Ig-alim / Galalim = Ninurta‘s Son, Superintendent

(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)

         “Bau, lady …… true cream,

        As is fitting, she lets Lord Ig-alim have the scepter…”

       (Ninurta speaking)

        “The guardians of my house and the fair-looking protective goddesses …….

        My chief superintendent, Ig-alim, is the neck-stock of my hands.

        He has been promoted to take care of my house; …….

        My messenger does not forget anything: he is the pride of the palace.

        In the city named after (?) Enlil, I recognize true and false…”

        “Lugal-kur-dub walked in front of him (Gudea),

        Ig-alim directed him and Nin-jiczida (Ningishzidda),

        his personal god, held him by the hand throughout the time…”

        “With his divine duties, namely to guide the hand of the righteous one;

        to force the evil-doer´s neck into a neck stock;

        to keep the house safe; to keep the house pleasant;

        to instruct his city and the sanctuaries of Jirsu;

        to set up an auspicious throne; to hold the scepter of never-ending days;

        to raise high the head of Nin-jirsu´s shepherd, Gudea, as if he wore a blue crown;

        and to appoint to their offices in the courtyard of E-ninnu (Lagash temple) the skin-clad ones,

        the linen-clad ones and those whose head is covered,

        Gudea introduced Ig-alim, the Great Door (ig gal), the Pole (dim) of Jirnun,

        the chief bailiff of Jirsu, his beloved son to lord Nin-jirsu…”

        “Young woman Nin-Nibru (unidentified), lady …….

        Lord Ninurta, my king …….

        Ig-alim, my king …….

        Cul-cagana, my king …….”

        “For the god Gal-alim, the favorite son of the god Nin-girsu (Ninurta),

        for his king, Gudea, the patesi of Shirpurla (Lagash)

        his temple of E-me-ghush-gal-an-ki has constructed…”

        “Gudea,...the offspring of the goddess Gutumdug (Ninsun),

        dowered with sovereignty and the scepter supreme by the god Gal-alim,…”

SEE SITCHIN’S EARTH CHRONICLES, ETC.:

(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)

ANZU VRS. NINURTA (later version)

As Enlil is taking his daily swim in the pool, Anzu steals the Tablets of Destinies.

        “At the entrance of the sanctuary,which he had been viewing,

        Zu awaits the start of the day.

        As Enlil was washing with pure water—

        his crown having been removed and deposited on the throne—

        Zu seized the Tablets of Destinies in his hands, took away the Enlilship.

        Suspended were the Divine Formulas;

        Stillness spread all over; silence prevailed….

        The Sanctuary’s brilliance was taken off.

        Father Enlil was speechless….”

Anu asked,

        “Which of the gods will smiteZu?

        His name shall be greatest of all!…”

To oppose Zu while he held the powers of Enlil was

        “he who opposes him becomes like clay…”

Ninhursag, mother of Enlil’s rightfull heir, Ninurta, calls upon her son to gain back the Tablets of Destinies and the Enlilship much needed for the royal rulership in Heaven and on Earth.

       “Launch thy offensive…capture the fugitive Zu….

        Let thy terrifying offensive rage against him….

        Slit his throat! Vanquish Zu!

        Let thy seven ill Winds go against him….

        Cause the entire Whirlwind to attack him….

        Let thy Radiance go against him….

        Let thy Winds carry his Wings to a secret place….

        Let sovereignty return to Ekur;

        Let the Divine Formulas return to the father who begot thee…”

Ninurta used “arrows” against Zu, but

        “the arrows could not approach Zu’s body…

        while he bore the Tablets of Destinies of the gods in his hand…”

       “Weapons were stopped in the midst…”

Ea / Enki advised Ninurta to use the “til-lum” on the weapons and aim at the”pinions” of Zu’s “wings”. Screaming “Wing to wing”, Ninurta did as Ea / Enki instructed and shot down Zu’s flying apparatus and successfully restored the Enlilship back to his father Enlil. Til in Hebrew means “missile”.

The action begins as the Igigi,“being gathered from all parts,” decided to appeal to Enlil.Their complaint was

        “until that time for the Igigi a break-taking place had not been built…”

To voice their complaint they selected Zu to be their spokesman, sending him to Enlil’s center in Nippur.

Enlil:

        “the father of the gods, in the Dur-An-Ki, saw him,

        and thought of what they (the Igigi) said…”

       “As “in his mind he pondered the request,

        he studied the heavenly Zu closely…”

Ea spoke up…Igigi could be postponed if Zu were delayed at Enlil’s headquarters.

       “’Your service let him enter” Ea said to Enlil;

        ‘in the sanctuary, to the innermost seat, let him be the one to block the way.’…”

       “To the words that Ea spoke to him the god (Enlil) consented.

        At the sanctuary Zu took up his position…

        At the entrance to the chamber

        Enlil had assigned him.”

Zu

        “constantly views Enlil, the father of the gods,

        the god of the Bond-Heaven-Earth…

        his celestial Tablet of Destinies Zu constantly views…”

And soon a scheme took shape:

        “The removal of the Enlilship he conceives in his heart…”

       “I will take the celestial Tablet of Destinies;

       The decrees of the gods I will govern;

        I will establish my throne, be master of the Heavenly Decrees;

        The Igigi in their space I will command!”…

       “His heart having thus plotted aggression…”

Zu saw his chance one day as Enlil went to take a cooling swim.

        “He seized the Tablet of Destinies in his hand…”

and in his Bird

        “took off and flew to safety in the HUR-SAG-MU…”

(“mountain of the skychambers”) No soner had this happened than everything came to a standstill:

        “Suspended were the Divine Formulas

        The lighted brightness petered out;

        Silence prevailed.

        In space, the Igigi were confounded;

        The sanctuary’s brilliance was taken off…”

At first “father Enlil was speechless.”

As the communications were restored:

        “the gods on Earth gathered one by one at the news…”

Several of the younger gods known for their valor were approached. But none dare track Zu…for he was now as powerful as Enlil, having also stolen the “Brilliance” of Enlil;

        “and he who opposes him shall become as clay…

        at his brilliance the gods waste away…”

When the gods looked for a volunteer to fight Zu, they promised the vanquisher of Zu:

        “Thy name shall be the greatest in the Assembly of the Great Gods;

        Among the gods, thy brothers, thy shall have no equal;

        Glorified before the gods and potent shall be thy name!…”

It was then that Ninurta, Enlil’s legal heir, stepped forth to undertake the task. Ninhursag... advised him to attack Zu…she lent Ninurta her own:

        “seven whirlwinds that stir up the dust…”

Ninurta…attatched the wirlwinds that stir up the dust, and set out against Zu;

        “to launch a terrifying war, a fierce battle:…”

        “Zu and Ninurta met at the mountainside.

        When Zu perceived him, he broke out in rage.

        With his Brilliance, he made the mountainside bright as daylight;

        He let loose rays in a rage…”

Zu shouted to Ninurta:

        “I have carried off all Authority, the decrees of the gods I (now) direct!

        Who are thou to come fight with me?

        Explain thy self!”…

But Ninurta continued to “advance aggressively” against Zu. Zu “cut off his Brilliance” and“the face of the mountain was covered with darkness.”

From the“breast”of his vehicle, he let loose a Lightning at Zu,

        “but the shot could not approach Zu; it turned back…”

With the powers Zu had obtained, no lightning bolt could “approach his body”.

So,

        “the battle was stilled, the conflict ceased;

        the weapons were stopped in the midst of the mountain;

        they vanquished not Zu…”

       “Ishkur, the prince, took the report;

       the news of the battle he reported to Enlil…”

Enlil instructed Ishkur to go back and tell Ninurta:

        “In the battle do not tire; prove thy strength!…”

Ninurta in his “Whirlwind Bird,” should come as close as possible to the Bird of Zu, until they are “wing to wing”. ” Then he should aim the missile at the “pinions” of Zu’s Whirlbird, and

       “let the missile fly like a lightning;

        when the Fiery Brilliance will engulf the pinions

        his wings will vibrate like butterflies; then will Zu be vanquished…”

The final battle scenes are missing from all the tablets, but we know that more than one “Whirlwind” participated in the combat.

Ninurta arrayed “seven whirlwinds which stir up the dust”, armed his chariots with the “Ill Winds” weapons and attacked Zu as suggested by his father.

        “The earth shook…the…became dark,

        the skies became black…

        the pinions of Zu were overcome…”

Zu was captured and brought back before Enlil in Nippur:

        “Lordship again entered the Ekur the Divine Formulas were returned…”

The captured Zu was put on trial before a court-martial…he was found guilty and sentenced to death; Ninurta, his vanquisher, “cut his throat”.

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

Ab-Bau Quote From Text

Ab-Bau = Bau’s son

          “Bau (Gula) has abandoned Iri-kug and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold.

          She has abandoned her flooded chamber and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold.

          Her son Ab-Bau has abandoned it and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold.

          Ab-Bau has abandoned Ma-gu-ena and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold.

         The protective goddess of the holy house has abandoned it

         and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold…”

 
     Damu Quotes From Texts

Damu = Bau’s son

doctor, worshiped in Isin

          “She tests the surgical lancet; Nininsina (Bau) sharpens the scalpel.

         She has made perfect the divine powers of medicine,

          and hands them over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:

         “My son, pay attention to everything medical!

         Damu, pay attention to everything medical!”

         He takes the bandages and wipes them; he treats the bandages with embrocation,

         and softens the plaster that had been put on them.

         He mops up the blood and suppuration, and places a warm hand on the horrid wound.

         My lady, the midwife of the mothers of the Land,

         is the chief doctor of the black-headed; Nininsina, the daughter of An (Anu),

         hands this all over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:

         “My son, pay attention to everything medical!

         Damu, pay attention to everything medical!

         You will be praised for your diagnoses.”

         “They have told Damu, the chief barber (physician) of Nunamnir (Enlil),

         healer of the living, to make the foreign countries bow at the feet of his father and mother!…”

         Ig-alim / Galalim Quotes From Texts

Ig-alim / Galalim = Ninurta’s son, superintendent

        “Bau, lady …… true cream,

         As is fitting, she lets Lord Ig-alim have the scepter…”

        (Ninurta speaking)

         “The guardians of my house and the fair-looking protective goddesses …….

         My chief superintendent, Ig-alim, is the neck-stock of my hands.

         He has been promoted to take care of my house; …….

         My messenger does not forget anything: he is the pride of the palace.

         In the city named after (?) Enlil, I recognize true and false…”

         “Bau, lady …… true cream,

         As is fitting, she lets Lord Ig-alim have the scepter…”

         “Lugal-kur-dub walked in front of him (Gudea),

         Ig-alim directed him and Nin-jiczida (Ningishzidda),

         his personal god, held him by the hand throughout the time…”

         “With his divine duties, namely to guide the hand of the righteous one;

         to force the evil-doer´s neck into a neck stock;

         to keep the house safe; to keep the house pleasant;

         to instruct his city and the sanctuaries of Jirsu;

         to set up an auspicious throne; to hold the scepter of never-ending days;

         to raise high the head of Nin-jirsu´s shepherd, Gudea, as if he wore a blue crown;

         and to appoint to their offices in the courtyard of E-ninnu the skin-clad ones,

         the linen-clad ones and those whose head is covered,

         Gudea introduced Ig-alim, the Great Door (ig gal), the Pole (dim) of Jirnun,

         the chief bailiff of Jirsu, his beloved son to lord Nin-jirsu…”

         “Young woman Nin-Nibru, lady …….

         Lord Ninurta, my king …….

         Ig-alim, my king …….

         Cul-cagana, my king …….”

         “For the god Gal-alim, the favorite son of the god Nin-girsu (Ninurta),

         for his king, Gudea, the patesi of Shirpurla his temple of E-me-ghush-gal-an-ki has constructed…”

          “Gudea,...the offspring of the goddess Gutumdug (Ninsun),

          dowered with sovereignty and the scepter supreme by the god Gal-alim,…”

Lugal-Marda Quotes From Texts

Lugal-Marda = son of Ninurta?, or Ninurta?

        “The high-priestess of Lugal-marda was elevated to office…”

        “Lugal-Marda stepped outside his city.

        Ninzuana (unidentified?, Bau’s daughter?) took an unfamiliar path away from her beloved dwelling.

         ‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly.

         Isin, the shrine that was not a quay, was split by onrushing waters.

        Ninisina, the mother of the Land, wept bitter tears.

         ‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly…”

         “The boundary of the god Lugal-Marda of Mirad, Ur-Nammu, the king, determined it….”

Ninkarnunna Quotes From Texts

Ninkarnunna = Ninurta’s son, attendant

        “Ninkarnuna, having heard the favorable pronouncement of Ninurta,

         stepped before lord Ninurta and prayed to him:…”

         “The content of that prayer of the offspring of a prince,

        Ninkarnuna, his sprinkling Ninurta’s heart with an offering of cool water,

         and the matter of prosperity about which he spoke were pleasing to Ninurta’s heart

         as he went in procession to E-cumecato manifest the eternal divine powers.

         Lord Ninurta gazed approvingly at Ninkarnuna…”

Ninzuana Quote From Text

Ninzuana = Bau?, daughter of Ninurta & Bau?

        “Lugal-Marda (Ninurta?, Ninurta’a son?) stepped outside his city.

        Ninzuana took an unfamiliar path away from her beloved dwelling.

         ‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly.

         Isin, the shrine that was not a quay, was split by onrushing waters.

        Ninisina (Bau), the mother of the Land, wept bitter tears.

         ‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly…”

Carur Quotes From Texts

Carur = Ninurta’s & Gudea’s general, son?,

(or Ninurta’s awesome nuclear weapons)

         “With his divine duties, namely to carry the seven-headed mace;

        to open the door of the an-kara house, the gate of battle;

         to hit exactly with the dagger blades, with the mitum mace,

         with the ´´floodstorm´ ´weapon and with the marratum club, its battle tools;

         to inundate Enlil´s enemy land, Gudea introduced Lugalkurdub,

         the warrior Carur, who in battle subdues all the foreign lands,

         the mighty general of the E-ninnu, a falcon against the rebel lands,

         his general, to lord Nin-jirsu.

         After the heavenly mitum mace had roared against the foreign lands like a fierce storm –

         the Carur, the flood storm in battle, the cudgel for the rebel lands –

         after the lord had frowned at the rebellious land, the foreign country,

         hurled at it his furious words, driven it insane the…”

         “The weapon, its heart ……, was reassured: it slapped its thighs, the Car-ur began to run,

        it entered the rebel lands, joyfully it reported the message to Lord Ninurta:…

         The Car-ur made the storm-wind rise to heaven, scattering the people; like …… it tore….

         The weapon covered the Mountains with dust,…”

        “Nin-jirsu has directed Gudea into the impenetrable mountain of cedars and he cut down its cedars with great axes

         and carved the Car-ur ,the right arm of Lagac, his master´s flood-storm weapon, out of it…”

         “He embedded its Car-ur weapon beside Lagac (Lagash) like a big standard,

         placed it in its dreadful place, the Cu-galam, and made it emanate fearsome radiance…”