bore you!”

126-129 Fear and terror spread through his (1 ms. has instead: Gilgamec‘s) sinews and his feet.

He could not move (?) his feet on the ground; the big toenails of his feet stuck …… to the path (?).

At his side …….

            (creature guard Huwawa)

130-135 (Huwawa addressed Gilgamec:)

“So come on now, you heroic bearer of a scepter of wide-ranging power!

Noble glory of the gods, angry bull standing ready for a fight!

Your mother knew well how to bear sons,

and your nurse knew well how to nourish children on the breast!

Don’t be afraid, rest your hand on the ground!

136-139 Gilgamec rested his hand on the ground, and addressed Huwawa:

            (Ninsun, her 2/3rds divine son-king Gilgamesh, & Utu)

“By the life of my own mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought you En-me-barage-si, my big sister, to be your wife in the mountains.”

140-144 And again he addressed him:

2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings  (Ninsun, daughter to Ninurta & Bau)

“By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought you Ma-tur, my little sister, to be your concubine in the mountains.

Just hand over your terrors to me! I want to become your kinsman!”

            Humbaba,demon,genie and guardian of the cedar forests of the Lebanon range. Period of the Amorite dynasties. In the Gilgamesh-epic, Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu cut off the demon's head. 20th-16th BCE Terracotta, H: 11,5 cm AO 6778  (Huwawa / Humbaba, guardian of Enlil‘s cedar forest)

145-148 Then Huwawa handed over to him his first terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches

and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.

(Several mss. preserve a more elaborate, but repetitive, narrative built on the pattern of lines 145-148. Some preserve the repetitions in an extremely abbreviated form. No ms. known to be from Nippur preserves the additional lines. One ms. of unknown origin adds at least 53 lines (and another fragmentary ms. of unknown origin gives an abbreviated version of these, always replacing ‘terror’ by ‘aura’):

148A-148K And again he addressed him:

            (Gilgamesh & goddess mother Ninsun)

“By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought to the mountains for you …….

Couldn’t I get close to you and your family?

Just hand over your terrors to me! I want to become your kinsman!

             (Enlil’s beast Huwawa)

“Then Huwawa handed over to him his second terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches

and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.

148L-148V And a third time he addressed him:

             (Gilgamesh & goddess mother Ninsun)

“By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought to the mountains for you some eca flour —

the food of the gods! — and a waterskin of cool water.

Couldn’t I get close to you and your family?

Just hand over your terrors to me!

I want to become your kinsman! ”

           (Huwawa)

Then Huwawa handed over to him his third terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him

began to lop off the branches and bundle them together,

so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.

148W-148FF And a fourth time he addressed him:

            (symbols of Sun God Utu, & Moon GodUtu’s father Nannar)

“By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought to the mountains for you some big shoes for big feet.

Couldn’t I get close to you and your family?

Just hand over your terrors to me! I want to become your kinsman! ”

Then Huwawa handed over to him his fourth terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches

and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.

148GG-148PP And a fifth time he addressed him:

            (Gilgamesh, naked Inanna in background, & his goddess mother Ninsun)

“By the life of my mother (goddess) Ninsun and of my father, holy (mixed-breed Uruk King) Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought to the mountains for you some tiny shoes for your tiny feet.

Couldn’t I get close to you and your family?

Just hand over your terrors to me! I want to become your kinsman! ”

Then Huwawa handed over to him his fifth terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches

and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.

148QQ-148AAA And a sixth time he addressed him:

              (mother Ninsun & famous son-king Gilgamesh, 2/3rds divine)

“By the life of my mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda!

No one really knows where in the mountains you live;

they would like to know where in the mountains you live.

Here, I have brought you rock-crystal, nir stone and lapis lazuli — from the mountains.

Couldn’t I get close to you and your family?

Just hand over your terrors to me! I want to become your kinsman! ”

Then Huwawa handed over to him his sixth terror.

Gilgamec‘s fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches

and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.)

149-151 When Huwawa had finally handed over to him his seventh terror,

Gilgamec found himself beside Huwawa.

He went up to him gradually(1 ms. has instead: ……) from behind, as one does with a …… snake.

He made as if to kiss him, but then punched him on the cheek with his fist.

152 Huwawa bared his teeth at him (1 ms. adds: , furrowing his brows at him).

(2 mss. from Ur add 8 lines: Huwawa addressed Gilgamec: “Hero, …… to act falsely!”

The two of them …… on him …….

…… the warrior from his dwelling.

…… said to him, “Sit down!”

…… Huwawa from his dwelling.

…… said to him, “Sit down!”

The warrior sat down and began to weep, shedding tears.

Huwawa sat down and began to weep, shedding tears.

Huwawa …… plea …… to Gilgamec.)

(instead of ll. 152A-152H, 2 other mss. add 2 lines:)

He threw a halter over him as over a captured wild bull.

He tied up his arms like a captured man.) (one of the mss. adds 1 further line: Huwawa wept, …….)

153-157 He tugged at Gilgamec‘s hand.(4 mss. have instead:Gilgamec, let me go!”)

              (Gilgamesh, DNA-mixed beast, & winged pilot Utu)

“I want to talk to Utu!

         Utu, I never knew a mother who bore me, nor a father who brought me up!

I was born in the mountains — you brought me up!

Yet Gilgamec swore to me by heaven, by earth, and by the mountains.”

158-160 Huwawa clutched at Gilgamec‘s hand, and prostrated himself before him.

Then Gilgamec‘s noble heart took pity on him.

Gilgamec addressed Enkidu (3 mss. have instead: He addressed his slave Enkidu):

161-162 Enkidu, let the captured bird run away home!

Let the captured man return to his mother’s embrace!

163-174 Enkidu replied to Gilgamec (2 mss. have instead: His slave Enkidu replied):

“Come on now, you heroic bearer of a scepter of wide-ranging power!

Noble glory of the gods, angry bull standing ready for a fight!

Young lord Gilgamec, cherished in Unug, your mother knew well how to bear sons,

and your nurse knew well how to nourish children! —

One so exalted and yet so lacking in understanding

(1 ms. has instead: judgment) will be devoured by fate without him ever understanding that fate.

The very idea that a captured bird should run away home,

or a captured man should return to his mother’s embrace! —

Then you yourself would never get back to the mother-city that bore you!

(1 ms. adds: A captured warrior set free!

A captured high priestess …… to the jipar!

A captured gudu priest restored to his wig of hair!

…… ever, ever ……?

2 lines fragmentary

…… his attention to his words …….)

175-177 Huwawa addressed Enkidu:

              (replace Enki with Utu)

Enkidu, you speak such hateful you speak such hateful words to him.

(2 mss. have instead: why do you speak such hateful words to him?)

(1 ms. adds:2 lines fragmentary)

178-180 As Huwawa spoke thus to him, Enkidu, full of rage and anger,

            [Louvre]  (Gilgamesh cuts the throat of Huwawa)

cut his throat (2 mss. from Nippur have instead: they cut his throat).

He put (1 ms. has instead:) He chucked (the same 2 mss. from Nippur have instead:

They put) his head in a leather bag.

181-186 They entered before Enlil.

After they had kissed the ground before Enlil, they threw the leather bag down,

2 - Enlil, chief god of All On Earth  (Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir, appointed Earth Colony Commander)

tipped out his head, and placed it before Enlil.

When Enlil saw the head of Huwawa, he spoke angrily to Gilgamec:

(instead of lines 181-186, 1 ms. has:

4b - Enlil & spouse Ninlil  (Enlil & spouse Ninlil)

They brought it before Enlil and Ninlil.

When Enlil approached (?), …… went out the window (?), and Ninlil went out …….

When Enlil with Ninlil had returned (?),)

187-192 “Why did you act in this way?

…… did you act ……? (1 ms. has instead: Was it commanded that his name should be wiped from the earth?)

He should have sat before you! (1 ms. has instead: He should have sat ……, …....)

He should have eaten the bread that you eat, and should have drunk the water that you drink!

He should have been honored …… you! (1 ms. has instead: Huwawa — he …… honored!)

(1 other ms. has instead: From his seat, Enlil assigned Huwawa‘s heavenly auras to …….)

193-199 (the ms. tradition for lines 193-199 is extremely confused about the order in which the various auras are assigned; the following sequence is a compromise:)

He gave Huwawa‘s first aura to the fields.

He gave his second aura to the rivers.

He gave his third aura to the reed-beds.

He gave his fourth aura to the lions.

He gave his fifth aura to the palace (1 ms. has instead: debt slaves) .

He gave his sixth aura to the forests (1 ms. has instead: the hills).

1b - Bau, Gula - Ninurta's spouse, Anu's daughter  (Bau Enlil‘s sister, & her spouse-nephew NinurtaEnlil‘s son)

He gave his seventh aura to Nungal (Bau) (the goddess of prisoners) .

200 …… his terror ……(1 ms. or possibly 2 mss. have instead: …… the rest of the auras …… Gilgamec …….)

201-202 Mighty one, Gilgamec, who is cherished!

  (Nisaba, Master Scribe & Goddess of Grains, Haia‘s spouse, Ninlil‘s & Ningal‘s mother)

(1 ms. has instead: be praised! Enkidu, be praised!) Nisaba, be praised!

(instead of lines 201-202, 1 ms. has: Huwawa, ……!

…… cherished, ……!

Enkidu, be praised ……!)