Category Archives: Dumuzi

Inanna and Bilulu

Source: Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G.,

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         1-5 She can make the lament for you, my Dumuzid (Dumuzi), the lament for you,

the lament, the lamentation, reach the desert she can make it reach the house Arali;

she can make it reach Bad-tibira (Dumuzi‘s patron city); she can make it reach Dul-cuba;

3 - Dumuzi the shepherd

   (Kish King Etana ascends to heaven / planet Nibiru by eagle / pilot, & Dumuzi the Shepherd) 

she can make it reach the shepherding country, the sheepfold of Dumuzid …….

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26 …… she broods on it:

27-30 “O Dumuzid of the fair-spoken mouth, of the ever kind eyes,” she sobs tearfully,

“O you of the fair-spoken mouth, of the ever kind eyes,” she sobs tearfully.

“Lad, husband, lord, sweet as the date, ……

O Dumuzid!” she sobs, she sobs tearfully.

31-36 Holy Inanna ……

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The goddess …….

2e - Ishtar in Mari 2800 B.C. (maiden Inanna, powerful granddaughter to Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)

The maiden Inanna …….

She was pacing to and fro in the chamber of her mother who bore her,

in prayer and supplication, while they stood in attendance on her respectfully:

37-40 “O my mother …… with your permission let me go to the sheepfold!

4b - Ningal head (Ningal, Nannar‘s brown-eyed spouse, mother to Inanna & Utu)

O my mother Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse, Inanna‘s mother)…… with your permission let me go to the sheepfold!

My father has shone forth for me in lordly fashion ……

7a - Lama, Inanna & spouse King Shulgi before father Nannar

     (Ninsun, her mixed-breed son-king Shulgi, Inanna as Shulgi’s spouse, & Nannar, father to Inanna)

Suen (Nannar / Sin) has shone forth for me in lordly fashion …….”

41-45 Like a child sent on an errand by its own mother, she went out from the chamber;

               (Inanna presents her new lover to mother Ningal)

like one sent on an errand by mother Ningal, she went out from the chamber.

Full knowledgeable my lady was, and also she was full apt,

full knowledgeable holy Inanna was, and also she was full apt.

Beer stored in remote days, in long past days …….

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65-70 …… from the sheepfold.

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…… to the house of old woman Bilulu (source, erroneously: Belili).

2a-dumuzi-the-shepherd-adam-eve  (Dumuzi the Shepherd bound by hand & ankle cuffs)

There the shepherd, head beaten in, ……, Dumuzid, head beaten in, ……;

Ama-ucumgal-ana (Dumuzi), head beaten in, …….

71-73 “The sheep of my master, of Dumuzid, in the desert …….

O Inanna, a man who was not the shepherd was returning beside my master’s sheep!”

74-75 The lady created a song for her young husband, fashioned a song for him,

holy Inanna created a song for Dumuzid, fashioned a song for him:

76-80 “O you who lie at rest, shepherd, who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!

Dumuzid, you who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!

5a - Dumuzi is dead (giant alien goddess mourns Dumuzi‘s death)

Ama-ucumgal-ana, you who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!

Rising with the sun you stood guard over my sheep (?),

lying down by night only, you stood guard over my sheep (?)!”

81-89 Then the son of old woman Bilulu, matriarch and her own mistress, —

Jirjire (unidentified), a man on his own, fit for the fields and a knowledgeable man —

was filling pen and fold with his captured cattle, and was stacking his stacks and piles of grain.

He left scattered in the fields his victims struck down with the mace.

Sirru (unidentified) of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, sat before him and held converse with him.

90-97 That day what was in the lady’s heart?

3d-inanna-ishtar-upon-lion1  (Inanna in battle dress, her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus, standing upon her zodiac symbol Leo)

What was in holy Inanna‘s heart?

To kill old woman Bilulu was in her heart!

To make good the resting place for her beloved young husband, for Dumuzidama-ucumgal-ana — that was in her heart!

My lady went to Bilulu in Edin-lila.

Her son Jirjire like the wind there did ……

Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, …….

1 - Ishtar & her divine weapons3a-anu-inanna (Inanna in battle dress, possessing high-tech alien weaponry)

98-110 Holy Inanna entered the alehouse, stepped into a seat, began to determine fate:

“Begone! I have killed you; so it is indeed, and with you I destroy also your name:

May you become the water skin for cold water that is used in the desert!

May her son Jirjire together with her become the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert!

May Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, walk in the desert and keep count of the flour,

and when water is libated and flour sprinkled for the lad wandering in the desert,

let the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert call out: “Libate!”, call out: “Sprinkle!”,

and thereby cause him to be present in the place from which he vanished, in the desert!

Let old woman Bilulu gladden his heart!”

111-124 And immediately, under the sun of that day, it truly became so.

She became the water skin for cold water that is used in the desert.

Her son Jirjire together with her became the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert.

Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, walks in the desert and keeps count of the flour,

and when water is libated and flour sprinkled for the lad wandering in the desert,

the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert call out: “Libate!”, call out: “Sprinkle!”,

and thereby cause him to be present in the place from which he vanished, in the desert.

Old woman Bilulu gladdens his heart.

2i - Sumerian Inanna, twin sister to Utu 1-inanna-dumuzi-young-lovers (Inanna;     Dumuzi & Goddess of Love Inanna

Inanna put out her hand to the lad on the ground,

put out her hand to Dumuzid on the ground, his death-bound hands ……

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137-148 The francolin …… to the …… of its …….

The francolin …… to the birthplace of Dumuzid.

Like a pigeon on its window ledge it took counsel with itself; the francolin in its shelter took counsel.

Only his mother Durtur (Ninsun) can gladden my master!

2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings (Ninsun, mother to gods & goddesses, mixed-breed  son-kings, & mixed-breed high-priestesses)

Only his mother Durtur (Ninsun) can gladden Dumuzid!

My goddess, born in Kuara, the maiden who is the crown of all ……,

the admiration and acclaim of the black-headed (Anunnaki term for earthlings) people,

the playful one who also voices laments and the cries, who intercedes before the king –

2 - Geshtinanna, daughter to Enki & Ninsun (Geshtinanna, singer of songs, scribe, daughter to Ninsun, sister to Dumuzi)

Jectin-ana (Geshtinanna,) the lady, did …….

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150-154 The maiden …… the admiration.

Jectin-ana …….

The sacred one, Inanna …… in her hand.

…… together.

…… replied:

155-161 “Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!

Brother, let me utter the lament for you, the lament! …… let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in the house Arali!

Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in Dul-cuba!

Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in Bad-tibira!

Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in the shepherding country!”

162-165 How truly the goddess proved the equal of her betrothed,

how truly holy Inanna proved the equal of the shepherd Dumuzid!

It was granted to Inanna to make good his resting place, it was granted to the goddess to avenge him!

166-173 “Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!

Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!

In the birthplace let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

In the desert, O Dumuzid, let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

In the house Arali let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

In Dul-cuba let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

In Bad-tibira let me utter the lament for you, the lament!

In the shepherding country let me utter the lament for you, the lament!”

174-176 How truly she proved the equal of Dumuzid, avenging him;

2d-inanna-wars-against-marduk  (semi-divine king, & Inanna, Goddess of Love & War)

by killing Bilulu, Inanna proved equal to him!

The Return (of Inanna)

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Narrator:

A lament was raised in the city:

My lady weeps bitterly for her young husband

Inanna weeps bitterly for her young husband

Woe for her husband! Woe for her young love!

2b - Dumuzi the shepherd  (Dumuzi the Shepherd, Enki‘s & Ninsun‘s son; Dumuzi & Inanna)

Dumuzi was taken captive in Uruk

He will no longer bathe in Eridu

He will no longer soap himself at the holy shrine

He will no longer treat the mother of Inanna as his mother

He will no longer compete with the young men of the city

He will no longer raise his sword higher than the high priests

Great is the grief of those who mourn for Dumuzi.”

Inanna:

            (young lovers Dumuzi & naked Inanna)

Gone is my husband, my sweet husband!

Gone is my love, my sweet love.

My beloved has been taken from the city.

My beloved bridegroom has been taken from me

5a - Dumuzi is dead (Dumuzi found dead, his body water-logged)

Before I could wrap him with a proper shroud.”

Narrator:

But Inanna does not grieve alone.

Geshtinanna, Dumuzi‘s sister,

Wandered about the city, weeping for Dumuzi.

Geshtinanna:

             (Geshtinanna, scribe, singer of songs, Dumuzi’s sister)

I grieve for my brother, lady, I grieve for the king

Where is the Shepherd Dumuzi, my favorite kin?”

Narrator:

When she saw the sister’s grief,

When Inanna saw the grief of Geshtinanna

She spoke to her gently:

Inanna:

Your brother’s house is no more

Dumuzi has been carried away by the galla.

I would take you to him

But I do not know the place.”

Narrator:

1a-inanna-dumuzi  (young lovers, Inanna & her spouse Dumuzi The Shepherd)

Then a fly appeared, the holy fly circled the air above Inanna‘s head

It told the goddess where Dumuzi had been taken, where Dumuzi was

6 - Inanna, Dumuzi, & the Underworld  (Inanna & Geshtinanna at the steppe / gate to the Under World)

Inanna and Geshtinanna went to the edges of the steppe.

They found Dumuzi weeping.

Inanna then took Dumuzi by the hand and said:

Inanna:

You will go to the Underworld half the year

Your sister, since she has asked, will go the other half

On the day you are called, that day you’ll be taken.

On the day Geshtinanna is called, that day you’ll be set free.’

(Inanna places Dumuzi and Geshtinanna in the hands of Ereshkigal, bows and lends graces to her Holy Sister):

Inanna:

Holy Ereshkigal (Inanna‘s sister, Nergal‘s spouse)! Great is your renown!

Holy Ereshkigal! I sing you praises!”



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

Ereshkigal:

I accept this Mortal man and woman as Initiates of Inanna and Ereshkigal.”

(Ereshkigal and Inanna hug each other)

The Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld

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To Kurnugi, land of [no return],

1a - Inanna with Liberty Torch (Inanna / Ishtar, daughter to Nannar / Sin & Ningal, the patron gods of Ur)

Ishtar (Inanna) daughter of Sin was [determined] to go;

The daughter of Sin (Nannar) was determined to go

         To the dark house, dwelling of Erkalla’s god (home of Nergal & Ereshkigal in the Nether World),

To the house which those who enter cannot leave,

On the road where traveling is one-way only,

To the house where those who enter are deprived of light,

Where dust is their food, clay their bread.

They see no light, they dwell in darkness,

They are clothed like birds, with feathers.

Over the door and the bolt, dust has settled.



4 - door to Ereshkigal's Underworld (gateway to the Nether World)

Ishtar, when she arrived at the gate of Kurnugi,

Addressed her words to the keeper of the gate,

“Here gatekeeper, open your gate for me,

Open your gate for me to come in!

If you do not open the gate for me to come in!

If you do not open the gate for me to come in, I shall smash the door and shatter the bolt,

I shall smash the doorpost and overturn the doors, I shall raise up the dead and they shall eat the living:

The dead shall outnumber the living!”

The gatekeeper made his voice heard and spoke,

He said to great Inanna,

“Stop, lady, do not break it down!

Let me go and report your words to queen Ereshkigal.”

The gatekeeper went in and spoke to [Ereshkigal],

4d-ninlil-followed-enlil-to-ereshkigals-underworld  (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Nether World)

“Here she is, your sister Inanna [. . .]

Who holds the great keppu’toy (alien technologies),

Stirs up the Abzu in Ea‘s (Enki‘s) presence [. . .]?”

When Ereshkigal heard this,

3a - Ereshkigal, Inanna, Nannar, & Utu (Ereshkigal, Inanna, Nannar, & Utu, Nannar‘s children)

Her face grew livid as cut tamarisk,

Her lips grew dark as the rim of a kuninu-vessel.

“What brings her to me?

What has incited her against me?

Surely not because I drink water with the Anunnaki, I eat clay for bread, I drink muddy water for beer?

I have to weep for young men forced to abandon their sweethearts.

I have to weep for girls wrenched from their lover’s laps.

For the infant child I have to weep, expelled before its time.

Go, gatekeeper, open your gate to her.

Treat her according to the ancient rites.”

The gatekeeper went.

He opened the gate to her.

“Enter, my lady: may Kutha give you joy,

May the palace of Kurnugi be glad to see you”

He let her in through the first door, but stripped off (and) took away the great crown on her head,
2aa - Hittite, Inanna In Her Skychamber (gatekeeper Namtar / Neti, winged naked Inanna, & Ereshkigal)

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the great crown on my head?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

He let her in through the second door, but stripped off (and) took away the rings in her ears.

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the rings in my ears?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

2-inanna  (Inanna with alien technologies, & beads around her neck)

He let her in through the third door, but stripped off (and) took away the beads around her neck.

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the beads around my neck?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

1-inanna-goddess-of-love  (Inanna with alien technologies, Goddess of Love, younger sister to Ereshkigal)

He let her in through the fourth door, but stripped off (and) took away the toggle pins at her breast.

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the toggle pins at my breast?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

He let her in through the fifth door,

but stripped off (and) took away the girdle of birth-stones around her waist.

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken the girdle of birth stones around my waist?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

He let her in through the sixth door,

but stripped off (and) took away the bangles on her wrists and ankles.

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the bangles from my wrists and ankles?”

“Go in my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

He let her in through the seventh door, but stripped off (and) took away the proud garment of her body.

4b - nude flying goddess Inanna (Inanna wearing royal family crown, stripped of all alien weaponry, naked alien Goddess of Love)

“Gatekeeper, why have you taken away the proud garment of my body?”

“Go in, my lady.

Such are the rites of the Mistress of Earth.”

          As soon as Inanna went down to Kurnugi (Netherworld, Under World, Hades),

Ereshkigal looked at her and trembled before her.

Inanna did not deliberate (?), but lent over her.

Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spoke,

2a - Ereshkigal, Nannar's Daughter (Ereshkigal on her throne in Erkalla, Nether World)

Addressed her words to Namtar her vizier,

“Go Namtar [ ] of my [ ]

Send out against her sixty diseases [ ] Inanna:

Disease of the eyes to her [eyes]

Disease of the arms to her [arms]

Disease of the feet to her [feet]

Disease of the heart to her [heart]

Disease of the head [to her head]

To every part of her and to [ ].”

After Inanna the Mistress of (?) [had gone to Kernugi]

No bull mounted a cow, [no donkey impregnated a jenny]

No young man impregnated a girl [in the street (?)]

The young man slept in his private room,

The girl slept in the company of her friends.

4m-utu-inanna-nannar  (Nannar‘s children, Utu, Inanna, father Nannar, & Papsukkal damaged)

Then Papsukkal, vizier of the great gods, hung his head, his face [became gloomy];

He wore mourning clothes, his hair unkempt.

2a-nannar-statue-2000-b-c 3ea-inanna-presents-king-shulgi-to-nannar  (Nannar; Ninsun, semi-divine king Gudea, Inanna, & Nannar / Sin)

Dejected(?), he went and wept before Sin his father,

His tears flowed freely before king Ea (Enki).

Inanna has gone down to The Earth and has not come up again.

6b-inanna-dumuzi-in-the-underworld  (widowed Inanna at the door to the Nether World, & deceased spouse Dumuzi)

As soon as Inanna went down to Kurnugi

No bull mounted a cow, no donkey impregnated a jenny,

No young man impregnated a girl on the street

The young man slept in his private room,

The girl slept in the company of her friends.

2b-enki-his-hybred-experiments  (Enki seated, master of Earth’s creatures, & DNA experiments)

Ea (Enki), in the wisdom of his heart, created a person.

He created Good-looks the playboy.

“Come, Good-looks, set your face towards the gate of Kurnugi.

The seven gates of Kurnugi shall be opened before you.

               (Inanna, Ereshkigal, & father Nannar)

Ereshkigal shall look at you and be glad to see you.

When she is relaxed, her mood will lighten.

Get her to swear the oath by the great gods.

Raise your head, pay attention to the waterskin,

Saying, ‘Hey my lady, let them give me the waterskin, that I may drink water from it.'”

(and so it happened. But)

When Ereshkigal heard this,

She struck her thigh and bit her finger.

“You have made a request of me that should not have been made!

Come, Good-looks, I shall curse you with a great curse.

I shall decree for you a fate that shall never be forgotten.

Bread (gleaned (?)) from the city’s plows shall be your food,

The city drains shall be your only drinking place,

Threshold steps your only sitting place,

The drunkard and the thirsty shall slap your cheek.”

2 - Ereshkigal (Ereshkigal, volunteered to make the Nether World her kingdom)

Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spoke:

She addressed her words to Namtar her vizier,

             (Ereshkigal, naked Inanna, & Namtar)

“Go Namtar, knock (?) at Egalina,

Decorate the threshold steps with coral,

Bring the Annunaki out and seat (them) on golden thrones,

Sprinkle Inanna with the waters of life and conduct her into my presence.”

Namtar went, knocked at Egalina,

Decorated the threshold steps with coral,

1h-procession-lg  (King Anu‘s royal family descendants stationed on Earth Colony)

Brought out the Annunaki, seated them on golden thrones,

Sprinkled Inanna with the waters of life and brought her out to her (sister).

He let her out through the the first door, and gave her back to her the proud garment of her body.

He let her out through the second door, and gave back to her the bangles of her wrists and ankles.

He let her out through the third door, and gave back to her the girdle of birthstones around her waist.

He let her out through the fourth door, and gave back to her the toggle-pins at her breast.

He let her out through the fifth door, and gave back to her the beads around her neck.

He let her out through the sixth door, and gave back to her the rings for her ears.

He let her out through the seventh door, and gave back the great crown for her head.

“Swear that (?) she has paid you for her ransom and give her back (in exchange) for him,

             (young lovers Dumuzi & Inanna)

For Dumuzi, the lover of her youth,

Wash (him) with pure water, anoint him with sweet oil,

Clothe him in a red robe, let the lapis lazuli pipe play(?)

Let party-girls raise a loud lament(?)

2 - Geshtinanna, daughter to Enki & Ninsun (Geshtinanna, scribe, singer of songs, Dumuzi‘s sister, Enki‘s & Ninsun‘s daughter)

Then Belili (Geshtinanna) tore off (?) her jewelery,

Her lap was filled with eyestones.

5a-dumuzi-is-dead  (the death of Dumuzi, son to Enki & Ninsun, the gods were mortal!)

Belili heard the lament for her brother, she struck the jewelery [from her body],

The eyestones with which the front of the wild cow was filled.

“You shall not rob me (forever) of my only brother!

2b-dumuzi-the-shepherd (Dumuzi the Shepherd)

On the day when Dumuzi comes back up,

(and) the lapis pipe and the carnelian ring come up with him,

(When) male and female mourners come up with him,

            5a-inanna-in-underworld-dumuzi-looks-on  (deceased Dumuzi behind the gateway to the Nether World)

The dead shall come up and smell the smoke offering.”

Inanna’s Descent to the Nether World

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        From the great heaven she set her mind on the great below.

        From the great heaven the goddess set her mind on the great below.

          3 - nude Inanna in flight (Inanna & 2 others in alien sky-disc high above; naked winged pilot, Inanna)

        From the great heaven Inanna set her mind on the great below.

        My mistress abandoned heaven, abandoned earth, and descended to the underworld.

        Inanna abandoned heaven, abandoned earth, and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the office of en, abandoned the office of lagar, and descended to the underworld.

         (mud brick-built E-ana ziggurat temple residence of Inanna in Uruk)

        She abandoned the E-ana (originally Anu‘s residence) in Unug (Uruk), and descended to the underworld.

         (heavily looted ruins of Bad-tibira & its structures)

        She abandoned the E-muc-kalama in Bad-tibira, and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the Giguna in Zabalam, and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the E-cara in Adab, and descended to the underworld.

          (Enlil’s ziggurat temple residence in Nippur, alien gods Command Central)

        She abandoned the Barag-dur-jara in Nibru (Nippur), and descended to the underworld.

          (Ziggurat temple residence of Ninhursag in Kish)

        She abandoned the Hursaj-kalama in Kic (Kish), and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the E- Ulmac in Agade (Akkad), and descended to the underworld.

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        She abandoned the Ibgal in Umma, and descended to the underworld.

        (massive ziggurat temple residence of Inanna’s parents Nannar & Ningal in Ur)

        She abandoned the E- Dilmuna in Urim (Ur), and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the Amac-e-kug in Kisiga, and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the E-ecdam-kug in Jirsu, and descended to the underworld.

        (aerial view of Isin ruins, once home of Bau / Gula)       

        She abandoned the E-sig-mece-du in Isin, and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the Anzagar in Akcak, and descended to the underworld.

        (aerial view of Ninlil’s patron city of Shuruppak, once home of Noah)

        She abandoned the Nijin-jar-kug in Curuppag (Shuruppak), and descended to the underworld.

        She abandoned the E-cag-hula in Kazallu, and descended to the underworld.)

        (Inanna grasps the alien divine powers in her hand)

        She took the seven divine powers (alien technologies).

        She collected the divine powers and grasped them in her hand.

        With the good divine powers, she went on her way.

           1 - Inanna in Flight Suit  (Inanna with advanced alien technologies from planet Nibiru)

        She put a turban, headgear for the open country, on her head.

        She took a wig for her forehead.

        13a-ur-lapis-lazuli-necklace  (lapis-lazuli gemstone necklace, favorite gem of Inanna‘s)

        She hung small lapis-lazuli beads around her neck.

        She placed twin egg-shaped beads on her breast.

        She covered her body with a pala dress, the garment of ladyship.

        She placed mascara which is called “Let a man come, let him come” on her eyes.

        She pulled the pectoral which is called “Come, man, come” over her breast.

        She placed a golden ring on her hand.

        She held the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand.

        (Inanna travels to the Under World to see older sister Ereshkigal, & Nmatar / Neti)

        Inanna traveled towards the underworld.

         2a - Inanna & perhaps Ninshubur (winged Apkulla / pilots on each end, Inanna, & kneeling Ninshubur)

        Her minister Nincubur traveled behind her.

        Holy Inanna said to Nincubur:

        “Come my faithful minister of E-ana, my minister who speaks fair words, my escort who speaks trustworthy words

        (1 ms. has instead: I am going to give you instructions: my instructions must be followed;

        I am going to say something to you: it must be observed).

        “On this day I will descend to the underworld.

        When I have arrived in the underworld, make a lament for me on the ruin mounds.

        Beat the drum for me in the sanctuary.

        Make the rounds of the houses of the gods for me.

        “Lacerate your eyes for me, lacerate your nose for me. (1 ms. adds the line: Lacerate your ears for me, in public.)

        In private, lacerate your buttocks for me.

        Like a pauper, clothe yourself in a single garment and all alone set your foot in the E-kur, the house of Enlil.

         3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur

               (E-kur, Enlil‘s temple residence in Nippur, Earth Colony Command Central)

        “When you have entered the E-kur, the house of Enlil, lament before Enlil:

          (Prince Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir, Commander stationed on Earth Colony)

        “Father Enlil, don’t let anyone kill your daughter (granddaughter) in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inanna be killed in the underworld.”

        “If Enlil does not help you in this matter, go to Urim (Ur).

          (Nannar, patron alien god of Ur, the home of Biblical Abraham)

        In the E-mud-kura at Urim, when you have entered the E-kic-nu-jal,

          (Nannar‘s house way above his city of Ur, & its Stairway to Heaven)

        the house of Nanna, lament before Nanna (Inanna‘s father):

        “Father Nanna (Nannar / Sin), don’t let anyone kill your daughter in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inanna be killed in the underworld.”

        “And if Nanna does not help you in this matter, go to Eridug (Eridu).

        In Eridug, when you have entered the house of Enki, lament before Enki:

         2a - Enki keeper of the MUs-knowledge disks (Enki, King Anu‘s eldest & wisest son on Earth Colony)

        “Father Enki, don’t let anyone kill your daughter in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inanna be killed in the underworld.”

         (rushing life-giving waters of Enki)

        “Father Enki, the lord of great wisdom, knows about the life-giving plant and the life-giving water.

        He is the one who will restore me to life.

        When Inanna traveled on towards the underworld, her minister Nincubur traveled on behind her.

        She said to her minister Nincubur:

         2 - Ninshubur (Ninshubur, minor goddess giving her support to Inanna)

        “Go now, my Nincubur, and pay attention.

        Don’t neglect the instructions I gave you.”

        When Inanna arrived at the palace Ganzer, she pushed aggressively on the door of the underworld.

        She shouted aggressively at the gate of the underworld:

        “Open up, doorman, open up. Open up, Neti, open up.

        I am all alone and I want to come in.”

        (Ereshkigal, naked Inanna‘s descent to the Nether World, & Neti / Namtar)

        Neti, the chief doorman of the underworld, answered holy Inanna:

        “Who are you?”

          (Inanna’s descent to Under World by way of her winged capsule)

        “I am Inanna going to the east.”

        “If you are Inanna going to the east, why have you traveled to the land of no return?

        How did you set your heart on the road whose traveler never returns?”

        Holy Inanna answered him:

        (ancient artifact of the Under World lord, Nergal)

        “Because lord Gud-gal-ana (Nergal), the husband of my elder sister holy Erec-ki-gala (Ereshkigal), has died;

        in order to have his funeral rites observed, she offers generous libations at his wake — that is the reason.”

        Neti, the chief doorman of the underworld, answered holy Inanna:

        “Stay here, Inanna. I will speak to my mistress.

        I will speak to my mistress Erec-ki-gala and tell her what you have said.”

        Neti, the chief doorman of the underworld, entered the house of his mistress Erec-ki-gala (Ereshkigal) and said:

        “My mistress, there is a lone girl outside.

        It is Inanna, your sister, and she has arrived at the palace Ganzer.

        She pushed aggressively on the door of the underworld.

        She shouted aggressively at the gate of the underworld.

        She has abandoned E-ana and has descended to the underworld.

        “She has taken the seven divine powers (alien technologies).

        She has collected the divine powers and grasped them in her hand.

        She has come on her way with all the good divine powers.

         1aa - Inanna, equipted to fly (Inanna dressed with alien technologies & lapis-lazuli beads)

        She has put a turban, headgear for the open country, on her head.

        She has taken a wig for her forehead.

        She has hung small lapis-lazuli beads around her neck.

        “She has placed twin egg-shaped beads on her breast.

        She has covered her body with the pala dress of ladyship.

        She has placed mascara which is called “Let a man come” on her eyes.

        She has pulled the pectoral which is called “Come, man, come” over her breast.

        She has placed a golden ring on her hand.

        She is holding the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand.”

         2a - Ereshkigal, Nannar's Daughter (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World, seated upon her throne)

        When she heard this, Erec-ki-gala slapped the side of her thigh.

        She bit her lip and took the words to heart.

        She said to Neti, her chief doorman:

        “Come Neti, my chief doorman of the underworld, don’t neglect the instructions I will give you.

        Let the seven gates of the underworld be bolted.

        Then let each door of the palace Ganzer be opened separately.

        As for her, after she has entered,

         2aa - Hittite, Inanna In Her Skychamber (Neti, Inanna, & Ereshkigal in the Under World)

        and crouched down and had her clothes removed, they will be carried away.”

        Neti, the chief doorman of the underworld, paid attention to the instructions of his mistress.

        He bolted the seven gates of the underworld.

        Then he opened each of the doors of the palace Ganzer separately.

        He said to holy Inanna: “Come on, Inanna, and enter.”

        And when Inanna entered, (1 ms. adds 2 lines: the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line were removed from her hand,

        when she entered the first gate,) the turban, headgear for the open country, was removed from her head.

        “What is this?” “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        When she entered the second gate, the small lapis-lazuli beads were removed from her neck.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        When she entered the third gate, the twin egg-shaped beads were removed from her breast.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        When she entered the fourth gate, the “Come, man, come” pectoral was removed from her breast.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        When she entered the fifth gate, the golden ring was removed from her hand.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        When she entered the sixth gate, the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line were removed from her hand.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

         4d - Flying Inanna  (Inanna, Goddess of Love, naked & clothed)

        When she entered the seventh gate, the pala dress, the garment of ladyship, was removed from her body.

        “What is this?”

        “Be satisfied, Inanna, a divine power of the underworld has been fulfilled.

        Inanna, you must not open your mouth against the rites of the underworld.”

        After she had crouched down and had her clothes removed, they were carried away.

        Then she made her sister Erec-ki-gala rise from her throne, and instead she sat on her throne.

        The Anuna (Anunnaki), the seven judges, rendered their decision against her.

        They looked at her — it was the look of death.

        They spoke to her — it was the speech of anger.

        They shouted at her — it was the shout of heavy guilt.

        The afflicted woman was turned into a corpse.

        And the corpse was hung on a hook.

         (Inanna & Ninshuber)

        After three days and three nights had passed, her minister Nincubura (Ninshubur)

        (2 mss. add 2 lines: , her minister who speaks fair words, her escort who speaks trustworthy words,)

        carried out the instructions of her mistress

        (1 ms. has instead 2 lines: did not forget her orders, she did not neglect her instructions).

        She made a lament for her in her ruined (houses).

        She beat the drum for her in the sanctuaries.

        She made the rounds of the houses of the gods for her.

        She lacerated her eyes for her, she lacerated her nose.

        In private she lacerated her buttocks for her.

        Like a pauper, she clothed herself in a single garment, and all alone she set her foot in the E-kur, the house of Enlil.

         2c - Nippur (part of Enlil‘s E-kur in Nippur, the mud-brick-built mountain)

        When she had entered the E-kur, the house of Enlil, she lamented before Enlil:

        “Father Enlil, don’t let anyone kill your daughter in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inanna be killed in the underworld.”

        In his rage father Enlil answered Nincubura:

        “My daughter craved the great heaven and she craved (supremacy of) the great below as well.

        Inanna craved the great heaven and she craved the great below as well.

        The divine powers of the underworld are divine powers which should not be craved,

        for whoever gets them must remain in the underworld.

        Who, having got to that place, could then expect to come up again?”

        Thus father Enlil did not help in this matter, so she went to Urim.

         3a - Nannar's Temple, Ziggourat, Home in Ur (Nannar‘s house with city of Ur way below)

        In the E-mud-kura at Urim, when she had entered the E-kic-nu-jal, the house of Nanna, she lamented before Nanna (Nannar):

        “Father Nanna, don’t let your daughter be killed in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inana be killed in the underworld.”

         SYRIA - CIRCA 2002: Limestone stela depicting the Moon God Sin, rear view. Artefact from Tell Ahmar, Syria. Assyrian civilisation, 8th Century BC. Aleppo, Archaeological Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)2 - Ninshubur (Nannar, Moon Crescent god of Ur; Ninshubur)        

        In his rage father Nanna answered Nincubura:

        “My daughter craved the great heaven and she craved the great below as well.

        Inanna craved the great heaven and she craved the great below as well.

        The divine powers of the underworld are divine powers which should not be craved,

        for whoever gets them must remain in the underworld.

        Who, having got to that place, could then expect to come up again?”

         2ba - Enki's Temple-Ziggourat in Eridu (ruins of Eridu, Enki‘s city buried in time by thousands of years)

        Thus father Nanna did not help her in this matter, so she went to Eridug (Eridu).

        In Eridug, when she had entered the house of Enki, she lamented before Enki:

        “Father Enki, don’t let anyone kill your daughter in the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious metal be alloyed there with the dirt of the underworld.

        Don’t let your precious lapis lazuli be split there with the mason’s stone.

        Don’t let your boxwood be chopped up there with the carpenter’s wood.

        Don’t let young lady Inanna be killed in the underworld.”

        Father Enki answered Nincubura:

        “What has my daughter done?

        She has me worried.

        What has Inanna done?

        She has me worried.

        What has the mistress of all the lands done?

        She has me worried.

        What has the hierodule of An (Anu) done?

        She has me worried.”

        (1 ms. adds 1 line: Thus father Enki helped her in this matter.)

         2 - Enki, the wisest god (statue of Enki & thousands more, now shamefully destroyed by Radical Islam, fearing our early history)

        He removed some dirt from the tip of his fingernail and created the kur-jara.

        He removed some dirt from the tip of his other fingernail and created the gala-tura.

        To the kur-jara he gave the life-giving plant.

            3c - Enki in the Abzu

                   (plant of life given to Noah by Enlil;   Enki, patron god of Eridu, god of waters, wisest of gods)

        To the gala-tura he gave the life-giving water.

        Then father Enki spoke out to the gala-tura and the kur-jara:

        “(1 ms. has instead the line: One of you sprinkle the life-giving plant over her, and the other the life-giving water.)

        Go and direct your steps to the underworld.

        Flit past the door like flies.

        Slip through the door pivots like phantoms.

        (Ereshkigal, giant Queen of the Under World)

        The mother who gave birth, Erec-ki-gala, on account of her children, is lying there.

        Her holy shoulders are not covered by a linen cloth.

        Her breasts are not full like a cagan vessel.

        Her nails are like a pickaxe (?) upon her.

        The hair on her head is bunched up as if it were leeks.

        “When she says “Oh my heart”, you are to say “You are troubled, our mistress, oh your heart”.

        When she says “Oh my liver”, you are to say “You are troubled, our mistress, oh your liver”.

        (She will then ask:) “Who are you?

        Speaking to you from my heart to your heart, from my liver to your liver —

        if you are gods, let me talk with you; if you are mortals, may a destiny be decreed for you.”

        Make her swear this by heaven and earth.

        1 line fragmentary

        “They will offer you a river full of water — don’t accept it.

        They will offer you a field with its grain — don’t accept it.

        But say to her: “Give us the corpse hanging on the hook.”

        (She will answer:) “That is the corpse of your queen.”

        Say to her: “Whether it is that of our king, whether it is that of our queen, give it to us.”

        She will give you the corpse hanging on the hook.

        One of you sprinkle on it the life-giving plant and the other the life-giving water.

        Thus let Inanna arise.”

        The gala-tura and the kur-jara paid attention to the instructions of Enki.

        They flitted through the door like flies.

        They slipped through the door pivots like phantoms.

        The mother who gave birth, Erec-ki-gala, because of her children, was lying there.

        Her holy shoulders were not covered by a linen cloth.

        Her breasts were not full like a cagan vessel.

        Her nails were like a pickaxe (?) upon her.

          (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World, naked Inanna & unidentified)

        The hair on her head was bunched up as if it were leeks.

        When she said “Oh my heart”, they said to her

        You are troubled, our mistress, oh your heart”.

        When she said “Oh my liver”, they said to her

        “You are troubled, our mistress, oh your liver”.

        (Then she asked:) “Who are you?

        I tell you from my heart to your heart, from my liver to your liver — if you are gods, I will talk with you;

        if you are mortals, may a destiny be decreed for you.”

        They made her swear this by heaven and earth.

        They …….

        They were offered a river with its water — they did not accept it.

        They were offered a field with its grain — they did not accept it.

        They said to her: “Give us the corpse hanging on the hook.”

        Holy Erec-ki-gala answered the gala-tura and the kur-jara:

        “The corpse is that of your queen.”

        They said to her:

        “Whether it is that of our king or that of our queen, give it to us.”

        They were given the corpse hanging on the hook.

        One of them sprinkled on it the life-giving plant and the other the life-giving water.

        And thus Inanna arose.

        Erec-ki-gala said to the gala-tura and the kur-jara:

        “Bring your queen ……, your …… has been seized.”

        Inanna, because of Enki‘s instructions, was about to ascend from the underworld.

        But as Inana was about to ascend from the underworld, the Anuna seized her:

        “Who has ever ascended from the underworld, has ascended unscathed from the underworld?

        If Inanna is to ascend from the underworld, let her provide a substitute for herself.”

        So when Inanna left the underworld, the one in front of her, though not a minister, held a scepter in his hand;

        the one behind her, though not an escort, carried a mace at his hip, while the small demons, like a reed enclosure,

        and the big demons, like the reeds of a fence, restrained her on all sides.

        Those who accompanied her, those who accompanied Inana,

        know no food, know no drink, eat no flour offering and drink no libation.

        They accept no pleasant gifts.

        They never enjoy the pleasures of the marital embrace, never have any sweet children to kiss.

        They tear away the wife from a man’s embrace.

        They snatch the son from a man’s knee.

        They make the bride leave the house of her father-in-law (instead of lines 300-305, 1 ms. has 2 lines:

        They take the wife away from a man’s embrace.

        They take away the child hanging on a wet-nurse’s breasts).

        (1 ms. adds 3 lines: They crush no bitter garlic.

        They eat no fish, they eat no leeks.

        They, it was, who accompanied Inanna.)

        After Inanna had ascended from the underworld, Nincubura (Ninshubur) threw herself at her feet at the door of the Ganzer.

        She had sat in the dust and clothed herself in a filthy garment.

        The demons said to holy Inanna:

        “Inanna, proceed to your city, we will take her back.”

         2c - Iananna, Goddess of Love & War (Inanna, daughter to Nannar & Ningal, widowed by Dumuzi)

        Holy Inanna answered the demons:

        “This is my minister of fair words, my escort of trustworthy words.

        She did not forget my instructions.

        She did not neglect the orders I gave her.

        She made a lament for me on the ruin mounds.

        She beat the drum for me in the sanctuaries.

        She made the rounds of the gods’ houses for me.

        She lacerated her eyes for me, lacerated her nose for me.

        (1 ms. adds 1 line: She lacerated her ears for me in public.)

        In private, she lacerated her buttocks for me.

        Like a pauper, she clothed herself in a single garment.

        3a-nippur-ziggurat-enlils-home-on-earth 2e-enlils-home-in-nippur  (E-kur, Enlil‘s Earth Colony Command Central)

        “All alone she directed her steps to the E-kur, to the house of Enlil,

        and to Urim, to the house of Nanna, and to Eridug, to the house of Enki. (1 ms. adds 1 line: She wept before Enki.)

        She brought me back to life.

        How could I turn her over to you?

        Let us go on.

        Let us go on to the Sig-kur-caga in Umma.”

        At the Sig-kur-caga in Umma, Cara (Shara, Inanna‘s son), in his own city, threw himself at her feet.

        He had sat in the dust and dressed himself in a filthy garment.

        The demons said to holy Inanna:

        “Inana, proceed to your city, we will take him back.”

        Holy Inanna answered the demons:

        “Cara is my singer, my manicurist and my hairdresser.

        How could I turn him over to you? Let us go on.

        Let us go on to the E-muc-kalama in Bad-tibira.”

        At the E-muc-kalama in Bad-tibira, Lulal, in his own city, threw himself at her feet.

        He had sat in the dust and clothed himself in a filthy garment.

        The demons said to holy Inanna:

        “Inanna, proceed to your city, we will take him back.”

        Holy Inanna answered the demons:

        “Outstanding Lulal follows me at my right and my left.

        How could I turn him over to you? Let us go on.

        Let us go on to the great apple tree in the plain of Kulaba.”

        They followed her to the great apple tree in the plain of Kulaba.

        There was Dumuzid (Dumuzi) clothed in a magnificent garment and seated magnificently on a throne.

        The demons seized him there by his thighs.

        The seven of them poured the milk from his churns.

        The seven of them shook their heads like …….

        They would not let the shepherd play the pipe and flute before her (?).

        She looked at him, it was the look of death.

        She spoke to him (?), it was the speech of anger.

        She shouted at him (?), it was the shout of heavy guilt:

        “How much longer? Take him away.”

         6 - Inanna, Dumuzi, & the Underworld (Inanna with Dumuzi in the Nether World)

        Holy Inanna gave Dumuzid the shepherd into their hands.

        Those who had accompanied her, who had come for Dumuzid,

        know no food, know no drink, eat no flour offering, drink no libation.

        They never enjoy the pleasures of the marital embrace, never have any sweet children to kiss.

        They snatch the son from a man’s knee.

        They make the bride leave the house of her father-in-law.

         5 - Utu protects Dumuzi (demons tasked with killing Dumuzi)

        Dumuzid let out a wail and turned very pale.

        2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna (Utu, Inanna‘s twin brother, son to Nannar & Ningal)

        The lad raised his hands to heaven, to Utu:

        “Utu, you are my brother-in-law. I am your relation by marriage.

        I brought butter to your mother’s house.

        I brought milk to Ningal‘s (Nannar‘s spouse) house.

        Turn my hands into snake’s hands and turn my feet into snake’s feet,

       2a-dumuzi-the-shepherd-adam-eve  (Dumuzi‘s hands & feet in cuffs)

        so I can escape my demons, let them not keep hold of me.”

        Utu accepted his tears. (1 ms. adds 1 line: Dumuzid‘s demons could not keep hold of him.)

        Utu turned Dumuzid‘s hands into snake’s hands. He turned his feet into snake’s feet.

         2 - Dumuzi, youngest son to Enki (Dumuzi escaped demons with help from Utu, his brother-in-law)

        Dumuzid escaped his demons. (1 ms. adds 1 line: Like a sajkal snake he …….)

        They seized …….

        2 lines fragmentary

        Holy Inanna …… her heart.

        Holy Inanna wept bitterly for her husband.

        4 lines fragmentary

        She tore at her hair like esparto grass, she ripped it out like esparto grass.

        “You wives who lie in your men’s embrace, where is my precious husband?

        You children who lie in your men’s embrace, where is my precious child?

        Where is my man? Where ……? Where is my man? Where ……?”

        A fly spoke to holy Inanna:

        “If I show you where your man is, what will be my reward?”

        Holy Inanna answered the fly:

        “If you show me where my man is, I will give you this gift: I will cover …….”

        The fly helped (?) holy Inanna.

        The young lady Inanna decreed the destiny of the fly:

        “In the beer-house and the tavern (?), may there …… for you.

        You will live (?) like the sons of the wise.”

        Now Inanna decreed this fate and thus it came to be.

        …… was weeping.

        She came up to the sister (?) and …… by the hand:

        “Now, alas, my …….

        You for half the year and your sister for half the year: when you are demanded, on that day you will stay,

        when your sister is demanded, on that day you will be released.”

         6b - Inanna & Dumuzi in the Underworld (Inanna reaches for her spouse Dumuzi in the Nether World)

        Thus holy Inanna gave Dumuzid as a substitute …….

        Holy Erec-ki-gala (Ereshkigal) — sweet is your praise.

The Descent of Ishtar

Babylonian account on how Ishtar, the Great Goddess of Love and War, descended through the seven gates of the Underworld to find her beloved,Tammuz. Enjoy a tale of resurrection and love beyond death! From Ancient Near Eastern Texts, translated by E.A. Speiser

(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in blue)

(Enki‘s creation = creatures, etc.)

2 - Ereshkigal (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World, spouse to Nergal)

To the Land of No Return, the realm of Ereshkigal,

Ishtar (Inanna), the daughter of the Moon (Nannar), set her mind.

To the dark house, the abode of Irkalla (Ereshkigal‘s temple / residence in the Under World),

To the house which none leave who have entered it,

To the road from which there is no way back,

To the house wherein the entrants are bereft of light,

Where dust is their fare and clay their food,

Where they see no light, residing in darkness,

Where they are clothed like birds, with wings for garments,

And where over door and bolt is spread dust.

When Ishtar reached the gate of the Land of No Return,

She said to the gatekeeper:

“O gatekeeper, open thy gate, Open thy gate so I may enter!

If thou openest not the gate so that I cannot enter, I will smash the door, I will shatter the bolt,

I will smash the doorpost, I will move the doors, I will raise up the dead eating the living,

So that the dead will outnumber the living.”

The gatekeeper opened his mouth to speak,

Saying to exalted Ishtar (Inanna):

“Stop, my lady, do not throw it down!

I will go to announce thy name to Queen Ereshkigal.”

4aa-hittite-inanna-in-her-skychamber  (Inanna arrives in the Under World, gatekeeper Namtar & Ereshkigal approach her)

The gatekeeper entered, saying to Ereshkigal:

“Behold, they sister Ishtar (Inanna) is waiting at the gate,

She who upholds the great festivals,

2aa-enki-found-in-sins-temple-at-khorsabad  (Enki, King Anu‘s eldest & wisest Prince on Earth, 1st to arrive with a crew of 50)

Who stirs up the deep before Ea (Enki), the king.”

When Ereshkigal heard this, her face turned pale like a cut-down tamarisk,

While her lips turned dark like a bruised kuninu-reed.

What drove her heart to me?

What impelled her spirit hither?

3-ereshkigal-inanna-nannar-utu-goat-sacrifice (Inanna, Nannar, Utu, Ereshkigal; Inanna, etc. repeats)

Lo, should I drink water with the Anunnaki?

Should I eat clay for bread, drink muddied water for beer?

Should I bemoan the men who left their wives behind?

Should I bemoan the maidens who were wretched from the laps of their lovers?

Or should I bemoan the tender little one who was sent off before his time?

Go, gatekeeper, open the gate for her,

Treat her in accordance with the ancient rules.”

Forth went the gatekeeper to open the door for her:

“Enter, my lady, that Cutha may rejoice over thee,

That the palace of the Land of No Return may be glad at they presence.”

4d-ninlil-followed-enlil-to-ereshkigals-underworld  (Queen Ereshkigal in the Under World)

When the first gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the great crown on her head.

“Why, o gatekeeper, didst thou take the great crown on my head?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”



2i - Inanna is taken by Ereshkigal (Ereshkigal has Inanna stripped of weapons & clothes)

When the second gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the pendants on her ears.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the pendants on my ears?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

When the third gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the chains round her neck.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the chains round my neck?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

When the fourth gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the ornaments on her breast.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the ornaments on my breast?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

When the fifth gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the girdle of birthstones on her hips.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the girdle of birthstones on my hips?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

When the sixth gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the clasps round her hands and feet.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the clasps round my hands and feet?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

When the seventh gate he had made her enter,

He stripped and took away the breechcloth round her body.

“Why, O gatekeeper, didst thou take the breechcloth round my body?”

“Enter, my lady, thus are the rules of the Mistress of the Underworld.”

As soon as Ishtar had descended to the Land of No Return,

4d - Flying Inanna (Inanna with mixed-breed kings, naked & dressed)

Ereshkigal saw her and burst out at her presence.

Ishtar, unreflecting, flew at her.

Ereshkigal opened her mouth to speak,

“Go, Namtar, lock her up in my palace!

Release against her the sixty miseries:

Misery of the eyes against her eyes,

Misery of the sides against her sides,

Misery of the heart against her heart,

Misery of the feet against her feet,

Misery of the head against her head –

Against every part of her, against her whole body!”

After Lady Ishtar had descended to the nether world,

The bull springs not upon the cow, the ass impregnates not the jenny,

In the street the man impregnates not the maiden.

The man lies in his own chamber, the maiden lies on her side.

4m-utu-inanna-nannar  (Utu, Inanna, Nannar, & damaged Papsukal, Nannar‘s children)

The countenance of Papsukkal (Nannar‘s son), the vizier of the great gods,

Was fallen, his face was clouded

He was clad in mourning, long hair he wore.

Forth went Papsukkal before Ea (Enki), the king:

Ishtar has gone down to the nether world, she has not come up.

Since Ishtar (Inanna) has gone down to the Land of No Return,

The bull springs not upon the cow, the ass impregnates not the jenny,

In the street the man impregnates not the maiden.

The man lies down in his own chamber,

The maiden lies down on her side.”

3g-pilotapkulla-enki  (winged eagle-headed Apkulla, & Ea / Enki, god of waters)

Ea in his wise heart conceived an image,

And created Asushunamir, a eunuch:

“Up, Asushunamir, set thy face to the gate of the Land of No Return:

The seven gates of the Land of No Return shall be opened for thee.

Ereshkigal shall see thee and rejoice at thy presence.

When her heart has calmed, her mood is happy,

Let her utter the oath of the great gods.

Then lift up thy head, paying mind to the life-water bag:

“Pray, lady, let them give me the life-water bag that water therefrom I may drink.”

2a-ereshkigal-nannars-daughter  (Ereshkigal seated on her throne in the Under World / Nether World)

As soon as Ereshkigal heard this,

She smote her thigh, bit her finger:

“Thou didst request of me a thing that should not be requested.

Come, Asushunamir, I will curse thee with a mighty curse!

The food of the city’s gutters shall be thy food,

The sewers of the city shall be thy drink.

The threshold shall be thy habitation,

The besotted and the thirsty shall smite they cheek!”

Ereshkigal opened her mouth to speak,

Saying these words to Namtar, her vizier:

“Up, Namtar, knock at Egalgina,

Adorn the thresholds with the coral-stone,

1h-procession-lg  (Anunnaki aliens, royal family of giant gods on Earth)

Bring forth the Anunnaki, seated them on thrones of gold,

Sprinkle Ishtar with the water of life and take her from my presence!”

Forth went Namtar, knocked at Egalgina,

Adorned the thresholds with coral-stone,

Brought forth the Anunnaki, seated them on thrones of gold,

Sprinkled Ishtar with the water of life and took her from her presence.

When through the first gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the breechcloth for her body.

When through the second gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the clasps for her hands and feet.

When through the third gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the birthstone girdle for her hips.

When through the fourth gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the ornaments for her breasts.

When through the fifth gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the chains for her neck.

When through the sixth gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the pendants for her ears.

When through the seventh gate he had made her go out,

He returned to her the great crown for her head.

“If she does not give thee her ransom price, bring her back.
 (young lovers Inanna & Dumuzi, gods 3 generations down while upon the Earth)

As for Tammuz (Dumuzi), the lover of her youth,

Wash him with pure water, anoint him with sweet oil:

Clothe him with a red garment, let him play on a flute of lapis.

Let the courtesans turn his mood.”

When Belili (Geshtinanna) was stringing her jewelry,

And her lap was filled with “eye-stones,”

On hearing the sound of her brother, Belili struck the jewelry on…

So that the “eye-stones” filled the…

“My only brother, bring no harm to me!

6b - Inanna & Dumuzi in the Underworld (Inanna speaks to Dumuzi in the Under World)

On the day when Tammuz (Dumuzi) comes up to me,

When with him the lapis flute and the carnelian ring come up to me,

When with him the wailing men and wailing women come up to me,

May the dead rise and smell the incense.

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Narrator:

From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below

From the Great Above the Goddess opened her ear to the Great Below

6b - Inanna & Dumuzi in the Underworld (Inanna speaks to Dumuzi in the Under World / “Great Below“)

From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below

She abandoned her seven holy temples to descend to the underworld

She gathered together the seven Holy Measures

She took them into her hands

With the Holy Measures in her possession

She prepared herself

She placed the crown on her head

She arranged the dark locks of (brown) hair across her forehead

She tied beads around her neck

1c-astarte-hittite-goddess-of-love (Inanna‘s bead jewelry falls to her bare breasts)

Let the double strand of beads fall to her breast

And wrapped the royal robe round her body

She daubed her eyes with ointment called ‘let him come, let him come!’

Bound the breastplate called ‘come, man,come!’ around her chest

Slipped the gold ring over her wrist

And took the lapis measuring rod and line in her hand.

Inanna spoke to her faithful servant Ninshubur:



 (Inanna, Goddess of Love & War in her war dress, & wearing jewelry)

Inanna:

Ninshubur, my support and counselor,

My warrior who fights by my side.

I am descending to the underworld

If I do not return, set up a lament for me

 2a-nannar-statue-2000-b-c"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 (Enlil, son Nannar, & 1/2 older brother Enki)

Go to see the Great Ones, Enlil, Nanna, and Enki

Do not let this holy priestess of heaven

1ba-inanna-spouse-dumuzi  (young lover aliens Inanna & Dumuzi, daughter to Nannar, son to Enki)

Be put to death in the underworld

Go to see the Great Gods

For surely they will not let me die

Go now, Ninshubur.

Do not forget the words I have commanded you.’

2a - Inanna & perhaps Ninshubur (Apkulla / eagle-winged pilots on the ends, Inanna, & Ninshubur kneeling)

Ninshubur:

‘Your wish is my command, my lady, I’ll do as I am told’.


4d - Flying Inanna (Inanna with mixed-breed kings, Inanna naked & dressed)

Narrator:

When Inanna arrived at the outer gates of the underworld

She knocked loudly.

Inanna:

‘Open the door! I alone would enter!’

Narrator:

Neti, the chief gatekeeper (of the Under World) of the kur, asked:

‘Who are you? Why has your heart led you on the road of no return?’

5a-inanna-in-underworld-dumuzi-looks-on

       (Nergal, Inanna, Dumuzi, unidentified god, & giant mixed-breed high-priest & king)

Inanna:

‘I am Inanna, Queen of Heaven, on my way to the East’.

I came … because of my older sister Ereshkigal,

Her husband, Gugalanna (Nergal), the Bull of Heaven has died.

I have come to witness the funeral rites.

Let it be done’.

Narrator:

The chief gatekeeper of the underworld, entered the palace of Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld, and said:

‘My queen, your sister, Inanna, Queen of Heaven, waits outside the palace gates.

She has gathered together the Seven Sacred Measures;

She waits out there.’

             (Ereshkigal, Queen goddess of the Under World)

Ereshkigal:

(She hears the message, makes a sign of annoyance, takes the matter into her heart and finally speaks):

‘So my sister is here!

Come, my chief gatekeeper, heed my words:

Bolt the seven gates of the underworld

Then, one by one, open each gate a crack

Let Inanna enter, let my sister in

But as she enters, remove her royal garments

Let the holy priestess of heaven enter bowed low.’

2i - Inanna is taken by Ereshkigal  (naked Inanna in her winged shem / command module, Namtar, Neti, & sister Ereshkigal in the Under World)

Narrator:

At each gate Inanna had to leave a garment

At each of the seven gates Inanna had to surrender a Sacred Measure

Only then, naked and bowed low

She could enter Eternity

She could face the Holy, Dark and Eternal Ereshkigal

Inanna (kneels in front of Ereshkigal):

             (Ereshkigal, Inanna, & Neti; Inanna captured, stripped naked, & killed by sister Ereshkigal)

Ereshkigal strikes Inanna dead:

‘I’ll turn you into a corpse, a piece of rotting meat, stay there, hanging on a hook on the wall’.

Narrator:

After three days and three nights, Inanna had not returned, Ninshubur set up a lament for her everywhere

2 - Ninshubur  (Ninshubur, Inanna‘s minister / servant, minor supportive goddess to Royal Family member Inanna; Ninshubur & Inanna)

Ninshubur, the faithful servant, dressed as a beggar in mourning

Set out for the temple of the Great Gods

To seek out help for Inanna.

Ninshubur (talking to Enki):

‘Father Enki,

3d-inanna-riding-ninhursag  (Inanna, her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus, & many symbols of the gods)

God of Wisdom, help our Morning and Evening Star (Inanna / goddess of Venus)

Or the world will never be the same as it was’.

2a - Enki keeper of the MUs-knowledge disks (Enki, King Anu‘s eldest & wisest son, 1st to arrive on Earth Colony with his crew of 50)

Enki:

‘I’ll fashion a kurgarra and a galatur,

Creatures neither male nor female, saying to them:

5a-dumuzi-is-dead  (deceased Inanna, & Ereshkigal moaning as if giving birth)

‘Go to the Underworld, where Ereshkigal, the Queen, is moaning as a woman about to give birth

Show her compassion, she will be pleased.

She will offer you a gift

Ask her only for the corpse that hangs from the hook on the wall.

Sprinkle food of life on it, sprinkle water of life on it. Inanna will then arise.’

Narrator:

The kurgarra and the galatur did as they were told.

They found Ereshkigal moaning as in labor, and gave compassion to the Queen of the Underworld.



 (Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World / Nether World, spouse to Nergal)

Ereshkigal:

No one has ever shown compassion to me

Alone I live in the depths of the Earth

As you cared about my pain I grant your wish

Take Inanna‘s body! It is yours: take it!’

Narrator:

Inanna‘s body was given to the kurgarra and the galatur,

Who sprinkled it with food and water of life Inanna came back to life

But she had been to the Underworld

She was transformed, she was reborn

So changed, Inanna could not ascend


 (Ereshkigal, Inanna, & father Nannar)

Ereshkigal:

Inanna, no one ascends from the underworld unmarked

If you wish to return from the Underworld

You must provide someone in your place.

Narrator:

As Inanna ascended from the underworld

The galla, demons clung to her

One walking in front, the other walking behind

Ever watchful for a replacement for the Goddess in sight.

Many were those who mourned for the Goddess,

Many were those who grieved for Inanna.

Many rejoiced as they saw her back.

Only in Uruk nothing seemed to have changed

3e-anus-temple-in-uruk 3j-anus-temple  (Anu‘s & Inanna‘s home / temple / residence in Uruk)

Only in Uruk someone didn’t seem to notice or care

About Inanna‘s absence and strange come back.

Only Dumuzi, who shared with her the Sacred Marriage bed,

Didn’t grieve, didn’t mourn or for the Goddess showed despair.

2b-dumuzi-the-shepherd  (Dumuzi the Shepherd, son to Enki & Ninsun)

In shining garments, on the throne of sovereignty he sat, Dumuzi the Shepherd and King.

Bright as the sun, showing no signs of grief or concern.

Inanna fastened on him the eye of death

And spoke the word of wrath and pain:



6 - Inanna, Dumuzi, & the Underworld (Dumuzi in Under World, alien gods that live forever, were indeed mortal)

Inanna:

‘Take the one who didn’t grieve for me, take him, take Dumuzi away!’

Narrator:

The galla didn’t wait or hesitate, and took Dumuzi from the Goddess’ sight away.

The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi

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2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna 5d-utu-the-law-giver2ee - Utu, Shamash

    (Utu / Shamash, son to Nannar & Ningal, twin brother to Inanna, symbolized as the Sun god;  mixed-breed kings stand before Utu)

Utu, the Sun God:

The brother spoke to this younger (twin) sister

4m-utu-inanna-nannar  (Utu, Inanna, father Nannar the Moon Crescent God, & damaged Papsukal)

The Sun God, Utu, spoke to Inanna, saying:

‘Young Lady, the flax in its fullness is lovely,

Inanna, the grain is glistening in the furrow.

I will hoe it for you, I will bring it to you

A piece of linen, big or small, is always needed.

Inanna, I will bring it to you.’

3b-utu-naked-inanna  (Utu & lovely twin sister Inanna Goddess of Love)

Inanna:

‘Brother, after you’ve brought me the flax, who will comb it for me?

Utu:

Sister, I will bring it to you combed.’

Inanna:

Utu, after you’ve brought it to me combed, who will spin it for me?

Utu:

‘Sister, I will bring it to you spun.’

weaving-spinning-clothing  (Uttu, Enki’s daughter spinning & weaving for the gods)

Inanna:

‘Brother, after you’ve brought the flax to me spun, who will braid it for me?

Utu:

‘Sister, I will bring it to you braided.’

Inanna:

Utu, after you’ve brought it to me braided, who will warp it for me?’

Utu:

Inanna, I will bring it to you warped.’

Inanna:

‘Brother, after you’ve brought the flax to me warped, who will weave it for me?’

Utu:

‘Sister, I will bring it to you woven.’

Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child. Basalt, H: 100 cm Late Hittite, 8th-7th BCE Inv. 1756Man at a weaving loom. Tablet with seal imprint. Terracotta relief from Susa, Iran (3300-3000 BCE - Proto-urban Period) 3.9 x 6.6 cm Sb 3048 (alien giants spinning & weaving clothes for the gods)

Inanna:

Utu, after you’ve brought it to me woven, who will bleach it for me?’

Utu:

Inanna, I will bring it to you bleached.’

Inanna:

‘Brother, after you’ve brought my bridal sheet to me,

Who will go to bed with me?

The goddess Astarte, from the Hebron area, Israel. Pottery relief (around 1400 BCE) Late Bronze Age II (Inanna, Goddess of Love, laying across her holy bed)

Utu, who will go to bed with me?’

             (Utu, Twin Inanna, & father Nannar)

Utu:

‘Sister, your bridegroom will go to be with you

He who was born from a fertile womb (mother royal princess Ninsun),

He who was conceived on the sacred marriage throne Dumuzi, the shepherd!

1-inanna-dumuzi-young-lovers  (Enki’s son Dumuzi the Shepherd, & his young spouse Inanna)

He will go to bed with you.’

(The couple acts out the words told by the Narrator)

Narrator:

1e - Ishtar, goddess of love (Inanna, Goddess of Love, Dumuzi‘s widow, spouse to a god, & to many mixed-breeds)

Inanna bathed and anointed herself with scented oil.

She covered her body with the royal robe

             (Inanna wearing her lapis-lazuli necklace) 

She arranged her precious lapis beads around her neck

She took the royal seal in her hand

Dumuzi waited expectantly Inanna opened the door for him

Inside the house she shone before him

1a-inanna-dumuzi  (Inanna & her 1st spouse, Dumuzi the Shepherd, taught earthlings sheep-herding)

Like the light of the moon Dumuzi looked at her joyously,

he pressed his neck close against hers, he kissed her

Inanna:

‘Let the bed that rejoices the heart be prepared!

Let the bed that sweetens the loins be prepared!

Let the bed of kingship be prepared!

Let the bed of queenship be prepared!

Let the royal bed be prepared!’

1b-athirat-inanna-caananite-goddess-of-love 1c-astarte-hittite-goddess-of-love 1d-inanna-in-the-nude (Inanna, known by all gods & earthlings)

Inanna spreads the bridal sheet across the bed:

‘The bed is ready! ‘The bed is waiting!’

Inanna (Dance: lines read out)

‘What I tell you, let the singer weave into song

What I tell you, let it flow from ear to mouth

Let it pass from old to young.

‘My vulva, the horn, the Boat of Heaven,

Is full of eagerness like the young moon

As for me, Inanna, who will plow my vulva?

Who will plow my high field?

Who will plow my wet ground?

As for me, the young woman, who will plow my vulva?

Dumuzi:

‘Great Lady, the king will plow your vulva.

I, Dumuzi, the King, will plow your vulva!’

2d - Biblical Able, Dumuzi the shepherd, & EnlilFragment of a stele showing a god with a crown of horns Period of king Gudea,around 2100 BCE. From Tello. Limestone, H: 13 cm AO 4571

   (Dumuzi the Shepherd, Enki’s young son, Inanna‘s 1st spouse; crown of animal horns worn by royal descendants of King Anu)

Inanna:

‘Then plow my vulva, man of my heart! Plow my vulva!’

              (Inanna & spouse Dumuzi the Shepherd)

Dumuzi:

‘O Lady, your breast is your field Inanna, your breast is your field.

Your broad field pours out plants

Your broad field pours out grain.

Water flows from on high for your servant

Bread flows from on high for your servant

Pour it out for me, Inanna, I will drink all you offer!

             (young lovers Inanna & Dumuzi the Shepherd)

Inanna:

‘I bathed for the wild bull I bathed for the shepherd Dumuzi

Now I will caress my high priest on the bed

  (Dumuzi, Enki’s son, young lover to Enlil’s granddaughter Inanna)

I will caress the faithful shepherd Dumuzi

I will decree a sweet fate for him!’

Narrator:

The Queen of Heaven who was presented the Sacred Measures by Enki

Inanna, the first daughter of the moon (Nannar), decreed the fate of Dumuzi.

            3ma - Inanna & Enlil goddess (Inanna & Enlil, her 8-pointed star symbol, her father Nannar‘s Moon Crescent symbol, her grandfather Enlil’s 7-planets / stars symbol for his command on Earth, the 7th planet discovered when entering into our solar system from outer space, Venus is the eighth / Inanna‘s 8-pointed star)

Inanna:

‘In battle, I am your leader In combat, I am your armor-bearer

In the assembly, I am your advocate

On the campaign, I am your inspiration

You, the chosen shepherd of the holy shrine

You, the king, the faithful provider of Uruk,

3a-anu-in-flight 2cd-anus-temple-home-in-uruk

     (Anu in his sky-disc, King of the alien Anunnaki gods on Earth Colony;    Anu’s & Inanna‘s ziggurat residence in Uruk)

You, the light of An’s great shrine

In all ways you are fit

To hold your head high on the lofty dais

To sit on the lapis lazuli (blue-hued gemstone) throne

To cover your head with the holy crown

To wear long clothes on your body

To bind yourself with the garment of kingship

To race on the road with the holy scepter in your hand

And the holy sandals on you feet

You, the sprinter, the chosen shepherd

In all ways I find you fit

May your heart enjoy long days.

That which An determined for you – may it not be altered

That which Enlil has granted – may it not be altered


    (Inanna presents many, many mixed-breed spouse-kings to her mother Ningal for her blessing, Inanna, known as the Goddess of Love, continued to espouse mixed-breeds appointed to kingships for thousands of years)

You are the favorite of Ningal

Inanna holds you dear.’

Narrator:

2 - Ninshubur (Ninshubur, minister to Inanna, both resided in the ziggurat of Uruk)

Ninshubur, the faithful servant of the holy shrine of Uruk

Led Dumuzi to the sweet thighs of Inanna and spoke:

The couple embraced in bed

Ninshubur (taking Dumuzi‘s hand and placing it in Inanna‘s) ‘

  (Apkulla eagle-winged pilots, Inanna, & Ninshubur)

My queen, here is the choice of your heart

The king, your beloved bridegroom

May he spend long days in the sweetness of your holy loins

Give him a favorable and glorious reign!

O my Queen of Heaven and Earth Queen of all the Universe

May he enjoy long days in the sweetness of your holy loins!’

Narrator:

The king went with lifted head on the holy loins

Dumuzi went with lifted head to the loins of Inanna

He went to the Queen with lifted head

He opened his arms to the holy Priestess of Heaven

The Death of Dumuzi

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The wild bull who has lain down, lives no more, the wild bull who has lain down, lives no more,

5a - Dumuzi is dead (Dumuzi lives no more)

Dumuzi, the wild bull, who has lain down, lives no more,…the chief shepherd,

lives no more, the wild bull who has lain down, lives no more… Inanna opened the door for him.

Inside the house she shone before him like the light of the moon.

Dumuzi looked at her joyously.

He pressed his neck close against hers. He kissed her.

Inanna spoke:

“What I tell you, Let the singer weave into song.

What I tell you, Let it flow from ear to mouth,

Let it pass from old to young:

1j-inanna-was-present-everywhere  (hundreds of naked Inanna Mesopotamian artifacts, the irresistible alien Goddess of Love)

My vulva, the horn,

The Boat of Heaven, Is full of eagerness like the young moon.

My untilled land lies fallow.

1d - Inanna in the nude (Dumuzi dies & Inanna worries about having no sex partner, & thereafter espouses dozens of semi-divine kings throughout the many ancient years)

As for me, Inanna,

Who will plow my vulva?

1a - Inanna, 8-pointed star symbolizing Venus (Goddess of Love with her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus; Dumuzi plows her wet ground)

Who will plow my high field?

Who will plow my wet ground?

Dumuzi’s Wedding

Text-Source: Jacobsen, Thorkild (1987) The harps that once…: Sumerian Poetry in Translation.

Yale University Press, New Haven and London

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Girlfriends:

O you like a …..

Your bridallers (1) are bountiful lords!

You who like….

Lady, your bridallers are bountiful lords!

O you who catch enemy countries like birds,

4a - flying Inanna (winged Goddess of Love Inanna, alien female with piloting skills)

Ninegalla (Inanna), your bridallers are bountiful lords!

2o-inanna-goddess-of-love-war  (Inanna, Goddess of War, & Goddess of Love)

O you, cracking enemy countries like one cracking eggs, Inanna, your bridallers are bountiful lords!

Ama-ushumgal (Dumuzi) is in the first place,

The farmer in the inundation is second,

None other than the fowler is the third,

The fisherman, the man in the midst of the canebrake is the fourth of them.

6b-inanna-dumuzi-in-the-underworld  (Inanna & her spouse Dumuzi, young alien gods madly in love)

Inanna:

Let me, the lady, send a messenger to the shepherd:

May he treat me to prime butter and prime milk!

Let me send a messenger to the squire, the farmer,

May he treat me to honey and wine!

To the fowler, who has his net spread out,

Let me, the lady, send a messenger:

May he treat me to choice birds!

And the fisherman, none other! To his reed hut,

Let me, Inanna, send a messenger,

May he treat me to his precious carps!

Narrator:

Her bridallers, taking the day off, came.

The fowler brought choice birds, the fisherman brought precious carps, filled them in a …. with Milady.

The shepherd carried pails of butter in his hands,

Dumuzi carried pails of milk over his shoulders, butter and small cheese he carried hung over his shoulders.

Whipped, herb-flavored, milk he carried hung over his shoulders.

3-dumuzi-the-shepherd-with-lift-off

       (Kish King Etana ascends to heaven / planet Nibiru, & Dumuzi the Shepherd, spouse to Inanna) 

The shepherd called out unto the house, Dumuzi thrust a hand against the door crying:

Dumuzi:

Make haste to open the House, Milady!

Make haste to open the house!

Narrator:

……….

The pure one…. the Mother, hearing her, went, and was standing by the …. saying:

4b - Ningal head (alien goddess Ningal, Inanna‘s mother, Nannar‘s spouse)

Ningal:

Verily you are his spouse, he is your spouse,

Verily you …. for him Verily he is …..for you

Verily your father is now a stranger only,

Verily your mother is now a stranger only,

His mother you will respect as were she your mother!

His father you will respect as were he your father!

Dumuzi:

Make haste to open the House, Milady!

Make haste to open the house!

Narrator:

Inanna at her mother´s bidding bathed in water, anointed herself with sweet oil,

decided to put on for outer garment the grand queenly robe;

She also took her man-beast amulets,

was straightening the lapis lazuli stones on her neck, and held her cylinder seal in her hand.

 2-inanna  (winged pilot Inanna, Goddess of Love & War, with lapis-lazuli necklace)

The young lady stood waiting – Dumuzi pushed the door open, and like a moonbeam she came forth to him out of the house.

He looked at her, rejoiced in her, took her in his arms and kissed her.

Narrator:

Dumuzi, the lord Dumuzi came to him saying:

            2 - Dumuzi, youngest son to Enki (Dumuzi captured by his enemy, bound hands & feet, later escaped with help from Utu)

          Dumuzi:

          O my master, I have come home

          O my master, my bride is accompanying me

          May she duly give birth to a little lad!

 O my master, go into her into in the house!

 Dumuzi:

 O my bride…

 O Inanna…, the chapel of my personal god,

 To the chapel of my personal god I have brought you.

1a-inanna-dumuzi  (Inanna seated with her spouse Dumuzi the Shepherd, Enki’s & Ninsun’s son)

You will sleep before my personal god, and on the seat of honor of my personal god, my bride, you will sit!

Narrator:

Though he spoke thus to her, she sat down beside the sill, saying:

Inanna:

I need help! I have always just obeyed mother!

Narrator:

To the personal god he wended his foot, spoke a greeting and prayer to him as follows:

Dumuzi:

O my master…

(gap)

Inanna:

… in your eyes O my Ama-ushumgal (Dumuzi), I know not how to use a loom

Narrator:

The shepherd put his arm around the young lady saying:

Dumuzi:

I have not carried you off into slavery, your table will be a splendid table,

At the splendid table I eat

Your table will be the splendid table, will be the splendid table,

You, you will eat at the splendid table

My mother eats at the beer vat, Duttur´s (Ninsun, Dumuzi‘s mother) brother eats not at it,

2a - Ninsun, mother of Gods & Mixed-Breed Kings (Ninsun, daughter to Ninurta, mother to Dumuzi & Geshtinanna)

But you, you will eat at the splendid table!

O my bride, cloth you will not weave for me!

Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child. Basalt, H: 100 cm Late Hittite, 8th-7th BCE Inv. 1756Man at a weaving loom. Tablet with seal imprint. Terracotta relief from Susa, Iran (3300-3000 BCE - Proto-urban Period) 3.9 x 6.6 cm Sb 3048 (alien gods spinning & weaving)

O Inanna, yarn you shall not spin for me!

O my bride, fleece you shall not ravel for me!

O Inanna, warp you shall not mount for me!

(four lines too fragmentary for translation)

Have no fear…

Bread you shall not knead for me

1f-inanna-with-liberty-torch  (Inanna, daughter to Nannar & Ningal, granddaughter to Prince Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)

O Nin-egalla (Inanna)

Narrator :

The Shepherd Dumuzi she embraced Inanna:

I, who have pure splendor, glow as the morning Star (Venus) on heaven,

1a-inanna-8-pointed-star-symbolizing-venus  (Inanna, the Morning & Evening star, Goddess of Love planet Venus, & her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus, the 8th planet found when entering into our solar system from outer space)

Who glow as the morning Star on heaven….

(gap)

Dumuzid and Enkimdu

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(gods in blue)

Maiden, the cattle-pen ……; maiden Inana, the sheepfold ……. …… bending in the furrows.

1ga-inanna-in-babylon  (Inanna, prominent alien goddess, directing as much as she can, backed by Enlil)

Inana (Inanna), let me stroll with you; …… the emmer …….

Young lady, let me …….”

“I am a woman and I won’t do that, I won’t! I am a star ……, and I won’t!

I won’t be the wife of a shepherd!”

Her (twin) brother, the warrior youth Utu (Shamash), said to holy Inana:

2e - Babylonian Shamash 2000B.C.3b-utu-naked-inanna

            (damaged semi-divine mixed-breed king stands before Utu, the Sun god;      twin gods Utu & Inanna, children of Nannar)

         “My sister, let the shepherd marry you!

Maiden Inana, why are you unwilling?

His butter is good, his milk is good (2 mss. have instead: He of good butter, he of good milk) —

all the work of the shepherd’s hands is splendid.

Inana, let Dumuzid (Dumuzi) marry you.

1b-inanna-torch-or-a-weapon (Inanna wearing her cuba jewels, holding alien advanced technologies)

You who wear jewelery, who wear cuba jewels, why are you unwilling?

(1 ms. adds 2 lines: His butter is good, his milk is good — all the work of the shepherd’s hands is splendid.)

He will eat his good butter with you.

Protector of the king, why are you unwilling?”

“The shepherd shall not marry me!

He shall not make me carry his garments of new wool.

His brand new wool will not influence me.

Let the farmer marry me, the maiden.

With the farmer who grows colorful flax with the farmer who grows dappled grain …….”

1 line fragmentary

approx. 7 lines missing

“The shepherd shall not marry me!”

These words ……. ……the farmer to the shepherd.

My king ……, the shepherd, Dumuzid ……. …… to say ……:

“In what is the farmer superior to me, the farmer to me, the farmer to me?

Enkimdu, the man of the dykes and canals (Adad was initial god of the dykes & canals)

in what is that farmer superior to me?

Let him give me his black garment, and I will give the farmer my black ewe for it.

Let him give me his white garment, and I will give the farmer my white ewe for it.

Let him pour me his best beer, and I will pour the farmer my yellow milk for it.

               (drinking beer through a straw, avoiding the floating thick mash)

Let him pour me his fine beer, and I will pour the farmer my soured (?) milk for it.

Let him pour me his brewed beer, and I will pour the farmer my whipped milk for it.

Let him pour me his beer shandy, and I will pour the farmer my …… milk for it.

“Let him give me his best filtered beer, and I will give the farmer my curds (?).

Let him give me his best bread, and I will give the farmer my …… milk for it.

Let him give me his little beans, and I will give the farmer my small cheeses for them.

(1 ms. adds 2 lines: Let him give me his large beans, and I will give the farmer my big cheeses for them.)

After letting him eat and letting him drink,

I will even leave extra butter for him, and I will leave extra milk for him.

In what is the farmer superior to me?”

He was cheerful, he was cheerful, at the edge of the riverbank, he was cheerful.

On the riverbank, the shepherd on the riverbank,

2aa-dumuzi-the-shepherd-with-adam-eve-titi  (Dumuzi bound hand & foot, earliest of modern earthlings, & Dumuzi the Shepherd)

now the shepherd was even pasturing the sheep on the riverbank.

The farmer approached the shepherd there, the shepherd pasturing the sheep on the riverbank;

the farmer Enkimdu approached him there.

Dumuzid …… the farmer, the king of dyke and canal.

From the plain where he was,

the shepherd from the plain where he was provoked a quarrel with him;

    (this text is very similar to the much later Biblical account of Cain & Abel, farmer vs. shepherd, competing for god’s approval over the other)

the shepherd Dumuzid from the plain where he was provoked a quarrel with him.

“Why should I compete against you, shepherd, I against you, shepherd, I against you?

Let your sheep eat the grass of the riverbank, let your sheep graze on my stubble.

Let them eat grain in the jeweled (?) fields of Unug (Uruk),

let your kids and lambs drink water from my Surungal canal.

2d - Biblical Able, Dumuzi the shepherd, & Enlil   (Dumuzi the Shepherd taught earthlings the trade of herding livestock)

“As for me who am a shepherd: when I am married, farmer, you are going to be counted as my friend.

Farmer Enkimdu, you are going to be counted as my friend, farmer, as my friend.”

“I will bring you wheat, and I will bring you beans; I will bring you two-row barley from the threshing-floor.

  (earthlings working for, & feeding the giant alien gods)

And you, maiden, I will bring you whatever you please, maiden Inana, …… barley or …… beans.”

The dispute between the shepherd and the farmer:

maiden Inana, your praise is sweet.

A balbale.