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Sumerian Music Tablets

LEXICAL LIST OF 9 TYPES OF MUSICAL STRINGS,

23 TYPES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC,

INCLUDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

SUCH AS HARP AND LYRE,

AS WELL AS HITHERTO UNKNOWN INSTRUMENTS;

FURTHER LAPIS LAZULI, BEDS, COPPER UTENSILS, TEXTILES,

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND SINEWS, JEWELLERY, WEAPONS,

LEATHER PARTS OF YOKE, STRAPS, SACKS, TYPES OF SHEEP,

KNIVES, AROMATICS AND PERFUMES, REED OBJECTS,

GRAINS AND FLOURS, ETC.

MS in Sumerian on clay, Sumer, 26th c. BC, upper half of a huge tablet + fragment of lower part, 20x30x5 cm + 9x18x5 cm, originally ca. 40x30x5 cm, 16+9 and 7+7 columns, 437+ ca. 100 lines remaining in cuneiform script, circular depressions introducing each new entry.

Binding: Barking, Essex, 1996, green quarter morocco gilt folding case by Aquarius.

Context: Similar, smaller tablets are known from Fara or Tell Abu Salabikh. 3 compilations all from 26th c. BC have music instruments. The present tablet is almost a duplicate of a relatively well-known lexical list, discussed by Miguel Civil in Cagni, Ebla 1975-1985, pp. 133 ff. The obverse is an abbreviated recension with minor changes in the sequence of the entries. The reverse is the continuation of the unfinished Fara recension.

Commentary: The earliest known record of music and musical instruments in history. The name of one of the stringed instruments is a Semitic word, ki-na-ru, the later kinnaru known from the Mari letters and Ras Shamra texts (13th c. BC, cfr. MS 1955/1-6), and the still later Biblical Hebrew kinnor. The system of phonetic notation in Sumer and Babylonia is based on a music terminology that gives individual names to 9 musical strings or ‘notes’, and to 14 basic terms describing intervals of the 4th and 5th that were used in tuning string instruments (according to 7 heptatonic diatonic scales), and terms for 3rds and 6ths that appear to have been used to fine tune (or temper in some way) the 7 notes generated for each scale. The combination of string names and interval terms is used to describe the tuning procedure and the generation of the 7 scales and form a skeletal phonetic notation. (The New Grove, 2nd ed., vol. 18, p. 74.) The oldest musical instruments known are a ca. 41 000 BC flute made of bear bone, found in 1995 at a Neanderthal site in Slovenia, and 6 intact and 30 fragmentary crane bone flutes from Jiahu, in the Chinese province of Henan, dated to 9000-7700 BC. One crane bone flute is still in playing order, the earliest instrument possible to play.

HEBE-ERIDU THE SON OF ADAD-LAMASI

SAT WITH IL-SIRI IN ORDER TO LEARN MUSIC.

AT THAT TIME, IN ORDER TO STUDY SINGING,

THE TIGIDLU-INSTRUMENT,

THE ASILA, TIGI INSTRUMENT,

AND THE ADAB INSTRUMENT SEVEN TIMES,

ADAD-LAMASI PAID IL-SIRI 5 SHEKELS OF SILVER.

ILI-IPPALSANI, THE SCHOOLMASTER”

MS in Neo Sumerian on clay, Babylonia, 1900-1700 BC, 1 tablet, 6,5×4,4×2,0 cm, single column, 13 lines in cuneiform script.

Binding: Barking, Essex, 2000, blue cloth gilt folding case by Aquarius.

Context: Cf. MS 2340 listing 23 types of musical instruments.

Commentary: There are texts of dialogues between a teacher and a scribe


Old Babylonian cuneiform musical notation

MUSICAL NOTATION OF 2 ASCENDING CONSECUTIVE HEPTATONIC SCALES TO BE PLAYED ON A 4 STRINGED LUTE TUNED IN ASCENDING FIFTHS: C – G – D – A, USING FRETS; SCHOOL TEXT

MS in Old Babylonian on clay, Babylonia, 2000-1700 BC, 1 lenticular tablet, diam. 9,0×3,2 cm, 2 double columns, each of 7 ruled lines with numbers in Old Babylonian cuneiform notation, with headings, ‘intonation’ and ‘incantation’, respectively.

Context: The only other complete music text is a later Hurrian hymn written in the mode of nidqibli, which is the enneatonic descending scale of E.

Commentary: The oldest musical notation known so far. Lutes are not preserved from the Old Babylonian period. The earliest known description of a lute dates from the middle of the 10th c., of a 9th c. instrument, Oxford, Bodleian library MS Marsh 521. The present notation system gives contemporary information on the Old Babylonian 4 stringed lute. It further attests that frets were used, and that their values, tonal and semitonal, were purposely calculated. Most significantly the discovery of this text attests of a music syllabus in educational institutions about 4000 years ago.

Published: To be published by Richard Dunnbrill: An Old Babylonian music text, from where the information has been taken.


SUMER ZODIAC

12 CONSTELLATIONS

       1) Guanna – “Heavenly Bull” Taurus

       2) Mashtabba – “Twins” Gemini

       3) Dub – “Pincers, tongs”, the crab Cancer

       4) Urgula – “Lion” Leo

       5) Absin – “Her Father Was Sin”, The Maiden Virgo

       6) Zibaabba – “Heavenly Fate, The Scales Of Libra

       7) Girtab – “Which Claws And Cuts” Scorpio

       8) Pabil – “Defender”, The Archer Sagittarius

       9) Suhurmash – “Goat Fish” Capricorn

       10) Gu– “Lord Of The Waters” The Water Bearer Aquarius

       11) Simmah – “Fishes” Pisces

       12) Kumal – “Field Dweller”, The Ram Aries

Examples of the importance in the Zodiac

       Enlil & his clan ruled “Heaven & Earth” during the time of the Bull

       Enki’s son Marduk/Ra reigned on Earth during the time of the Ram

——————————————————————————————–

Zodiac Time Line

       AGE OF LEO 10,860 B.C. TO 8,700 B.C.

       AGE OF CANCER 8,700 B.C. TO 6,540 B.C.

       AGE OF GEMINI 6,540 B.C. TO 4,380 B.C.

       AGE OF TAURUS 4,380 B.C. TO 2,220 B.C.

       AGE OF ARIES 2,220 B.C. TO 60 B.C.

       AGE OF PISCES 60 B.C. TO 2,100 A.D.

       AGE OF AQUARIUS 2,100 A.D. TO 4,260 A.D.

Egyptian Zodiac (thousands of years later)

The Debate Between Winter and Summer: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

 

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

(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

3b - Anu of planet Nibiru  (An / Anu, King of entire planet Nibiru & Earth Colony, A ONE WORLD ORDER)

1-11 An (Anu) lifted his head in pride and brought forth a good day.

He laid plans for …… and spread the population wide.

Enlil set his foot upon the earth like a great bull.

  (Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir, Earth Colony Commander “who came down”)

Enlil, the king of all lands, set his mind to increasing the good day of abundance (on Earth),

to making the …… night resplendent in celebration, to making flax grow, to making barley proliferate,

to guaranteeing the spring floods at the quay, to making …… lengthen (?) their days in abundance,

to making Summer close the sluices of heaven, and to making Winter guarantee plentiful water at the quay.

 

12-18 He copulated with the great hills, he gave the mountain its share.

He filled its womb with Summer and Winter, the plenitude and life of the Land.

(Anu & Enlil in their sky-discs, scanning the lands on Earth)

As Enlil copulated with the earth, there was a roar like a bull’s.

The hill spent the day at that place and at night she opened her loins.

She bore Summer and Winter as smoothly as fine oil.

He fed them pure plants (from Nibiru) on the terraces of the hills like great bulls.

He nourished them in the pastures of the hills.

 

19-25 Enlil set about determining the destinies of Summer and Winter.

             (1st settlements established by Enlil in Sumer)

For Summer founding towns and villages (establishing Sumer),

bringing in harvests of plenitude for the Great Mountain Enlil,

Farming - farming in UrukFarming - plow & seed in SumerFarming - naked plowman seal

  (in the beginning the aliens did the farming, then they fashioned “modern man” into their image, & into their likeness, to become replacement workers for the Anunnaki giants, who put the burdensome hard labor upon the earthlings for all time)

sending laborers out to the large arable tracts, and working the fields with oxen;

for Winter plenitude, the spring floods, the abundance and life of the Land,

placing grain in the fields and fruitful acres, and gathering in everything —

2c - Enlil, Haia, spouse Nisaba, & Ninlil

       (Enlil with plow, Haia – Barley god, Nisaba & daughter Ninlil – Goddesses of Grains, & unidentified)

Enlil determined these as the destinies of Summer and Winter.

 

26-32 By hand Winter guided the spring floods,

the abundance and life of the Land, down from the edge of the hills.

1y - Ancient Sumeria2  (Earth Colony’s 1st cities, established by the giant alien Anunnaki gods)

He set his foot upon the Tigris and Euphrates like a big bull and released them

into the fields and fruitful acres (the “land between the rivers”, the “Eden”, establishment) of Enlil.

He shaped lagoons in the water of the sea.

He let fish and birds together come into existence by the sea.

He surrounded all the reed-beds with mature reeds, reed shoots and …… reeds.

 

33-44 Summer, the heroic son of Enlil, drained the large arable tracts.

He …… cool water on the fields and fruitful acres like ……

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45-49 Holy Winter …….

The ox …… its head in the yoke.

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(mixed-breed worker,  Ninurta,  & Enlil hands the burdensome labor of farming to the earthling workers)

Ninurta, Enlil‘s son, …… the fruitful acres.

He …… grain in the large arable tracts.

He fills the fields and fruitful acres of Enlil.

 

50-60 Winter made the ewe give birth to the lamb, he gave the kid to the goat.

He made cows teem together with their calves, he provided butter and milk.

On the high plain he made the deer and stag glad of heart.

He made the birds of heaven set their nests in the broad spaces.

The fish of the lagoons laid eggs in the reed-bed.

In all the orchards he made honey and wine drip (?) to the ground.

He made the trees, wherever planted, bear fruit.

He established gardens and provided plants.

He made grain abundant in the furrows.

 (Nisaba, Enlil, his spouse Ninlil, & semi-divine king)

He made Ezina (Ninlil) appear radiant as a beautiful maiden.

The harvest, the great festival of Enlil, rose heavenward.

 

61-68 Summer founded houses and farmsteads, he made the cattle-pens and sheepfolds wide.

He multiplied the stacks of sheaves in all the arable tracts.

At their edges he made …… flax …… ripen (?).

He brought a plentiful harvest into the temples, he heaped up piles of grain.

He founded towns and villages, he built the houses of the Land.

He made the houses of the gods grow like the hills in a pure place.

In E-namtila, the holy seat of kingship, fit for high daises,

3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur  (Enlil‘s mud-brick-built mountain / residence in Nippur, Command Central)

he established abundance for the Great Mountain Enlil.

 

69-88 Summer, the heroic son of Enlil, decided to bring offerings to E-namtila, the house of Enlil.

He brought animals, cattle and sheep of the hill, fully grown wild rams, deer and stags,

3a - Inanna & Dumuzi  2b - Dumuzi the shepherd

             (giant alien gods Inanna & Dumuzi “The Shepherd” with his sheep;  Dumuzi “The Shepherd” his stags)

…… sheep, long-fleeced barley-fed sheep, thick-tailed sheep.

Pigs grown fat in the midst of the reed-beds, porcupine, tortoise, turtle,

birds brooding in their nests, taken together with their eggs, harvest crops,

flour and malt for mixing, butter and milk from cattle-pen and sheepfold, wheat,

…… beans, small beans and large beans gathered in piled-high baskets,

onions …… in their furrows, zahadin onions and shallots, seed turnips, saffron (?), ……,

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— Summer, the heroic son of Enlil, offered.

 

89-104 Winter, lordly son of Enlil, ……, released the water of life and …… opened.

He gathered the …… oxen and …… the oxen.

The disputed sheep was provided, barley-fed but with a scorpion at its side.

Quartz, gold and silver found in leather pouches, cedar, cypress, ……, boxwood, ……,

…… tribute of the Land, figs from Mari, ……, strings of dried fruit, cool water,

the tribute of the hills, …… thick honey, dida beer, ……, village ……,

bibra birds, esig birds, buru-bacur birds, fattened ducks, carp, …… which Winter made grow up,

2c - Apkulla, winged assistant to the gods  Farming - more produce from Sumer (giant Ninurta with discovered poppy, etc. on Earth)

large pomegranates gathered from the orchards, big bunches of grapes on high,

winter cucumbers, …… empty ……, brought forth …… in the early rain,

large turnips, large …… cut down with the knife (?), long leeks —

Winter himself brought the tribute he had collected.

 

105-111 Summer and Winter set about organizing the animals and offerings for E-namtila, the house of Enlil.

The two of them, like huge butting bulls, reared themselves triumphantly.

But Winter, because his limbs had grown tired from the grain grown heavy in the furrows,

and the wheat and the emmer which he had been watering by hand,

turned away as from an enemy and would not draw near.

 

112-120 Consequently Winter was overcome by anger and he started a quarrel with Summer:

“Summer, my brother, you should not praise yourself; whatever harvest produce you bring as gifts

to the palace has not been made by your toil: you should not brag.

As if you were the one who had done the hard work, as if you had done the farming,

as if you had taken care of irrigation control during the spring floods,

as if you had brought forth the …… grain in the arable tracts with the dew from heaven —

how much through my toil is it that you enter the palace!

 

121-143 “Whatever animals, cattle and sheep of the hill, you bring to my …….

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Your gardener …… the palace …….

Honey and wine in the orchard …….

Its destructive hoe …….

Farming - early man feeding the gods  (early fashioned earthlings gathering produce for the gods in the “Eden”)

Your gathered vegetables, the purslane, …….

Whatever you …… at the gate of the palace.

In the field your arm …….

The straw of the grain you bring …….

 

2i - cattle pens of Nannar in Ur  (Anunnaki giant alien god Nannar with his million cows in pens at Ur)

144-152 “After you have threshed it at your threshing floor, and have …… the cattle’s dung,

your carrying-nets are to hand, …… bearing your straw.

…… the animals, the storehouses and their contents.

After your houses and farmsteads …… sheep, …… from your cattle,

after …… their reed-beds, after …… green briars and cut …… thorns, …… storehouse

…… the dung of unyoked oxen — the slave Summer,

the duly-appointed laborer who will never rest from his toil,

a hired man who has to return to the fields of the Land for his own sustenance!”

 

153-156 On that day Winter taunted Summer.

Summer, the hero whom one does not challenge, searched for rude insults.

He was confident in himself, considering the harvest time, and turned aside.

Like a great bull eating rich grass, he raised his head.

 

157-163 Next, Summer replied to Winter:

“Winter, you may have to stay by the side of the oven, ……;

but you should not launch such serious insults against someone who does not lead a sedentary (?) life.

…… for the work of tilling the Land, with its difficulties,

you do not raise a cry in the gune (?) cult center, you do not look after the house.

2 - Geshtinanna, daughter to Enki & Ninsun  (alien Anunnaki Goddess of Scribes Nisaba, Geshtinanna, & unidentified)

The young scribe is neglectful, which is an abomination, and no rushes are plucked for the beds.

The singer does not embellish the banquet, …… at its side.

 

164-171 “Winter, don’t launch such insults! …… to the desert.

I will make the strength of my power come forth in the house so that you recognize it.

In my working term of duty, which is seven months of the year, …… does not speak softly.

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Tirelessly and constantly I place abundance upon the fields.

 

172-184 “After they …… my seed,

Winter, do not …… noise, when water is cut off from the arable tracts,

when the bowls lie placed, when the fishing place has been prepared,

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    (Anunnaki alien gods Enlil,            Inanna & Utu,                 Enki separated the edible fish, & two-faced god Isumud)

when the fish have been piled up, I am father Enlils great comptroller.

I harrow the fields into fruitful acres.

When the oxen have stopped working the fields,

when you have concentrated your efforts on the damp areas and given the sign for the field work,

I do not work for you in the large arable tracts and fruitful acres early in the season.

If the spring grain bends its neck in the hollow of the furrows, no one provides a fence.

Whatever your farmer brings to the oxen, he will not make the oxen angry with me.

Winter …… in the uplands …….

The man of the bedroom …….”

 

185-188 Then Summer taunted Winter:

“Wise ……, serious insults ……, not …….”

 

189-199 Thereupon Winter replied to Summer:

“Summer, the donkey grazing on grass at the harvest ground and braying noisily,

the mule ……, the harvest ox chafing its neck in the pegs and tossing its head in the lead rope,

the innkeeper going to the harvest ground carrying a bowl in his hands,

the flour …… playing ……, the bragging fieldworker who does not know the extent of the field —

Summer, my brother, after you have gone out boasting about my toil,

when at the turn of the year grain is brought into the houses

housing - Housing - tents of early modern man

                    (all established by alien Anunnaki giants prior to “modern man”)

and the granaries are packed full, when you bring the surplus,

your bardul garment and your niglam garment are …….

When some one gives a two mana axe to you, you go off to your steppe.

 

200-215 “Summer, my brother, the wet spots must not be …… when tilling the field.

A man from the storehouse stands in front of you and instructs you.

When on the high plain …… the ash tree ……, …… yourself ……

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When tribute is brought in your freight boats …….

When the grass has arrived in the storehouse, …… before me.

What will the penned sheep eat?

Your …… reeds are exhausted.

The reed-cutter who sets about pruning with the machete and splitting older reeds,

            Imprint of a cylindrical seal showing a ziggurat and a priest or god. From Babylon.  Housing - Earthlings Build Temples to the Gods  

    (Anunnaki giant aliens originally built their homes / ziggurats, then “modern man” took on the repairs & all new constructions)

the builder who places laborers in houses, never resting from his efforts,

the potter who digs out clay, lights a fire and stokes it with wood …… the pot!

            Woman spinning. Bitumen relief from Susa, Iran (8th-7th BCE). 9.3 x 13 cm Sb 2834 Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child. Basalt, H: 100 cm Late Hittite, 8th-7th BCE Inv. 1756

       (Enki‘s daughter Uttu weaving & spinning thread, giant alien Goddess of Weaving)

Weaver, weave your bardul garment with the strength (?) of your aktum cloth.

Brewer, bake your beer bread at the harvest ground as your assignment!

Cook, produce great banquet loaves in summer!

The building supervisor …… the …… of the roofs.

People …… boots and shoes ……. (all 1st in Sumer / “Eden”)

 

216-224 “Summer, my brother, as long as you go with my term of duty,

great and small order you about and your string is not cut.

Although you have gathered all things in the Land and filled the storehouses,

in all my strength I am their owner when your limbs become tired.

When the clouds have brought down the abundance of heaven,

and the water of the first greening has descended from the hills,

and the new grain has been put in the granary to be added to the old grain,

the good farmer, having seen to his fields, shouts for joy,

the carrier donkeys stand ready and he sets out confidently for the city.

 

225-235 “My brother, when you have put the holy plow away in the barn,

the storehouse, everything you have gathered, you make a roar like fire.

You sit down to plentiful food and drink.

You obtain the choicest goods from the Land.

2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C.  2c - Nannar & his symbol  2bc - Nanna & his symbol

         (Enlil‘s 2nd son Nannar, patron god of Ur, with the Moon Crescent Symbol of Nannar, found today used by Islam)

For my king named by Nanna (Nannar), the son of Enlil,

Ibbi-Suen (mixed-breed King of Ur), when he is arrayed in the cutur garment and the hursaj garment,

when you have taken care of the bardul garment and the nijlam garment,

when you have made a perfect feast for the gods,

1h - Relief at Maltaya  (Anunnaki alien giants upon animal symbols & zodiac signs)

when the Anuna (alien Anunnaki) have placed garments on their holy bodies,

  (Enlil & Anunnaki King father Anu, wearing the crown of planet Nibiru & colonies)

in his E-namtila, the holy abode of kingship founded by An (Anu),

at that place of content they prepare a choice banquet.

 

236-247 “When the cem and ala drums, …… and other instruments play together for him,

            

he passes the time with your heart-gladdening tigi and zamzam instruments.

But it is I who have made the wine plentiful and made much to eat and drink.

I perfect the garments with fine oil.

I bring up the ……, the cutur and aktum garments.

As for safeguarding, the best in Sumer, in the oppressive heat (?) of Summer,

where they had been put away in the bedrooms amongst the black-headed people (earthlings),

moths destroy the blankets and make the aktum cloth perish because of you.

…… exhausts itself for you …….

The wooden chest …….

2 - Ninkasi  3a - Ninkasi tasting the elixer of the gods  4b - Ninkasi tasting the brew

                             (Ninkasi, Enki‘s daughter, Goddess of Beer in Sumer, the “Eden”)

I am Ninkasi‘s help, for her I sweeten the beer,

with as much cold water, the tribute of the hills, as you brought.

 

248-258 “After …… pots, after …… pots, after the plump grapes have been laid out in the cool breeze,

I make my king’s great palace …… pleasant.

I am the one who cools down my king.

I fill the fish-hook.

My comrade, grasp your leather bag, go out …….

The farmer …… hardship.

The farmer …… the rain.

The gardener does not know how to plant purslane, your …… basket …….

How can you compare yourself to me while seeking a roof under which to rest?”

 

259-263 For a second time Winter had taunted Summer.

6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki  (Enki, Anu in his sky-disc above, Enlil, & their winged pilots on each end)

Summer, the heroic son of Enlil, was convinced of his own strong power

and consequently trusted in himself.

He acted as if in a friendly manner to the insults that Winter had spoken to him.

 

264-273 Then Summer replied to Winter:

“Winter, you should not boast about your superior strength

after you have explained the grounds for your boasting.

I shall speak about your abode in the city which I shall …….

You seem like a man of office but you are an inept one.

Your straw bundles are for the oven-side, hearth and kiln.

Like a herdsman or shepherd encumbered by sheep and lambs,

helpless people run like sheep from oven-side to kiln, and from kiln to oven-side, in the face of you (?).

In sunshine …… you reach decisions, but now in the city people’s teeth chatter because of you.

 

274-282 “When the day is half done, nobody walks about in the streets.

The servant, basking by the side of the oven, is in the house until sunset.

Enki promised waters for Dilmun  (Anunnaki daughter to Enki, goddess Ninsikila helping out on Earth Colony)

The maid, not attending to the flow of the water-container, passes the day on garments.

As for the fields not worked in winter, their furrows are not cut straight and their grain,

having not been cast into a wholesome place, is taken away by huge flocks of rooks.

Farming - clay Sumerian sickle (3,000 B.C. clay sickle of Sumer)

The vegetable cutter …… does not …… those vegetables at the market.

Carrying old reeds, the laborer is halt and lame.

Don’t speak with a gaping mouth of your superior strength — I will make known its shape and essence.”

 

283-287 For a second time Summer had taunted Winter.

2e - Enlil's home in Nippur2d - Nippur - Enlil's Temple, the Ekur (Enlil‘s Earth Colony Command Central)

On that day of the E-kur’s (Enlil‘s temple – residence) festival and Sumer’s plenty,

the two of them stretched (?) their legs and stood combatively.

Summer and Winter, like great bulls about to tear at each others horns,

bent forward like wild bulls in the main courtyard and took up their positions.

 

288-296 Like a great bull Winter raised his head to speak:

“Father Enlil, you gave me control of irrigation; you brought plentiful water.

I made one meadow adjacent to another and I heaped high the granaries.

The grain became thick in the furrows.

4 - Ninlil, Enlil's spouse  (Ninlil shared equal authority with spouse Enlil on Earth Colony)

Ezina (Ninlil, Grain Goddess, Nisaba‘s daughter) came forth in splendor like a beautiful maiden.

Summer, a bragging field-administrator who does not know the extent of the field,

…… my thighs grown tired from toil.

…… tribute has been produced for the king’s palace.

Winter admires the heart of your …… in words.”

 

297-303 Summer pondered everything in his head and calmed down.

1ae - Enlil, Babylonian  (Enlil, Anu‘s son & heir, father to Ninurta & Adad)

Summer spoke respectfully to Enlil:

Enlil, your verdict is highly valued, your holy word is an exalted word.

The verdict you pronounce is one which cannot be altered — who can change it?

There was quarreling of brother with brother but now there is harmony.

For as long as you are occupying the palace, the people will express awe.

When it is your season, far be it from me to humiliate you — in fact I shall praise you.”

 

304-309 Enlil answered Summer and Winter:

“Winter is controller of the life-giving waters of all the lands – the farmer of the gods produces everything.

Summer, my son, how can you compare yourself to your brother Winter?”

The import of the exalted word Enlil speaks is artfully wrought,

the verdict he pronounces is one which cannot be altered — who can change it?

 

310-315 Summer bowed to Winter and offered him a prayer.

5f - Enlil & Enki drinking, & on boat  (Anunnaki giant gods drinking on land & sea)

In his house he prepared emmer-beer and wine.

At its side they spend the day at a succulent banquet.

Summer presents Winter with gold, silver and lapis lazuli.

They pour out brotherhood and friendship like best oil.

By bringing sweet words to the quarrel (?) they have achieved harmony with each other.

 

316-318 In the dispute between Summer and Winter,

Winter, the faithful farmer of Enlil (NInurta), was superior to Summer —

             3a - nippur ziggurat, Enlil's home on Earth  (Enlil‘s great mountain / residence / Command Post in Nippur)        

           praise be to the Great Mountain, father Enlil!

The Debate Between Silver and Copper: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

 

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

(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 


        
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(Silver (?) speaks:) “Powerful with huge arms, does he have any rival?

He walks carrying the precious hammer stone and anvil stone.

He can create …… and thus make it larger — ……, a brother, is your right arm; ……, a mother (?), is your left (?).

He has created ……; let him show it off.

Constantly digging ……, let him accumulate goods.

After exalted …… conceived (?) him, after …… like a breast,

after …… towards the abzu, …… to the edge of the horizon, may …… bring …… for you.

After …… made …….”

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8 - Ancient Man At Work  (Anunnaki aliens came to Earth to mine & colonize / claim the planet’s resources)

52-72 (Copper speaks:) “Mounds and wells …….

My harrow …….

Leveling all the mounds ……,

Strong Copper directs (?) the way.

A dragon ……. Strong Copper …… the fields.

Turbulent waters …… ewes.

Strong Copper …… the mighty waters.

1ae - Enlil, Babylonian  (Enlil in the “Eden”, Earth Colony Commander, King Anu‘s son & heir)

Enlil …….

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Silver …… Strong Copper ……

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 (Ninlil on shore, Enlil, & Nusku)

81-90 Enlil …… called for his minister Nuska: “My minister, Nuska!”

(Nuska answered:) “Always at your service!”

(Enlil replied:) “Strong Copper …… the throne and serves — let him sit in his …….”

He had barely finished speaking thus to him,

when Nuska and the minister’s retinue went together to …… and said to Strong Copper “Come in!”

Then Strong Copper clasped against his chest the labors of his huge arms,

the abundance of heaven and earth, as an offering and a gift.

 

91-98 But Silver too held against his chest the goats, bulls and sheep he had slaughtered.

Not planting trees in the ……,

Silver …… silver in silver pieces …….

After him, he …… his famous ……, very good things, to Strong Copper on his neck.

Silver …… an old reed box.

He put …… inside it.

Silver …… silver in small pieces …….

 

99-128 Against Strong Copper, the strong heir of Father Enlil, he hurled vile insults, and cast vile curses:

“The porters with their arms tied to their work; the potter, digging the hoe in the ground,

for days on end extracting the clay with his hands;

Mining - Enki & Gibil mining  Mining - mining camp in Mesopotamia (ancient mining)

the …… worker from daybreak in a pit unfit for washing or bathing;

5c - Enki & shipping  (gold mined in SO Africa shipped to Sumer for smelting)

the shipbuilder, caulking a boat, heating up fish oil, with garments not easy to clean;

the cook, heating up oil, carrying …… water, standing by like a witness;

the brewer, who does not untie his belt in warm weather, whose hands do not dry the clay;

the maltster, never resting in winter, ……; the nest hunter, (?) spreading the nets, working in hollows;

the barber, cutting the growth, removing the flourishing roots; the freight wagon oxen shaking their heads;

the donkeys submitting their necks to the yoke, ……, carrying firewood; …….”

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The oven …… warm food.

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SEGMENT B

1-14 9 lines fragmentary

(Silver speaks:) “…… one who neither …… foundations nor erects reed fences.

Get out! You wander about …….

Feasting - banquet scene in Nippur  (from farming to feasting in the “Eden”, land of the gods)

But my assigned task is in houses, in …… and at banquets.”

Silver did not …… in the …… which he had …….

He spoke this way in the matter of the …… strength.

 

15-18 Then Strong Copper, the warrior of heaven (?), kept his body firm, and did not take ……;

he did not show hate, but kept quiet (?).

He kept his neck firm, and did not …….

He …… his rejoicing face to the gods.

 

19-27 Strong Copper …… and addressed the Anuna (Anunnaki alien) gods:

2 - Ninsun, mother to mixed-breed kings (Ninurta‘s daughter Ninsun, mother to gods & many mixed-breed son-kings)

Ninsumun (Ninsun, Enlil‘s granddaughter), the woman of all the destinies, …… generously.

The speech ……, …… wisdom, forgetting (?) ……, ……, pulling it out like a root, ……,

…… my counsellor ……, …… the house’s fire before Enlil, I will …… warm water …….

 

28-34 Strong Copper answered Silver:

“Silver, to make lead shine (?) is not an important achievement.

Restitution (?) according to the tablets does not do the work of Copper.

A hand without a wrist cannot (?) work.

A weak neck carries nothing, does not …… a thing to a load.

A heart ……, mankind ……. 

No one …… a boat with bitumen …… in the river.”

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SEGMENT C

1-12 (Copper speaks:)

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…… the oil jar, …… trap that ties someone up, …… all full of lies, …… his hand bringing taxes,

…… erasing restitutions (?), …… people are deceived.

A …… organized by you goes to the desert, …….

No one should put in a dwelling a …… by you.

7f - sumer farming, plowing (earthlings taught to farm for the gods)

A …… by you should not make grain grow with the labours of the soil.

It should not fill the silos with grain, it makes no one rejoice.

It should not fill the hairy sacks with grain.

 

13-21 “No king should ride on a barge built by you.

No one should carry things from afar on a trip in a chariot of yours.

In the palace, no one should place on a table your edible …….

No young man of …… should be pleased by …… your soil (?).

No …… of assorted woods or fine oils from you should stand on the streets.

You should not work with wood, you should not work with reeds!”

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SEGMENT D

1-5 (Copper speaks:) “…… the heavens were separated from the earth, there was no drinking water …….

In order that the people should eat food ……, my father Enlil created me in a single day,

1y - Ancient Sumeria2  (cities of the Anunnaki giant alien gods, the 1st on Earth Colony)

and then the Tigris charged like a great wild bull.

 

6-11 “At that time, your feet did not move, and you did not walk around.

In the …… of Enlil, not separated from the ……, you got up, and you moved your feet toward his house.

They cut you to pieces with the strength provided by me.

Someone opens …… there with the abundance I give to the population.

 

12-17 “Silver, consider the palace!

…… finds the time right, according to the turning starry sky, (and says:) “Come on!

You will perform the work of your arms, you will help Enlil.”

But you stick out a long tongue like a kid to a goat so that everybody can see.

            XIR188782 Votive plaque depicting an offering scene, from Diyala, Early Dynastic Period, 2600-2500 BC (stone) by Mesopotamian stone Iraq Museum, Baghdad Giraudon out of copyright  (working & feasting in the “Eden”, land between the rivers)

Indoors, the palace is your station and banquets are your assigned task (you say).

— Silver, I will demonstrate to you that the palace is neither your station nor your dwelling.

 

18-23 “Men caulk tiny, very strong boxes for you, as they do a boat.

They cover you over with their oldest rags,

housing - Housing - tents of early modern man (alien cattle pens in Sumer)

and someone digs a hole for you in the middle of the cattle-pen.

Or they pour clay on top of you, as on a jar with a sealed mouth, and then,

in the darkest place inside the house, someone buries you in the most obscure corner of a grave.

 

24-37 “When the time of wet ground has arrived for me,

you do not supply the copper hoes that chop weeds, so no one concerns themselves with you.

When sowing time has arrived for me, you do not supply the copper adzes that make plows,

so no one concerns themselves with you.

When winter time has arrived for me, you do not supply the copper axes that chop firewood,

so no one concerns themselves with you.

When harvest time has arrived for me, you do not supply the copper sickles that reap grain,

so no one concerns themselves with you.

For your harvest or winter, you do not supply the copper adzes and chisels which build houses,

not even a female lamb, so no one concerns themselves with you.

 

38-46 “Silver, you are forgotten in the soil inside the house.

A scared mouse in a silent house, …… —

Silver, the palace is not your station!

An obscure place, a grave, such is your station.

Silver, banquets are not your assigned task — fasting is your assigned task.

Silver, to make lead shine (?) is not an important achievement.

1ae - Enlil, Babylonian 1b - Ishkur, Adad, Teshub 2a - Utu, Shamash, twin to Inanna 2a - Nisaba, master scribe, grain goddess

                    (Enlil                                            Adad                                             Utu                                               Nisaba)

The task of making divine statues is not likely to fall within your capabilities.

Why do you keep attacking me like a dog?

You snake, get back in the darkest part of the house and lie down in your grave!”

 

47-51 Strong Copper cast his legitimate insults against Silver, and was full of hate against him —

insults of a miserable dog, like water from a brackish well.

He exerted his powers against him to harass him.

And at this, Silver felt thoroughly harassed; it did not befit his dignity.

 

52-59 Silver answered Strong Copper:

“You do not give blades to the …… wooden hoe that breaks the …… ground.

The wooden …… tool mixes the clay (?) ……; wedges are not written by you.

The wooden shovels pile up the sheaves — match your measuring devices to the measuring stick!

Just approach the cargo boat that …… the canal banks,

just keep knocking on the great door of the house at night!

The stonecutter wrestles with stones and with beads —

they are too hard and he has to stop because of you.

Work away with your tines at the dirt by the oven instead!

 

60-66 “You have accumulated lies about my honorable station.

Let me, the mouse, do his work — his assigned task in the ground is noble.

Your teeth dig the ground, your tongue (?) moves the dirt.

Farming - plow & seed in Sumer (knowledge taught earthlings by the alien gods)

The copper hoe has its digging taken over by the wooden hoe in the harder ground.

The copper sickles need to have the hard weeds burned.

Farming - 1st with date palms  (Ninsun‘s mixed-breed son-king Ur-Nammu & Nannar, below Ninurta leads Ur-Nammu to repair Enlil‘s temple / residence)

The copper axes which chop trees, stripping and pulling out tamarisks and ash shrubs,

have their blades dulled.

The copper saws have to lie down for a rest beside the mountain trees.

 

67-84 “When you keep hitting the soil, like someone falling from a roof;

when they carry (?) you out from the big brambles and …… thorns,

like a dog with a ……, as if they were catching a thief at midnight;

when the great, turbulent waters, regularly, yearly (?), fill the desert;

6b - Ur-Nammu, Shulgi, & Rim-Sin (3 different giant mixed-breed son-kings of Ninsun‘s, giant leaders of earthlings in Sumer)

when they carry the grain from the dry ground to the canal banks;

when they carry the sesame from the furrows to the canal banks;

when they carry to the …… red onions, white onions, edible bulbous leeks (?)

and turnips flourishing in the furrows;

when they transport the salt and spice seeds lying at the edges of the fields;

when they feed the various grains to cattle and sheep;

when they bring …… to the pigs born at the fattener’s; when they feed dough to the porcupine’s litter;

when they crush coarse flour for the huge wild boars, straight-tailed fish,

il (?) fish, carp, fish with bellies (?), giraba fish laying their eggs in large amounts in the shallows (?),

gurgal birds, suda birds, large u birds from the middle of the sea, eggs of geese and all kinds of birds,

all the good things which thrive in the desert …….

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SEGMENT E

1-14 1linefragmentary

Strong Copper ……. I shall give small one-shekel pieces of silver; you should …… 3 or 4 minas.

If he turns his attention to the development of humanity, small 5- or 10-mina peces of silver ……

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The captain …… the role of overseer.

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small 5- or 10-mina peces of silver ……

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SEGMENT F

1-10 2 lines fragmentary

of Enlil …….

Money - 1st with Sumerian coins  (Sumerian coins from Nannar‘s advanced city of Ur, another 1st in Sumer!)

Small ten-shekel pieces of silver ……

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SEGMENT G

1-11 5 lines fragmentary

Housing - gods house cedar timber unloaded  (Enlil‘s cedar timbers shipped from Lebanon to Sumer)

…… in aromatic oil of cedar ……. …… (all) humans, the black-headed people (unlike the gods).

Let him anoint each with my …… aromatic oil of cedar.

…… it is an abomination to my king.

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SEGMENT H

1-7 4 lines fragmentary

6 - Adapa, model of modern man, meets Enlil (Enlil demands that new “modern” earthlings become his workers in the “Eden”)

…… for my father Enlil.

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SEGMENT I

1-12 9 lines fragmentary

Silver and Strong Copper having carefully had a debate,

3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur 

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

Strong Copper had the lead over Silver in Enlil‘s house (in Nippur)

Father Enlil be praised!

 

13-29 Then the days passed, the year grew long, the silos filled up and flax was beaten …….

The year, the faraway days, …….

The heavens …… stars and lengthening shadows. …… the shadows …….

The stars of heaven …… did not …….

Astronomy - Enuma Anu Enlil text, tales- of the solar system Astronomy - Sumerian astronomers Astronomy - Sumerian sky observers

           (astronomy & astrology began in Sumer, knowledge of the stars taught by the resident alien gods on Earth)

The records, to be found in the sacred tablets of the stars, …….

The heavens, ……, having been separated from the earth …….

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30-36 Enlil joyfully addressed Sumer.

In a …… of abundance he raised …… to the duties of shepherd.

In order to build the …… of Enlil, to bring forth the houses of the great gods,

to raise the banks of the levees and ditches,

Enlil gave strength to the shepherd UrNamma in his majestic arms.

 

2bc - Nannar's spouse Ningal & King Ur-Nammu  2bd - Ningal, King Ur-Nammu & Nannar

     (Ningal                          Ur-Nammu                                                                                                 Ur-Nammu                 Nannar)

37-44 On UrNamma (mixed-breed made king) receiving …… and kingship,

after he …… a good ……, Strong Copper helped him mightily.

With it, the shepherd UrNamma …… in great amounts.

3a - Nannar's Temple, Ziggourat, Home in Ur  3b - Nannar's Temple in Ur, Terah was the high-priest (Ur / Urim)

With it, he …… the great temple of Suen (Nannar / Sin) in Urim (Ur).

With it, he …… the Ekur, the house of Enlil in Nibru (Nippur).

He made famous the houses of the great gods (literal residences of alien giants),

and raised high the banks of the levees and ditches.

 

45-58 Under him, his city …….

Under him, wool …….

Under him, oil …….

Under him, the people eat excellent food.

2ab - Ur-Nammu, Ninsun's son king, 2300-2000 B.C. (Ur-Namma, Ninsun‘s mixed-breed son appointed to kingship)

UrNamma, …… broad wisdom.

Strong Copper …… great …….

When raising ……, he …….

He called the one giving …… as his …… singer.

The …… of bright …….

He investigated the …… of Strong Copper.

…… their helpers.

In order to build his …….

Not neglecting …….

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The Creation of the Pickax

Translated by T. Jacobsen, Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture, edited by W. L. Moran (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970), 113-14.

 

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(gods in blue….mixed-breeds in teal)

        

         The lord did verily produce the normal order,

The lord whose decisions cannot be altered,

 

(Enlil, Earth Colony Commander, son & heir to King Anu on planet Nibiru)

Enlil quickly removed heaven from earth

So that the seed, from which the nation grew, could sprout up from the field;

He quickly brought the earth out from under the heaven as a separate entity

And bound up for the earth the gash in the “bond of heaven and earth”


So that the earth could grow humankind.;

He created the pickax when daylight was shining forth,

He organized the tasks, the pickman’s way of life;

Stretching out his arm straight toward the pickax and the basket,

Enlil sang the praises of his pickax.

He drove his pickax into the earth.

In the hole which he had made was humankind.

While the people of the land were breaking through the ground,

He eyed his black-headed ones in steadfast fashion.

2ba - Enlil leads Ur-Nammu to repair his home
                  (Ninurta                         Ur-Namma            earthling cup bearer)

The pickax and the basket build cities,

         The steadfast house of the pickax builds, the steadfast house of the pickax establishes,

             3a - Enlil's Ekur-House in Nippur  (Enlil‘s mud brick-built mountain residence, “Bond Heaven & Earth”)

The steadfast house it causes to prosper.

The house which rebels against the king,

The house which is not submissive to its king,

The pickax makes it submissive to the king

The pickax, its fate is decreed by father Enlil,

The pickax is exalted.

Cattle and Grain

CATTLE AND GRAIN

from EarthHistory Website

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(gods in blue)

The myth 53 involving Lahar, the cattle-god, and his sister Ashnan (Nisaba), the grain-goddess, represents another variation of the CainAbel motif in Near East mythology. Labar and Ashnan, according to our myth, were created in the creation chamber of the gods in order that the Annunnaki, the children and followers of the heaven-god An, might have food to eat and clothes to wear.

But the Anunnaki were unable to make effective use of the products of these deities; it was to remedy this situation that man was created. All this is told in an introductory passage which, because of its significance for the Sumerian conception of the creation of man (replacement workers for the alien gods who “came down”).

The passage following the introduction is another poetic gem; it describes the descent of Lahar and Ashnan (Nisaba) from heaven to earth and the cultural benefits which they bestow on mankind:

             6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki  (Apkulla pilots, Enki, father Anu above in flying disc, & brother Enlil)

In those days Enki says to (1/2 brother) Enlil:

“Father Enlil, Lahar (unidentified goddess) and Ashnan (Nisaba),

They who have been created in the Dulkug,

Let us cause them to descend from the Dulkug.”

At the pure word of Enki and Enlil,

Lahar and Ashnan descended from the Dulkug.

For Lahar they (Enlil and Enki) set up the sheepfold,

Plants, herbs, and . . . they present to him;

 

For Ashnan (Nisaba, Enlil’s mother-in-law) they establish a house,

Farming - plow & seed in Sumer

Plow and yoke they present to her.

Lahar standing in his sheepfold,

A shepherd increasing the bounty of the sheepfold is he;

Ashnan (Goddess of Grain) standing among the crops,

A maid kindly and bountiful is she.

Abundance of heaven . . . ,

Lahar and Ashnan caused to appear,

In the assembly they brought abundance,

In the land they brought the breath of life,

The decrees of the god they direct,

The contents of the warehouses they multiply,

The storehouses they fill full.

         In the house of the poor, hugging the dust,

Entering they bring abundance;

The pair of them, wherever they stand,

Bring heavy increase into the house;

The place where they stand they sate, the place where they sit they supply,

They made good the heart of An (Anu) and Enlil.”

            4 - drinking bouts of the gods

But then Labar and Ashnan drank much wine and so they began to quarrel in the farms and fields.

In the arguments which ensued, each deity extolled its achievements and belittled those of its opponent.

1ae - Enlil, Babylonian 2 - Enki, the wisest god

     (Enlil, 2nd son born, 1st of the “double seed”,    Enki, eldest son to Anu, robbed of succession by Enlil)

Finally Enlil and Enki intervened, but the end of the poem which contains their decision is still wanting.

53. The poem consists of close to 200 lines of text reconstructed from the following tablets and fragments: BBI 8; BE XXXI 15; CBS 7344, 7916, 15161, 29.15.973; HAV 6; Ni 2308, 4036, 4094; SEM 38, 54, 55, 56, 57; SRT 25, 44. The following groups form “joins”: CBS 7344 + 7916 + SEM 5 + SEM 77; CBS 29.15.973 + SEM 38. All in all, therefore, we now have 17 pieces belonging to the myth, and the statement in SL 322 no. 5 is to be modified accordingly (the number 9 there given resulted from the fact that the four fragments constituting the first “join” mentioned above were counted as one while the 5 pieces Ni 2308, 4036, 4044, SEM 38, and SRT 41 were not identified until after the publication of SL). The first 70 lines of the poem were transliterated and translated by Chiera in SRT pp. 26 ff.

The Debate Between Sheep and Grain: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

 

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(gods in blue)

1-11 When, upon the hill of heaven and earth,

An (Anu, King of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony) spawned the Anuna (alien giant Aninnaki) gods,

since he neither spawned nor created Grain (Nisaba) with them,

and since in the Land he neither fashioned the yarn of Uttu (the Goddess of Weaving)

1 - Uttu, goddess of weaving, relief of spinner (Uttu, Enki‘s daughter, Goddess of Weaving)

nor pegged out the loom for Uttu

with no Sheep appearing, there were no numerous lambs,

and with no goats, there were no numerous kids, the sheep did not give birth to her twin lambs,

and the goat did not give birth to her triplet kids; the Anuna, the great gods,

did not even know the names EzinaKusu (Grain) or Sheep (unidentified goddess).

 

12-25 There was no muc grain of thirty days; there was no muc grain of forty days;

there was no muc grain of fifty days;

there was no small grain, grain from the mountains or grain from the holy habitations.

Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child. Basalt, H: 100 cm Late Hittite, 8th-7th BCE Inv. 1756  (Uttu & helper spinning yarn)

There was no cloth to wear; Uttu had not been born — no royal turban was worn;

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

Cakkan (God of 4-legged Animals) had not gone out into the barren lands.

2 - Primitive Man - Enki Found In Abzu2h - Enki in the Abzu doing DNA experiments

     (earthling wild being found by Enki in the Abzu     Enki with his DNA experiments attempting to fashion replacement workers)

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

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

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

 

26-36 At that time, at the place of the gods’ formation,

in their own home, on the Holy Mound, they created Sheep and Grain.

Having gathered them in the divine banqueting chamber,

1h - Relief at Maltaya

                (Anunnaki alien giants standing upon their symbols, zodiac symbols, etc.)

the Anuna gods of the Holy Mound partook of the bounty of Sheep and Grain but were not sated;

the Anuna gods of the Holy Mound partook of the sweet milk of their holy sheepfold but were not sated.

For their own well-being in the holy sheepfold, they gave them to mankind as sustenance.

 

37-42 At that time Enki spoke to Enlil: “Father Enlil,

now Sheep and Grain have been created (brought to Earth from Nibiru),

on the Holy Mound let us send them down from the Holy Mound.”

Enki and Enlil, having spoken their holy word, sent Sheep and Grain down from the Holy Mound.

 

43-53 Sheep being fenced in by her sheepfold, they gave her grass and herbs generously.

             (early farming on Earth Colony)

For Grain (Nisaba) they made her field and gave her the plow, yoke and team.

Sheep (unidentified goddess) standing in her sheepfold

was a shepherd of the sheepfolds brimming with charm.

Grain standing in her furrow was a beautiful girl radiating charm;

lifting her raised head up from the field she was suffused with the bounty of heaven.

Sheep and Grain had a radiant (female alien) appearance.

 

54-64 They brought wealth to the assembly.

They brought sustenance to the Land.

They fulfilled the ordinances of the gods.

They filled the store-rooms of the Land with stock.

The barns of the Land were heavy with them.

When they entered the homes of the poor who crouch in the dust they brought wealth.

Both of them, wherever they directed their steps, added to the riches of the household with their weight.

Where they stood, they were satisfying; where they settled, they were seemly.

They gladdened the heart of An and the heart of Enlil.

 

4d - Enlil & Ninlil with high-priestFeasting - governed by Nannar in Ur

65-70 They drank sweet wine, they enjoyed sweet beer.

When they had drunk sweet wine and enjoyed sweet beer,

they started a quarrel concerning the arable fields, they began a debate in the dining hall.

 

71-82 Grain called out to Sheep: “Sister, I am your better; I take precedence over you.

I am the glory of the lights of the Land.

1b - Inanna & torch or a weapon  (Inanna, Goddess of Love & War)

I grant my power to the sajursaj (a member of the cultic personnel of Inanna) —

he fills the palace with awe and people spread his fame to the borders of the Land.

I am the gift of the Anuna gods. I am central to all princes.

After I have conferred my power on the warrior,

when he goes to war he knows no fear, he knows no faltering (?) —

I make him leave …… as if to the playing field.

 

83-91 “I foster neighborliness and friendliness.

I sort out quarrels started between neighbors.

When I come upon a captive youth and give him his destiny,

he forgets his despondent heart and I release his fetters and shackles.

I am EzinaKusu (Grain) ; I am Enlil‘s daughter.

In sheep shacks and milking pens scattered on the high plain, what can you put against me?

Answer me what you can reply!”

 

92-101 Thereupon Sheep answered Grain: “My sister, whatever are you saying?

  (An / Anu, King of planet Nibiru & Earth Colony, god the father in heaven)

An, king of the gods, made me descend from the holy place, my most precious place.

All the yarns of Uttu, the splendor of kingship, belong to me.

Cakkan, (God of 4-legged Animals) king of the mountain,

embosses the king’s emblems and puts his implements in order.

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

He …… the slig, the quiver and the longbows.

 

102-106 “The watch over the elite troops is mine.

Sustenance of the workers in the field is mine: the waterskin of cool water and the sandals are mine.

Sweet oil, the fragrance of the gods, mixed (?) oil,

pressed oil, aromatic oil, cedar oil for offerings are mine.

 

107-115 “In the gown, my cloth of white wool, the king rejoices on his throne.

My body glistens on the flesh of the great gods.

After the purification priests, the incantation priests and the bathed priests

have dressed themselves in me for my holy lustration, I walk with them to my holy meal.

But your harrow, plowshare, binding and strap are tools that can be utterly destroyed.

What can you put against me? Answer me what you can reply!”

 

116-122 Again Grain addressed Sheep:

“When the beer dough has been carefully prepared in the oven, and the mash tended in the oven,

2 - Ninkasi 6a - Ninkasi brewing the beer2a - Ninkasi, Enki's daughter via Uttu

           (Ninkasi, Enki‘s daughter, the very popular giant alien Goddess of Beer)

Ninkasi (Goddess of Beer) mixes them for me

while your big billy-goats and rams are dispatched for my banquets.

On their thick legs they are made to stand separate from my produce.

 

123-129 “Your shepherd on the high plain eyes my produce enviously;

when I am standing in the furrow in the field,

my farmer chases away your herdsman with his cudgel.

Even when they look out for you, from the open country to the hidden places,

your fears are not removed from you: fanged (?) snakes and bandits,

the creatures of the desert, want your life on the high plain.

 

130-142 “Every night your count is made and your tally-stick put into the ground,

so your herdsman can tell people how many ewes there are

and how many young lambs, and how many goats and how many young kids.

When gentle winds blow through the city and strong winds scatter, they build a milking pen for you;

but when gentle winds blow through the city and strong winds scatter,

9d - giant god Teshub & unknown kingOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2c - Adad, fork & hammer

         (Adad / Ishkur, Enlil‘s son, giant alien God of Thunder & Storms, Adad upon his zodiac symbol Taurus the Bull)

I stand up as an equal to Ickur (Ishkur / Adad) (the god of storms) .

I am Grain, I am born for the warrior — I do not give up.

The churn, the vat on legs (?), the adornments of shepherding, make up your properties.

What can you put against me?

Answer me what you can reply!”

 

143-155 Again Sheep answered Grain:

 (giant Inanna horseback)

“You, like holy Inanna of heaven, love horses.

2d - Inanna Wars Against Marduk4a - Utu & Inanna gods of war

             (Inanna, alien Goddess of Love & War;         earthlings no match for giant alien gods Utu & Inanna)

When a banished enemy, a slave from the mountains or a laborer

with a poor wife and small children comes, bound with his rope of one cubit,

to the threshing-floor or is taken away from (?) the threshing-floor,

when his cudgel pounds your face, pounds your mouth, as a pestle (?) …… your ears (?) …….

and you are …… around by the south wind and the north wind.

The mortar …….

As if it were pumice (?) it makes your body into flour.

 

156-168 “When you fill the trough the baker’s assistant mixes you

and throws you on the floor, and the baker’s girl flattens you out broadly.

You are put into the oven and you are taken out of the oven.

When you are put on the table I am before you — you are behind me.

Grain, heed yourself!

You too, just like me, are meant to be eaten.

At the inspection of your essence, why should it be I who come second?

Is the miller not evil? What can you put against me? Answer me what you can reply!”

 

169-179 Then Grain was hurt in her pride, and hastened for the verdict.

1b - Ishkur, Adad, Teshub  (Ishkur / Adad, these ancient artifacts are now shamefully destroyed by Radical Islam)

Grain answered Sheep: “As for you, Ickur is your master,

Cakkan your herdsman, and the dry land your bed.

Like fire beaten down (?) in houses and in fields,

like small flying birds chased from the door of a house,

you are turned into the lame and the weak of the Land.

Should I really bow my neck before you?

You are distributed into various measuring-containers.

When your innards are taken away by the people in the market-place,

and when your neck is wrapped with your very own loincloth,

one man says to another: “Fill the measuring-container with grain for my ewe!”.”

 

5f - Enlil & Enki drinking, & on boat  (giant Anunnaki gods feasting & drinking)

180-191 Then Enki spoke to Enlil:

“Father Enlil, Sheep and Grain should be sisters!

They should stand together!

Of their threefold metal …… shall not cease.

But of the two, Grain (Nisaba, Enlil’s mother-in-law) shall be the greater.

Let Sheep (unidentified goddess) fall on her knees before Grain.

Let her kiss the feet of …….

From sunrise till sunset, may the name of Grain be praised.

Farming - naked plowman seal  (earthlings taught to farm by & for the gods)

People should submit to the yoke of Grain.

Whoever has silver, whoever has jewels, whoever has cattle,

whoever has sheep shall take a seat at the gate of whoever has grain, and pass his time there.”

 

192-193 Dispute spoken between Sheep and Grain:

2a - Enki keeper of the MUs-knowledge disks (Enki, Anu‘s eldest & wisest son, 1st to arrive on Earth, replaced by Enlil on being Anu‘s heir)

Sheep is left behind and Grain comes forward — praise be to father Enki!

How Grain Came to Sumer

Source: Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G., T he Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford 1998-.

 

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(gods in blue)

 

2 - Primitive Man - Enki Found In Abzu2a - Anunnaki experiment to make workers

1-12 Men used to eat grass with their mouths like sheep.

In those times, they did not know grain, barley or flax.

3b - Anu of planet Nibiru6 - Anu above, Enlil, & Enki (Anu, King of the entire planet of Nibiru, alien ONE WORLD ORDER; ruler of sons who came down to colonize the Earth)

An (Anu) brought these down from the interior of heaven (planet Nibiru).

Enlil lifted his gaze around as a stag lifts its horns when climbing the terraced …… hills.

He looked southwards and saw the wide sea;

he looked northwards and saw the mountain of aromatic cedars (of Lebanon).

Enlil piled up the barley, gave it to the mountain (modified strain of mountain seed).

He piled up the bounty of the Land, gave the innuha barley to the mountain.

He closed off access to the wide-open hill.

He …… its lock, which heaven and earth shut fast (?), its bolt, which …….

 

13-20 Then Ninazu (son of Enlil sometimes, son of Ereshkigal sometimes)……,and said to his brother Ninmada:

“Let us go to the mountain, to the mountain where barley and flax grow;

…… the rolling river, where the water wells up from the earth.

Let us fetch the barley down from its mountain, let us introduce the innuha barley into Sumer.

Let us make barley known in Sumer, which knows no barley.”

 

21-27 Ninmada, the worshipper of An, replied to him: “Since our father has not given the command,

 (Enlil, son & heir to planet Nibiru – King Anu, Anu‘s son who came down to Earth, the Earth Colony Commander)

since Enlil has not given the command, how can we go there to the mountain?

How can we bring down the barley from its mountain?

How can we introduce the innuha grain into Sumer?

How can we make barley known in Sumer, which knows no barley?

 

3 - Utu- Shamash of the Spaceport-Sippar2ka - Peru, Utu's sawed off mountain top, airport used by the gods3a - Utu in the mountains with weapons of brilliance (Utu, Space Port Commander, Utu cuts tops off mountains with alien high-tech saw, to make launch & landing sites) 

28-31 ” Come, let us go to Utu (Shamash) of heaven, who as he lies there, as he lies there, sleeps a sound sleep,

3a - Ningal head  (Ningal, goddess over Ur)

to the hero, the son of Ningal (& Nannar, Nannar / Sin‘s spouse), who as he lies there sleeps a sound sleep.

” He raised his hands towards Utu of the seventy doors (?).

 

32 Utu …… table (?) …….

The Song of the Plowing Oxen: translation

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

 

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(gods in blue)

 

1-6 ellu mallu!

Go, oxen, go, put your necks under the yoke!

Farming - farming in Uruk (earthlings taught the use of oxen by the alien giant gods)

Go, …… oxen, go, put your necks under the yoke!

I am …… of the country.

 

    (Enlil, giant alien Anunnaki heir to King Anu‘s throne, Anu‘s Earth Colony Commander, leader of the Anunnaki giants)

I am …… of Enlil.

I am …… of the Land.

 

7-20 ellu mallu!

6 lines fragmentary or missing

And now, may the mother …… with me;

(Enki‘s daughter Nanshe / Nance, Goddess of Persian Gulf Birds & Fishes, her symbol is pelican, or fish)

and now, may Nance (Enki & Ninhursag‘s daughter)…… with me.

May she put bread in my leather bag, may she pour water into my waterskin.

May she stand by for me …….

Farming - early man feeding the gods000mining (produce of earthling labor, workers fashioned into their image, & into their likeness, for the gods benefit of replacement laborers)

May she say to me, “Farmer, eat the bread!”, may she say to me, “Farmer, drink the water!”

 

21-37 ellu mallu!

2e - Eridu temple reconstruction2ba - Enki's Temple-Ziggourat in Eridu (re-creation of Enki‘s ziggurat / residence in Eridu; ruins of the ziggurat & city discovered after thousands of forgotten years in time)

In the temple he lay down to dream with Nance.

He said good night (?) to Nance.

He had his leather bag filled with bread, he had water poured into his waterskin.

She stood by for him …….

The farmer had a vision (?): a young bull was talking ……, …… tied the feet (?).

The farmer said to his mother, “Bread was put for me in my leather bag,

water was poured for me into my waterskin. …… stood by for me.”

4 lines missing or fragmentary

 

38-61 ellu mallu!

What ……?

What ……?

Who ……?

Who ……?

Who …… the clods?

Who …… the birds?

On the right ……, on the left …….

1 line fragmentary

“My big hooves …….”

The stars in the sky ……. …… will make straight its …….

Farming - plow & seed in Sumer (alien gods prepare modern mankind for self-survival)

The ox …… let his thick tongue hang down, …… he replied,

“I am an ox, but just a young ox, in whose muzzle hair has not yet grown.

No dust has fallen yet on my shoulders.

My master, why am I so valuable?”

“My stalwart calf, I shall speak to you only once, so pay attention.

What a plow (?)! Your fathers are four.

What a plow (?)! Your mothers are eight.

2b - Utu  (Utu, Enlil‘s grandson, commander of their space port by his patron city Sippar)

May Utu guide straight your fine plow!”

Farming - naked plowman seal (earthlings in the “Eden” / Sumer, replacing alien minor gods)

 

62-65 ellu mallu!

housing - Housing - tents of early modern man (aliens 1st granaries & cattle pens on Earth Colony)

The early-working farmer, the shepherd of the holy cattle-pen, the young man who, since his youth,

has had a wife and has had sons, does not …… alone.

 

66-91 ellu mallu!

Astronomy - solar system with Nibiru James Charles Kaelin, Jr. Webmaster & Digitizer EarthStation1 http://earthstation1.simplenet.com wandarer@earthlink.net

 (our Solar System on a 5,000 year old tablet; earthling shepherd, Ninurta, & Enlil handing over burdens of the plow to mankind)

I …… the stars in the sky,

I …… a gleam in the sky.

I …… the bedding on the roof.

22 lines fragmentary or missing

 

92-118 ellu mallu!

Enkimdu, he of dykes and canals, says to the lord ……,

“My king, I want to ……. I will irrigate your fertile fields …….

The early rain ……”

11 lines fragmentary or missing

 

119-142 ellu mallu!

The harrow, the comb of my field, must be fitted with large teeth to harrow the holy field.

The mattock must dig the edges. Remove the stumps!

The mattock must dig the edges.

Once you have taken down from the beam your holy plow which was hanging from a beam,

a skilled carpenter must tighten its bonds. …… its side boards.

13 lines missing or fragmentary

…… the measuring reed in his right hand.

Enkimdu, he of dykes and canals ……, should …… for you in …….

 

143-148 ellu mallu!

Go, oxen, go, put your necks under the yoke!

Go, …… oxen, go, put your necks under the yoke!

 (early earthlings & plow with seed feeder, taught by the gods)

Tread the furrows of the fertile field, walk the sides straight.

In the alehouse, the joy ……, ……Inana (Inanna) …… a place of relaxation.

…… is restored again …….

 

2a - Ninurta, Enlil's heir to heaven & earth Bull with human head, period of king Gudea, around 2140 BCE. Blue-black steatite. AO 3146 See also: 08-02-13/52 (right)

   (Ninurta, Enlil‘s son & heir apparent; Ninurta as sphinx at the gates;             Ninurta)

149 An ululumama song of Ninurta.


The Farmer’s Instructions

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

The Sumerian Farmer´s Instructions was inscribed about 1,700 BCE, thus predating Hesiod´s work by approximately a millennium. The piece is also known as The Instructions of Ninurta.

 

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(gods in blue)

 

1 Ud-ul-uru (Old man cultivator) gave advice to his son:

 

2-7 “When you have to prepare a field, inspect the levees, canals and mounds that have to be opened.

When you let the flood water into the field, this water should not rise too high in it.

At the time that the field emerges from the water, watch its area with standing water; it should be fenced.

Do not let cattle herds trample there.

 

8-13 After you cut the weeds and establish the limits of the field,

level it repeatedly with a thin hoe weighing two-thirds of a mina (approx. 650 g).

Let a flat hoe erase the oxen tracks, let the flied be swept clean.

A maul should flatten the furrow bottoms of the area.

A hoe should go round the four edges of the field.

Until the field is dry it should be smoothed out.

 

14-22 Your implements should be ready.

The parts of your yoke should be assembled.

Your new whip should hang from a nail —

the bindings of the handle of your old whip should be repaired by artisans.

The adze, drill and saw, your tools and your strength, should be in good order.

Let braided thongs, straps, leather wrappings and whips be attached securely.

Let your sowing basket be checked, and its sides made strong.

What you need for the field should be at hand.

Inspect your work carefully.

Farming - farming in Uruk (earthlings learn to work for the gods in the fields)

 

23-29 The plow oxen will have back-up oxen.

The attachments of ox to ox should be loose.

Each plow will have a back-up plow.

The assigned task for one plow is 180 iku (approx. 65 ha),

but if you build the implement at 144 iku (approx. 52 ha), the work will be pleasantly performed for you.

180 (?) sila of grain (approx. 180 liters) will be spent on each 18 iku area (approx. 6 1/2 ha).

 

30-34 After working one plow’s area with a bardil plow,

Farming - naked plowman seal (earthlings & animal workers for the gods)

and after working the bardil plow’s area with a tugsig plow, till it with the tuggur plow.

Harrow once, twice, three times.

When you flatten the stubborn spots with a heavy maul,

the handle of your maul should be securely attached, otherwise it will not perform as needed.

 

35-40 When your field work becomes excessive, you should not neglect your work;

no one should have to tell anyone else: “Do your field work!”.

When the constellations in the sky are right, do not be reluctant to take the oxen force to the field many times.

The hoe should work everything.

 

41-45 When you have to work the field with the seeder-plow, your plow should be properly adjusted.

Put a leather sealing on the kacu of your plow.

Provide your beam with narrow pegs.

Your boards should be spread. Make your furrows.

 

46-54 Make eight furrows per ninda of width (approx. 6 m); the barley will lodge in more closely spaced furrows.

7b - farming in Enlil's Edin (knowledge learned from the alien gods)

When you have to work the field with the seeder-plow, keep your eye on the man who drops the seed.

The grain should fall two fingers deep (approx. 3 1/2 cm).

You should put one gij of seed per ninda (approx. 3 ml/m).

If the barley seed is not being inserted into the hollow of the furrow, change the wedge of your plow share.

If the bindings become loose, tighten them.

 

55-63 Where you have made vertical furrows, make slanted furrows,

and where you have made slanted furrows, make vertical furrows.

Straight furrows will give you edges that are wide enough and nice (?).

Your crooked furrows should be straightened out.

Make the furrows clear.

Plow your portion of field.

The clods should be picked out.

The furrows should be made wide where the soil is open,

and the furrows should be narrower where the soil is clogged: it is good for the seedlings.

 

64-73 After the seedlings break open the ground, perform the rites against mice.

Turn away the beaks of small birds.

When the plants overflow the narrow bottoms of the furrows, water them with the water of the first seed.

When the plants resemble a …… reed mat, water them.

Water the plants when they are heading.

When the plants are fully leafed out, do not water them or they will become infected by leaf rust.

When the barley is right for husking, water it.

It will provide a yield increase of one sila per ban (approx. 1 liter in 10).

 

74-80 When you have to reap the barley, do not let the plants become overripe.

Harvest at the right time.

One man is to cut the barley, and one to tie the sheaves;

and one before him should apportion the sheaves: three men should harvest for you.

Do not let those who gather the barley bruise the grain.

They should not scatter the grain when it is in the stacks.

 

81-90 Your daily work starts at daybreak.

Gather your force of helpers and grain gatherers in sufficient number and lay down the sheaves.

Your work should be carefully done.

Although they have been having stale coarse flour,

do not let anyone thresh for your new bread — let the sheaves have a rest.

The rites for the sheaves should be performed daily.

When you transport your barley, your barley carriers should handle small amounts (?).

 

91-95 Mark the limits of a vacant lot of yours.

Establish properly your access paths to it.

Your wagons should be in working order.

Feed the wagon’s oxen. Your implements should be …….

 

96-103 Let your prepared threshing floor rest for a few days.

When you open the threshing floor, smooth its surface (?).

When you thresh, the teeth of your threshing sledge and its leather straps should be secured with bitumen.

When you make the oxen trample the grain, your threshers should be strong.

When your grain is spread on the ground, perform the rites of the grain not yet clean.

 

104-106 When you winnow, put an intelligent person as your second winnower.

Two people should work at moving the grain around.

 

107-109 When the grain is clean, lay it under the measuring stick.

Perform the rites in the evening and at night.

Release the grain at midday.

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        (giant mixed-breed shepherd, Ninurta, & plow given earthlings by Enlil)

 

110-111 Instructions of the god Ninurta, son of Enlil

7a - when the gods did the work before man

   (alien giant Anunnaki did the burdensome work with much complaint, prior to fashioned earthling workers)

Ninurta, faithful farmer of Enlil, your praise be good!”