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Hymns to Enlil for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna F): 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…)

 

SEGMENT A

                                                  (An / Anu, King of Planet Nibiru & over his descendant-gods ruling Earth Colony)

1-8 O king, foremost one of An, chosen in his holy heart, Samsu-iluna, king, foremost one of An (Anu),

chosen in his holy heart, …… rites …… august, ……, joyful, supreme, assiduous,

with head high on the gold-decorated throne of …… kingship,

who sits majestically …… in its midst in heroic strength, Samsu-iluna:

An, the mighty king of heaven, the august judge,

has assigned you a great destiny, and has made you to pass your life with a secure crown.

 

9-17 He is the man to whom Enlil has given …… and the shepherdship over the widespread people,

            (E-kur, Enlil‘s residence – Command Central)

the beloved (?) shepherd of Nibru (Nippur named after planet Nibiru), the constant servant of E-kur;

             (giant god Ashur atop temple / ziggurat, & servant mixed-breed king, & symbols of the gods)

he is the trustworthy farmer of the house of Asalim (Ashur, Marduk‘s son),

who takes care that provisions do not cease in E-saj-ila (Marduk‘s temple-residence in Babylon).

For you to exercise your divine powers of shepherdship in the Land,

Enlil has placed the foreign lands at your feet.

4m - Utu, Inanna, & Nannar

                        (Utu, twin Inanna, & their father Nannar, also son Papsukal damaged )

Obedient to Utu, beloved (?) (twin brother) of Inana (Inanna),

Samsu-iluna, the king whose fate is never altered by Enlil, my king,

at the command uttered by Enlil, Enki and Asalim (Ashur), Zababa (Enlil‘s son),

Lugal-gu-dua, the king who builds temples (workers for gods), …… the rebel lands ……

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SEGMENT B

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (Ickur / Ishkur / Adad, Enlil‘s son, thunder god to many civilizations throughout time)

1-9 Ickur (Ishkur / Adad), the net of the foreign lands ……

made the foreign countries praise him duly, and made the mighty …… manifest.

Samsu-iluna, the good hero, lordly one of his Land, has wisely coordinated decisions for the Land.

              (Sumer, then Akkad, the “Eden” between the rivers Tigris & Euphrates)

From the banks of the Tigris and the banks of the Euphrates,

to the shores of the sea …… and the banks of its rivers, men …… Samsu-iluna.

In E-kur, the house of Enlil, …… he has taken his seat on his dais of joy.

Enlil, it is sweet to praise you.

             

                             (praise, devotion, & obedience given to Earth Colony Commander, Enlil)

Enlil, give my king a brilliant destiny and years of life!

Grant him as a gift a life of long days!”

A hymn to Enlil for Samsu-iluna.

 

(Samsu-iluna H): 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…)

 

1-2″ …… offerings ……, he brought (?) them into E-kur.

3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur (E-kur, Enlil‘s temple / residence in Nippur)

 

3-8 In the E-kur, the house of Enlil, Samsu-iluna, the mighty king whose …… awesomeness covers all people

(An Akkadian gloss has: whose splendor covers all people)

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(An Akkadian gloss has: reach ……)

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9-13 1 line fragmentary

(An Akkadian gloss has: by saving ……

The foreign lands …… has wisely (?) made decisions (?)

(An Akkadian gloss has: ……; who has inflicted defeat …… on all hostile lands).

Samsu-iluna, the good hero, lordly one of his Land

(An Akkadian gloss has: Samsu-iluna, the good hero, lordly one of his land)!

O Samsu-iluna, it is sweet to praise you!