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Gilgamesh & Aga: 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 blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Ninhursag‘s creature creation = Enkidu)

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

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

(Kish ruins of city walls)

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

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

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

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

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

We should not submit to the house of Kic!

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

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

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

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

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

(Kish, Ninhursag‘s ziggurat & patron city)

So we should submit to the house of Kic.

We should not smite it with weapons!

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

Should we smite it with weapons?)“

(Gilgamesh & naked Goddess of Love Inanna)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never before have you submitted to the house of Kic.

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

We should smite it with weapons!)“

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

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

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

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

Should we young men not smite it with weapons?

(residences of alien gods Anu, Inanna, Ninsun, Ninshubur, etc. in Uruk‘s ziggurat)

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

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

(E-ana temple & ramparts)

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

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

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

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

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

You are its king and warrior, an exuberant person,

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

When Aga comes, what terror he will experience!

That army is small, and scattered at the rear.

Its men will be incapable of confronting us.”

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

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

(Enkidu, DNA-created creature by Ninhursag for Gilgamesh‘s companionship & protection)

He addressed his servant Enkidu:

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

(earthlings forced into wars by alien gods)

Let the battle mace return to your side.

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

May they create a great terror and radiance.

When he comes, my great fearsomeness will overwhelm him.

His reasoning will become confused and his judgment disarrayed.”

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

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

laid siege to Unug (Uruk) with his men.

Unug‘s reasoning became confused.

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

Gilgamec, the lord of Kulaba, addressed its warriors:

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

Let someone with courage volunteer “I shall go to Aga”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Before he had finished speaking,

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

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

^70-81 “That man is not my king!

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

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

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

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

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

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

^82-89They hit him, they struck him.

They beat Birhur-tura’s entire length.

(Uruk‘s many ramparts)

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

His radiance overwhelmed Kulaba‘s young and old.

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

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

Only Enkidu went out through the city gate.

Gilgamec leaned out over the rampart.

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

^92-99“That man is indeed my king.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aga my military commander!

Aga gave me breath, Aga gave me life:

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

^107-113 The able-bodied men acclaim Gilgamec

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

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

(Uruk home of Anu & giant alien gods)

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

Gilgamec addresses Aga:

(Utu seated, god above pulling the strings of the original “wheel of justice”)

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

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

(An / Anu, father in Heaven to alien royal offspring sent to establish Earth Colony)

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

The city will repay the kindness shown to me.

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

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

He set Aga free to go to Kic.

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

Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

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

Sumerian literary tradition states that Lugalbanda (son to Urash (Ninhursag), spouse to Ninsun) in his own right was a god-king of the city of Uruk. He is generally held to be Gilgamesh´s father, and according to the Sumerian Kings List ruled the city for no fewer than 1200 years.

At the time of this adventure, nevertheless, he seems to have been a young officer in Enmerkar´s army commanding a division of Uruk´s troops. Again in this myth, we have Aratta as the city rival to Uruk, and a bizarre adventure that took place on the road from Uruk to Aratta.

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

1-19 When in ancient days heaven was separated from earth, when in ancient days that which was fitting ……,

(Enlil farming, Haia-barley god in charge of the storehouses, Nisaba the Goddess of Grains, Ninlil of grains, & unidentified)

when after the ancient harvests …… barley was eaten (?), when boundaries were laid out and borders were fixed,

(gods & kings boundary-stones)

when boundary-stones were placed and inscribed with names, when dykes and canals were purified,

(Enki, god-manager of the waters)

when …… wells were dug straight down; when the bed of the Euphrates, the plenteous river of Unug (Uruk),

was opened up, when ……, when ……, when holy An (Anu) removed ……,

(giant mixed-breed high-priest atop Nannar‘s temple, Nannar, Martu atop earthling, & Ninurta; top: king & Ninsun, bottom: high-priestess decorates Nannar‘s temple)

when the offices of en (priest) and king were famously exercised at Unug,

(giant offspring of the gods appointed with authority as go-betweens from gods to earthlings)

when the scepter and staff of Kulaba were held high in battle — in battle, Inanna‘s game;

when the black-headed (mixed-breeds) were blessed with long life (living thousands of years),

in their settled ways and in their ……, when they presented the mountain goats with pounding hooves

(Dumuzi the Shepherd. spouse to Inanna with stags)

and the mountain stags beautiful with their antlers to Enmerkar (mixed-breed grandson) son of Utu —

20-34 — now at that time the king set his mace towards the city,

(semi-divine king stands before giant Sun God Utu, Ninurta, & Ninsun)

Enmerkar the son (grandson) of Utu prepared an …… expedition against Aratta,

the mountain of the holy divine powers (indescribable alien technologies).

He was going to set off to destroy the rebel-land; the lord began a mobilization of his city.

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

(Uruk city way below home of giant alien gods)

Now levied Unug (Uruk) took the field with the wise king, indeed levied Kulaba followed Enmerkar.

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

As they covered the ground like heavy fogs, the dense dust whirled up by them reached up to heaven.

As if to rooks on the best seed, rising up, he called to the people.

Each one gave his fellow the sign.

35-46 Their king went at their head, to go at the …… of the army.

(King) Enmerkar went at their head, to go at the …… of the army.

2 lines unclear

…… gu-nida emmer-grain to grow abundantly.

(Enlil, son & heir to alien King Anu, Anu‘s Earth Colony Commander)

When the righteous one who takes counsel with Enlil (i.e. Enmerkar) took away the whole of Kulaba,

like sheep they bent over at the slope of the mountains, …… at the edge of the hills they ran forward like wild bulls.

He sought …… at the side — they recognized the way.

He sought …….

47-58 Five days passed.

On they sixth day they bathed.

…… on the seventh day they entered the mountains.

When they had crossed over on the paths — an enormous flood billowing upstream into a lagoon ……

(Ninurta‘s winged sky-disc; ancient example of the disc)

Their ruler (i.e. Enmerkar), riding on a storm, Utu‘s son, the good bright metal (disc of alien technologies),

stepped down from heaven to the great earth (alien descent technologies).

His head shines with brilliance (as did the head of Moses coming down from the mountain),

(Adad, Thunder God, with trick hammer & lightning bolts)

the barbed arrows flash past him like lightning (alien weaponry);

(Utu, Space Port Commander, cut launch & landing pads into mountains)

the …… of the bronze pointed ax of his emblem shines for him,

it protrudes from the pointed ax for him prominently, like a dog eating a corpse.

59-70 At that time there were seven, there were seven —

the young ones, born in Kulaba, were seven (giant mixed-breed brothers).

The goddess Urac (Ninhursag) had borne these seven (semi-divine brothers),

(Ninhursag, DNA Medical Scientist, Birth Mother, Wild Cow)

the Wild Cow (Ninhursag) had nourished them with milk.

They were heroes (Genesis 6: “Heroes of Old, Men of Renown”, “Mighty-Men”, __the 1st kings),

(“land of the gods” between the rivers, the “Eden”)

living in Sumer, they were princely in their prime.

They had been brought up eating at the god An‘s (Anu) table.

These seven were the overseers for those that are subordinate to overseers,

were the captains for those that are subordinate to captains

were the generals for those that are subordinate to generals.

They were overseers of 300 men, 300 men each; they were captains of 600 men, 600 men each;

they were generals of 7 car (25,200) of soldiers, 25,200 soldiers each.

(2 giant mixed-breeds, Ninsun, mixed-breed, Nannar, & Utu)

They (mixed-breed brothers) stood at the service of the lord as his elite troops.

71-86 (semi-divine King) Lugalbanda (spouse to Ninsun), the eighth of them, …… was washed in water.

In awed silence he went forward, …… he marched with the troops.

When they had covered half the way, covered half the way, a sickness befell him there, ‘head sickness’ befell him.

(Dr. Damu, mother Bau, & Ninurta, medical attention for gods & earthlings)

He jerked like a snake dragged by its head with a reed; his mouth bit the dust, like a gazelle caught in a snare.

No longer could his hands return the hand grip, no longer could he lift his feet high.

Neither king nor contingents could help him.

In the great mountains, crowded together like a dustcloud over the ground, they said:

“Let them bring him to Unug (Uruk)“.

But they did not know how they could bring him.

“Let them bring him to Kulaba.”

But they did not know how they could bring him.

As his teeth chattered (?) in the cold places of the mountains, they brought him to a warm place there.

(Dr. Damu & his mother Bau with her guard dog)

87-122 …… a storehouse, they made him an arbor like a bird’s nest. …… dates, figs and various sorts of cheese;

they put sweetmeats suitable for the sick to eat, in baskets of dates, and they made him a home.

They set out for him the various fats of the cow-pen, the sheepfold‘s fresh cheese,

oil with cold eggs (3,000 B.C.!), cold hard-boiled eggs,

as if laying a table for the holy place, the valued place (i.e. as if for a funerary offering).

Directly in front of the table they arranged for him beer for drinking, mixed with date syrup and rolls …… with butter.

Provisions poured into leather buckets, provisions all put into leather bags — his brothers and friends,

like a boat unloading from the harvest-place, placed stores by his head in the mountain cave.

They …… water in their leather waterskins.

Dark beer, alcoholic drink, light emmer beer, wine for drinking which is pleasant to the taste,

they distributed by his head in the mountain cave as on a stand for waterskins.

They prepared for him incense resin, …… resin, aromatic resin,

ligidba resin and first-class resin on pot-stands in the deep hole; they suspended them by his head in the mountain cave.

They pushed into place at his head his ax whose metal was tin, imported from the Zubi mountains (3000 B.C.!).

They wrapped up by his chest his dagger of iron (prior Iron Age) imported from the Gig (Black) mountains.

His eyes — irrigation ditches, because they are flooding with water — holy Lugalbanda kept open, directed towards this.

The outer door of his lips — overflowing like holy Utu — he did not open to his brothers.

When they lifted his neck, there was no breath there any longer.

His brothers, his friends took counsel with one another:

(giant mixed-breed king stands before Utu / Shamash, Sumerian Sun God)

123-127 “If our brother rises like Utu (symbolized as the Sun God) from bed,

then the god who has smitten him will step aside and,

when he eats this food, when he drinks (?) this, will make his feet stable.

May he bring him over the high places of the mountains to brick-built Kulaba.

128-132 “But if Utu calls our brother to the holy place, the valued place (i.e. the hereafter),

the health of his limbs will leave (?) him.

Then it will be up to us, when we come back from Aratta, to bring our brother’s body to brick-built Kulaba.”

(Nannar & his million cows in pens in his patron city of Ur, home of Biblical Abraham)

133-140 Like the dispersed holy cows of Nannar, as with a breeding bull when, in his old age,

they have left him behind in the cattle pen,

his brothers and friends abandoned holy Lugalbanda in the mountain cave;

and with repeated tears and moaning, with tears, with lamentation, with grief and weeping,

Lugalbanda‘s older brothers set off into the mountains.

141-147 Then two days passed during which (King) Lugalbanda was ill; to these two days, half a day was added.

As Utu turned his glance towards his home, as the animals lifted their heads toward their lairs,

at the day’s end in the evening cool, his body was as if anointed with oil.

But he was not yet free of his sickness.

148-150 When he lifted his eyes to heaven to Utu, he wept to him as if to his own father.

In the mountain cave he raised to him his fair hands:

(Utu, son to Nannar & Ningal, royal descendants of alien Anunnaki King Anu)

151-170 “Utu, I greet you! Let me be ill no longer!

(brown-eyed beauty Ningal, spouse to Nannar, mother to Utu & Inanna)

Hero, Ningal‘s son, I greet you!

Let me be ill no longer!

Utu, you have let me come up into the mountains in the company of my brothers.

In the mountain cave, the most dreadful spot on earth, let me be ill no longer!

Here where there is no mother, there is no father, there is no acquaintance, no one whom I value,

my mother is not here to say “Alas, my child!”

My brother is not here to say “Alas, my brother!”

My mother’s neighbor who enters our house is not here to weep over me.

If the male and female protective deities were standing by, the deity of neighborliness would say,

“A man should not perish”.

A lost dog is bad; a lost man is terrible.

On the unknown way at the edge of the mountains, Utu, is a lost man, a man in an even more terrible situation.

Don’t make me flow away like water in a violent death!

Don’t make me eat saltpeter as if it were barley!

Don’t make me fall like a throwstick somewhere in the desert unknown to me!

Afflicted with a name which excites my brothers’ scorn, let me be ill no longer!

Afflicted with the derision of my comrades, let me be ill no longer!

Let me not come to an end in the mountains like a weakling!”

171-172 Utu accepted his tears.

(Utu at launch & landing site in the mountains)

He sent down his divine encouragement to him in the mountain cave.

173-182 She who makes …… for the poor, whose game (i.e. battle) is sweet,

the prostitute who goes out to the inn, who makes the bedchamber delightful,

who is food to the poor man —Inanna (i.e. the evening star) (Venus, 8-pointed star),

(Inanna, Goddess of Love & War; arriving from outer space – 6-pointed-star-symbol of Nabu; 8-pointed-star-symbol of Anu / Venus, then given to Inanna, 7-pointed-star-symbol of Enlil / Earth, moon-eclipse-symbol of Enki)

the daughter of Suen (Sin / Nannar), arose before him like a bull in the Land.

(Inanna, semi-divine king with Anunnaki royal crown of animal horns, & Ninsun)

Her brilliance, like that of holy Cara (Shara, Roman god Cupid, Inanna’s & Shu-Sin‘s son),

her stellar brightness illuminated for him the mountain cave.

When he lifted his eyes upwards to Inanna, he wept as if before his own father.

In the mountain cave he raised to her his fair hands:

(young Utu & Inanna in Mesopotamia, land of alien Anunnaki giants)

183-196 “Inanna, if only this were my home, if only this were my city!

If only this were Kulaba, the city in which my mother bore me ……!

Even if it were to me as the waste land to a snake!

If it were to me as a crack in the ground to a scorpion!

My mighty people ……!

My great ladies ……!

(Anu‘s, Inanna‘s, etc. mountain / temple residence of gods in Uruk)

…… to E-ana (Anu‘s temple residence in Uruk)!”

2 lines unclear

“The little stones of it, the shining stones in their glory, sajkal stones above,

…… below, from its crying out in the mountain land Zabu, from its voice …… open —

may my limbs not perish in the mountains of the cypresses!”

197-200 Inanna accepted his tears.

With power of life she let him go to sleep just like the sleeping Utu.

(Inanna seated, & naked Inanna with pilot flight wings)

Inanna enveloped him with heart’s joy as if with a woolen garment.

Then, just as if ……, she went to brick-built Kulaba.

201-214 The bull that eats up the black soup, the astral holy bull-calf (i.e. the moon), came to watch over him.

He shines (?) in the heavens like the morning star, he spreads bright light in the night.

(8-pointed-star-symbol of daughter Inanna, Nannar, Moon Crescent God, widely used today in Islam; Nannar again, & crescent)

Suen (Sin / Nannar, Enlil‘s son), who is greeted as the new moon,

(Nannar, 1st son born to Enlil & Ninlil; Utu, unidentified god, giant mixed-breed king, Enki, & unidentified god)

father Nannar (to Utu & Inanna), gives the direction for the rising Utu (symbolized by the Sun).

The glorious lord whom the crown befits,

(Nannar, son to royal prince Enlil; Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)

Suen, the beloved son of Enlil, the god (1 ms. has instead: the lord) reached the zenith splendidly.

His brilliance like holy Cara (Shara, Inanna & Shu-Sin‘s son) (1 ms. has instead: Utu)

(1 ms. has instead: like lapis lazuli), his starry radiance illuminated for him the mountain cave.

When (King) Lugalbanda raised his eyes to heaven to Suen, he wept to him as if to his own father.

In the mountain cave he raised to him his fair hands:

215-225 “King whom one cannot reach in the distant sky!

(Nannar, patron god of Ur with his Moon Crescent Symbols, atop his house in Ur)

Suen (Nannar), whom one cannot reach in the distant sky!

King who loves justice, who hates evil!

Suen (Nannar), who loves justice, who hates evil!

Justice brings joy justly to your heart.

A poplar, a great staff, forms a scepter for you,

you who loosen the bonds of justice, who do not loosen the bonds of evil.

If you encounter evil before you, it is dragged away behind …….

When your heart becomes angry, you spit your venom at evil like a snake which drools poison.”

226-7 Suen accepted his tears and gave him life.

He conferred on his feet the power to stand.

228-239 A second time (i.e. at the following sunrise), as the bright bull rising up from the horizon,

the bull resting among the cypresses, a shield standing on the ground, watched by the assembly,

a shield coming out from the treasury, watched by the young men — the youth Utu extended his holy,

shining rays down from heaven (1 ms. from Ur adds: …… holy, his brilliance illuminated for him the mountain cave),

(Sun God Utu brings flashes of light from mountain tops)

he bestowed them on holy (King) Lugalbanda in the mountain cave.

His good protective god (Utu) hovered ahead of him, his good protective goddess (Inanna) walked behind him.

The god which had smitten him.

Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature,

Oxford 1998-.

Sumerian composition from the Ur III period, featuring Enmerkar, a historical king of Uruk and the lord of Uruk´s arch-rival city, Aratta. It forms part of the so-called Geste d´ Uruk, which also includes Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta, the story of Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh and the Akka of Kish.

In this tale, we have for the first time the name of Enmerkar´s arch-rival, the ruler of Aratta, the priest-king Ensuhgir-ana. The poem begins with a description of the wealth and beauty of Uruk, which is said to be greatly superior to Aratta´s. The lord of Aratta, En-suhgir-ana, nevertheless, challenges Enmerkar, priest-king of Uruk, to surrender to him.

To challenge Uruk, Enshukeshdanna declares himself to be the “true bridegroom” of Inanna, the Great Goddess of Love and War, and this offends Enmerkar beyond measure, because he also happens to be the priest-king of Uruk, and as such, both a worshipper and spouse of Inanna. Enraged, Enmerkar replies that it is he who is the legitimate bridegroom of the Goddess, he who has the right to Inanna.

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

1-5 Brickwork rising out from the pristine mountain (on the edge of ms. C: of the shining plain) —

Kulaba, city which reaches from heaven to earth;

(ziggurat residence of Inanna, city of Uruk way below)

Unug (Uruk), whose fame like the rainbow reaches up to the sky,

a multicolored sheen, as the new moon standing in the heavens.

6-13 Built in magnificence with all the great powers, lustrous mount founded on a favorable day,

(Uruk city, & mud brick-built mountain residence of alien gods)

like moonlight coming up over the land, like bright sunlight radiating over the land,

the rear cow and…… cow coming forth in abundance:

all this is Unug, the glory of which reaches the highland and its radiance,

genuine refined silver, covers Aratta like a garment, is spread over it like linen.

14-24 At that time the day was lord, the night was sovereign, and Utu was king.

Now the name of the lord of Aratta’s minister was minister Ansiga-ria.

The name of the minister of Enmerkar (Utu‘s semi-divine mixed-breed grandson),

the lord of Kulaba, was Namena-tuma.

He with the …… lord, he with the …… prince; he with the…… lord, he with the…… prince;

he with the …… lord, he with the …… prince;

he with the man born to be a god; he with a man manifest as a god,

with the lord of Unug (Uruk), the lord of Kulaba —

En-suhgir-ana, the lord of Aratta, is to make a contest with him,

saying first to the messenger concerning Unug (Uruk):

25-39 “Let him submit to me, let him bear my yoke.

If he submits to me, indeed submits to me, then as for him and me —

he may dwell with Inanna in the E-jar, but I dwell with Inanna in the E-zagin of Aratta;

(Inanna / Ishtar / Astarte / etc., Goddess of Love & War)

he may lie with her on the splendid bed, but I lie in sweet slumber with her on the adorned bed,

(Inanna, Goddess of Love, spouse to many mixed-breed kings)

he may see dreams with Inanna at night, but I converse with Inanna awake.

(Ninurta‘s storm bird, giant mixed-breed king, Inanna, mixed-breed king, Utu, & naked winged pilot Inanna)

He may feed the geese with barley, but I will definitely not feed the geese with barley.

I will …… the geese’s eggs in a basket and …… their goslings.

The small ones into my pot, the large ones into my kettle, and the rulers of the land

who submitted will consume, together with me, what remains from the geese.”

This is what he said to Enmerkar.

40-51 The messenger runs like a wild ram and flies like a falcon.

He leaves in the morning and returns already at dusk, like small birds at dawn,

he …… over the open country, like small birds at midnight,

he hides himself in the interior of the mountains.

Like a throw-stick, he stands at the side.

Like a perfect donkey of Cakkan (god of the four-legged animals), he runs over

(1 ms. has instead: cuts through) the mountains, he dashes like a large, powerful donkey.

A slim donkey, eager to run, he rushes forth.

A lion in the field at dawn, he lets out roars; like a wolf which has seized a lamb, he runs quickly.

The small places he has reached, he fills with …… for him;

the large places he has reached, he …… boundary (?).

52-69 He entered the presence of the lord in his holy jipar

(1 ms. Has instead: in his most holy place).

(1 ms. adds the line: He entered the presence of Enmerkar in his most holy place.)

“My king has sent me to you.

The lord of Aratta, En-suhgir-ana, has sent me to you.”

(some mss. add the lines: “What does your king have to tell me, what does he have to add me?

What does En-suhgir-ana have to tell me, what does he have to add me?”

“This is what my king said, what he added, this is what En-suhgir-ana said, what he added. “)

“This is what my king says: “Let him submit to me, let him bear my yoke.

If he submits to me, indeed submits to me, then as for him and I —

he may dwell with Inanna in the E-jar, but I dwell with Inanna in the E-zagin of Aratta;

he may lie with her on the splendid bed, but I lie in sweet slumber with her on the adorned bed,

(Inanna, spouse to many giant mixed-breeds appointed to kingships, Goddess of Love)

he may see dreams with Inanna at night, but I converse with Inanna awake.

He may feed the geese with barley, but I will definitely not feed the geese with barley.

I will …… the geese’s eggs in a basket and …… their goslings.

The small ones into my pot, the large ones into my kettle,

and the rulers of the land who submitted will consume, together with me, what remains from the geese.””

70-76 The lord of Unug …… he is their ……, he is their rudder.

…… he is the neck-stock which clamps down upon them, …… to the place of its foundation.

He is their falcon which flies in the sky, he is their bird-net.

The brickwork of the great temple of Aratta ……. …… in Aratta …… great ……. …… bring (?) …….

77-113 He patted it like a lump of clay, he examined it like a clay-tablet:

“He may dwell with Inanna in the E-zagin of Aratta,

but I dwell with her …… as her earthly companion (?).

He may lie with her in sweet slumber on the adorned bed,

(Inanna, Goddess of Love & War, on her adorned bed with pure plants)

but I lie on Inanna‘s splendid bed strewn with pure plants.

Its back is an ug lion, its front is a pirij lion.

The ug lion chases the pirij lion, the pirij lion chases the ug lion.

As the ug lion chases the pirij lion and the pirij lion chases the ug lion,

the day does not dawn, the night does not pass.

(mixed-breed king, naked Inanna, & Ninurta with his flying beast / “storm bird“)

I accompany Inanna for a journey of 15 leagues

(damaged mixed-breed king standing before alien giant Utu / Shamash, the Sun god)

and yet Utu the sun-god cannot see my holy crown, when she enters my holy jipar.

Enlil has given (?) me the true crown and scepter.

Ninurta, the son of Enlil, held me on his lap as the frame holds the water-skin.

(Ninhursag assisted by unidentified goddesses)

Aruru, the sister of Enlil, extended her right breast to me, extended her left breast to me.

When I go up to the great shrine, the mistress screeches like an Anzud (Anzu) chick,

and other times when I go there, even though she is not a duckling, she shrieks like one.

She …… from the city of her birth.

No city was made to be so well-built as the city of Unug (Uruk) (?).

(E-ana in Uruk, where goddess Inanna‘s dwells)

It is Unug where Inanna dwells and as regards Aratta, what does it have to do with this?

It is brick-built Kulaba where she lives,

and as regards the mount of the lustrous me, what can it do about this?

For five or ten years she will definitely not go to Aratta.

Since the great holy lady of the E-ana took counsel with me (?)

about whether to go also to Aratta, since she let me know

(1 ms. has instead: told me) about this matter, I know that she will not go to Aratta.

He who has nothing shall not feed the geese with barley, but I will feed the geese with barley.

I will …… the geese’s eggs in a basket and …… their goslings.

The small ones into my pot, the old ones into my kettle,

and the rulers of the Land (some mss. has instead: of Sumer)

who submitted will consume, together with me, what remains from the geese.”

114-127 The messenger of Enmerkar reached En-suhgir-ana, reached his holy jipar,

his most holy place, the most holy place where he was sitting, its …….

En-suhgir-ana asked for instructions, he searched for an answer.

He summoned the icib priests, the lumah priests, the gudu priests,

and girsiga attendants who dwell in the jipar and took counsel with them.

“What shall I say to him? What shall I say to him?

What shall I say to the lord of Unug, the lord of Kulaba?

His bull stood up to fight my bull and the bull of Unug has defeated it.

His man has been struggling with my man and the man of Unug has defeated him.

His warrior (?) has been struggling with my warrior (?) and the warrior (?) of Unug (Uruk) …… him.”

128-134 The convened assembly answered him straightforwardly:

“It was you who first sent a boastful (?) message to Unug for Enmerkar.

You cannot hold back (?) Enmerkar, you have to hold back (?) yourself.

Calm down; your heart will prompt you to achieve nothing, as far as can be known (?).”

“If my city becomes a ruin mound, then I will be a potsherd of it,

but I will never submit to the lord of Unug, the lord of Kulaba.”

135-150 A sorcerer whose skill was that of a man of Hamazu,

Ur-jirnuna, whose skill was that of a man of Hamazu,

who came over to Aratta after Hamazu had been destroyed,

practiced (?) sorcery in the inner chamber at the E-jipar.

He said to minister Ansiga-ria:

“My lord, why is it that the great fathers of the city,

the founders in earlier times (?), do not ……, do not give advice.

I will make Unug dig canals.

I will make Unug submit to the shrine of Aratta.

After the word of Unug …… ,

I will make the territories from below to above, from the sea to the cedar mountain,

from above to the mountain of the aromatic cedars, submit to my great army.

(giant king & earthling workers bring goods downstream to Enki)

Let Unug (Uruk) bring its own goods by boat,

let it tie up boats as a transport flotilla towards the E-zagin of Aratta.”

The minister Ansiga-ria rose up in his city , he …….

151-162 ……Ansiga-ria ……, if only …….

“My lord, why is it that the great fathers of the city,

the founders in earlier times (?), do not ……, do not give advice.

I will make Unug dig canals.

I will make Unug submit to the shrine of Aratta.

After the word of Unug (Uruk) ……,

I will make the territories from below to above, from the sea to the cedar mountain,

from above to the mountain of the aromatic cedars, submit to my great army.

Let Unug bring its own goods by boat,

(Ninlil on shore, spouse Enlil, & son Nuska)

let it tie up boats as a transport flotilla towards the E-zagin of Aratta.”

163-169 This made the lord extremely happy,

so he gave five minas of gold to him, he gave five minas of silver to him.

He promised him that he would be allotted fine food to eat,

he promised him that he would be allotted fine drink to drink.

“When their men are taken captive, your life …… happiness (?)

in your hand (?) prosperity (?)”, he promised to him.

170-184 The sorcerer, farmer of the best seeds, directed his steps towards Erech (Uruk), the city of Nisaba,

and reached the animal pen, the house where the cows live.

(Nannar protects his cattle pens of Sumer)

The cow trembled with fear at him in the animal pen.

He made the cow speak so that it conversed with him as if it were a human being:

“Cow, who will eat your butter? Who will drink your milk?”

(Goddess of Grains Nisaba, & her 1st daughter Ninlil)

“My butter will be eaten by Nisaba (Ninlil‘s mother), my milk will be drunk by Nisaba (Enlil‘s mother-in-law).

My cheese, skillfully produced bright crown,

was made fitting for the great dining hall, the dining hall of Nisaba.

Until my butter is delivered from the holy animal pen,

until my milk is delivered from the holy byre, the steadfast wild cow Nisaba,

the first-born of Enlil (& Ninlil is Nannar), will not impose any levy on the people.”

“Cow, your butter to your shining horn; your milk to your back.”

So the cow’s butter was …… to its shining horn; its milk was …… to its back …….

185-197 He reached the holy byre, the byre of Nisaba (Enlil‘s mother-in-law).

The goat trembled with fear at him in the byre.

He made the goat speak so that it conversed with him as if it were a human being.

“Goat, who will eat your butter? Who will drink your milk?”

(Nisaba, Goddess of Grains, spouse to Haia, the Barley God & God of Storehouses)

“My butter will be eaten by Nisaba, my milk will be drunk by Nisaba.

My cheese, skillfully produced bright crown,

(Inanna, king, Ninlil, Haia, & Nisaba, spouse to Haia, & mother to Ninlil, all 3 grain gods)

was made fitting for the great dining hall, the dining hall of Nisaba.

Until my butter is delivered from the holy animal pen, until my milk is delivered from the holy byre,

the steadfast wild cow Nisaba, the first-born (mother-in-law) of Enlil,

will not impose any levy on the people.”

“Goat, your butter to your shining horn, your milk to your back.”

So the goat’s butter was …… to its shining horn; its milk was made to depart to its back.

198-205 On that day the animal pen and the byre

were turned into a house of silence; they were dealt a disaster.

There was no milk in the udder of the cow, the day darkened for the calf,

its young calf was hungry and wept bitterly.

There was no milk in the udder of the goat; the day darkened for the kid.

The kid and its goat lay starving, its life …….

The cow spoke bitterly to its calf;

The goat …… to its kid.

The holy churn was empty, …… was hungry, …… lay starving.

206-221 On that day the animal pen and the byre

were turned into a house of silence; they were dealt a disaster.

The cow-herd dropped his staff from his hand: he was shocked.

The shepherd hung the crook at his side and wept bitterly.

The shepherd boy did not enter (?) the byre and animal pen,

but took another way; the milk carrier did not sing loudly, but took another road.

The cow-herd and shepherd of Nisaba, sons born of the same mother,

were brought up in the animal pen and byre.

The name of the first one was Mac-gula, the name of the second one was Ur-edina.

At the great gate, facing sunrise, the place marveled at by the land,

both of them crouched in the debris and appealed to Utu for help :

“The sorcerer from Aratta entered the animal pen.

He made the milk scarce, so the young calves could not get any.

In the animal pen and the byre he caused distress;

he made the butter and milk scarce (1 ms. has instead: …… diminished) ……,

…… he made the milk of the goat scarce.

He threw its ……, …… was dealt a disaster.”

222-227 …… approached.

…… caused damage (?), ……. …… turned toward Erech (Uruk).

…… the Euphrates …… the river of the gods.

She made her way to the city whose destiny was decreed by An and Enlil…….

Wise Woman Sajburu (unidentified?)…… hand …… for him.

228-231 Both of them threw fish spawn (?) into the river.

The sorcerer made a giant carp come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

Wise Woman Sajburu, however, made an eagle come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

The eagle seized the giant carp and fled to the mountains (1 ms. has instead:

The eagle seized the giant carp out of the waves and went up to the sky).

232-235 A second time they threw fish spawn (?) into the river.

The sorcerer made a ewe and its lamb come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

Wise Woman Sajburu, however, made a wolf come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

The wolf seized the ewe and its lamb and dragged it to the wide desert.

236-239 A third time they threw fish spawn (?) into the river.

The sorcerer made a cow and its calf come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

Wise Woman Sajburu, however, made a lion come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

The lion seized the cow and its calf and took (some mss. have instead: dragged) them to the reedbeds.

240-243 A fourth time they threw fish spawn (?) into the river.

The sorcerer made an ibex and a wild sheep come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

Wise Woman Sajburu, however, made a mountain leopard come out (1 ms. has instead: arise) from the water.

The leopard seized the ibex and the wild sheep and took them to the mountains.

244-248 A fifth time they threw fish spawn (?) into the river.

The sorcerer made a gazelle kid come out from the water.

Wise Woman Sajburu, however, made a tiger and a ……- lion come out from the water.

The tiger and the ……-lion seized the gazelle kid and took (1 ms. has instead: dragged) them to the forest.

What happened made the face of the sorcerer darkened, made his mind confused.

249-254 Wise Woman Sajburu said to him:

“Sorcerer, you do have magical powers, but where is your sense?

How on earth could you think of going to do sorcery at Erech (Uruk),

which is the city of Nisaba, a city whose destiny was decreed by An and Enlil, the primeval city,

(Ninlil, Enlil‘s spouse with equal power, daughter to Nisaba & Haia)

the beloved city of Ninlil (Enlil‘s spouse, daughter to Nisaba)?”

255-263 The sorcerer answered her: “I went there without knowing all about this.

I acknowledge your superiority — please do not be bitter.”

He pleaded, he prayed to her: “Set me free, my sister; set me free.

Let me go in peace to my city.

Let me return safely to Aratta, the mount of the lustrous me.

I will make known (1 ms. has instead: declare) your greatness in all the lands.

I will sing your praise in Aratta, the mount of the lustrous me.”

264-273 Wise Woman Sajburu (unidentified) answered to him:

“You have caused distress in the animal pen and the byre; you have made the butter and milk scarce there.

You have removed the lunch-table, the morning- and evening-table.

You have cut off butter and milk from the evening meal of the great dining hall, ……… distress …… .

Your sin that butter and milk …… cannot be forgiven.

(Nannar, Enlil‘s son, Anu‘s grandson, Moon Crescent patron God of Ur)

Nannar the king …… the byre …… milk;

…… established that it was a capital offense and I am not pardoning your life.”

Wise Woman Sajburu …… her decision about the sorcerer in the assembly (?).

She threw her prisoner from the bank of the Euphrates.

She seized from him his life-force and then returned to her city, Erech (Uruk).

274-280 Having heard this matter, En-suhgir-ana sent a man to Enmerkar:

“You are the beloved lord of Inanna, you alone are exalted.

Inanna has truly chosen you for her holy lap, you are her beloved.

(giant mixed-breed espoused to Inanna, Goddess of Love)

From the west to the east, you are the great lord, and I am only second to you;

From the moment of conception I was not your equal, you are the older brother.

I cannot match you ever.”

281-283 In the contest between Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana, Enmerkar proved superior to En-suhgir-ana.

Nisaba, be praised!

SEGMENT B

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The sorcerer ……. Ur-jirnuna …….

The sorcerer …… minister Ansiga-ria.

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Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta

Source (for translation): Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G., The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature,

Oxford 1998-.

(Enmerkar & the Lord of Aratta – artifact)

(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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

Enmerkar is the priest-king (en) of Uruk, and as such, the ritual husband of the Great Goddess Inanna, upon whose favor the city´s prosperity depends. But the city of Aratta, in the snow-capped mountains that border Mesopotamia is also under the protection of the Goddess, and ruled by an en devoted to Her as well.

In order to please the gods, Enmerkar plans to build a lavish temple in Uruk which would be the first among its kind.

1-24 City majestic bull bearing vigor and great awesome splendor,

Kulaba, ……, breast of the storm, where destiny is determined;

Unug (Uruk), great mountain, in the midst of …….

(Anu‘s ziggurat temple residence in Uruk, mountain mud brick-built by the Anunnaki)

There the evening meal of the great abode of An (Anu) was set.

In those days of yore, when the destinies were determined,

the great princes allowed Unug Kulaba’s E-ana to lift its head high.

Plenty, and carp floods, and the rain which brings forth dappled barley were then increased in Unug Kulaba.

(Dilmun, pristine lands given Ninsikila by her father Enki)

Before the land of Dilmun yet existed, the E-ana of Unug Kulaba was well founded,

(Anu‘s residence in Uruk when on Earth)

and the holy jipar of Inanna in brick-built Kulaba shone forth like the silver in the lode.

Before …… carried ……, before ……, before …… carried ……, before the commerce was practiced;

before gold, silver, copper, tin, blocks of lapis lazuli,

and mountain stones were brought down together from their mountains,

before …… bathed for the festival, ……, …… time passed.

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25-32 …… was colorfully adorned, and ……,

the holy place, was …… with flawless lapis lazuli (blue-hued gemstone),

its interior beautifully formed like a white mes tree bearing fruit.

(flying sky-disc of the gods, the symbol of their home, planet Nibiru)

(Ashur & a giant mixed-breed descendant-king crowned by goddess Inanna)

The lord of Aratta placed on his head the golden crown for Inanna.

But he did not please her like the lord of Kulaba.

Aratta did not build for holy Inanna — unlike the Shrine E-ana,

the jipar, the holy place, unlike brick-built Kulaba (Uruk ziggurat).

33-37 At that time, the lord chosen by Inanna in her heart,

chosen by Inanna in her holy heart from the bright mountain,

Enmerkar, the (giant grandson) son of Utu, made a plea to his sister (grandaunt to Enmerkar),

(Inanna, Goddess of Love, spouse to scores of demigod mixed-breed kings)

the lady who grants desires, holy Inanna (Uruk King Enmerkar‘s spouse):

38-64 “My sister, let Aratta fashion gold and silver skillfully on my behalf for Unug (Uruk).

Let them cut the flawless lapis lazuli (favorite gemstone of goddesses) from the blocks, let them ……

the translucence of the flawless lapis lazuli ……. ……build a holy mountain (ziggurat) in Unug.

Let Aratta build a temple brought down from heaven — your place of worship, the Shrine E-ana;

(E-ana, Anu‘s mud brick-built ziggurat temple residence in Uruk)

let Aratta skillfully fashion the interior of the holy jipar, your abode;

may I, the radiant youth, may I be embraced there by you.

Let Aratta submit beneath the yoke for Unug on my behalf.

Let the people of Aratta bring down for me the mountain stones from their mountain,

build the great shrine for me, erect the great abode for me, make the great abode,

the abode of the gods, famous for me, make my me prosper in Kulaba,

(Inanna wearing the 7 MEs, advanced alien technologies for flight)

make the Abzu (Eridu, in the marshlands) grow for me like a holy mountain,

(Eridu ruins, decimated & desolate for thousands of years)

make Eridug (Eridu, Enki‘s patron city) gleam for me like the mountain range,

cause the Abzu shrine to shine forth for me like the silver in the lode.

(1st cities established by alien gods)

When in the Abzu (marshlands of the Persian Gulf) I utter praise,

when I bring the me (alien technologies) from Eridug (Eridu, Enki‘s patron city),

when, in lordship, I am adorned with the crown like a purified shrine,

when I place on my head the holy crown in Unug Kulaba,

then may the …… of the great shrine bring me into the jipar,

and may the …… of the jipar bring me into the great shrine.

May the people marvel admiringly, and may Utu witness it in joy.”

(Utu, son to Nannar, grandson to Earth Colony Commander Enlil)

65-68 Thereupon the splendor of holy (alien King) An, the lady of the mountains, the wise,

the goddess whose kohl is for Ama-ucumgal-ana (Dumuzi), Inanna, the lady of all the lands,

called to Enmerkar the (giant mixed-breed grandson) son of Utu:

69-104 “Come, (King) Enmerkar! I shall offer you advice:

let my counsel be heeded. I shall speak words to you; let them be heard.

Choose from the troops as a messenger one who is eloquent of speech and endowed with endurance.

Where and to whom shall he carry the important message of wise Inanna?

Let him bring it up into the Zubi Mountains, let him descend with it from the Zubi Mountains.

(Ninsun‘s son Shu-Sin, Inanna, & Nannar, patron god of Ur)

Let (King) Su-sin and the land of Ancan humbly salute Inanna like tiny mice.

In the great mountain ranges, let the teeming multitudes grovel in the dust for her.

Aratta shall submit beneath the yoke to Unug (Uruk).

The people of Aratta shall bring down the mountain stones from their mountains,

and shall build the great shrine for you, and erect the great abode for you,

will cause the great abode, the abode of the gods, to shine forth for you;

will make your me flourish in Kulaba, will make the Abzu grow for you like a holy mountain,

will make Eridug (Eridu) shining for you like the mountain range,

(re-creation of Enki‘s house in Eridu, built on the river bank, in the marshes of Persian Gulf)

will cause the Abzu shrine (Enki‘s ziggurat temple residence in Eridu)

to shine forth for you like the glitter in the lode.

When in the Abzu you utter praise, when you bring the me (alien technologies) from Eridug (Eridu),

when, in lordship, you are adorned with the crown like a purified shrine,

when you place on your head the holy crown in Unug Kulaba,

then may the …… of the great shrine bring you into the jipar,

and may the …… of the jipar bring you into the great shrine.

May the people marvel admiringly, and may Utu witness it in joy.

Because …… shall carry daily, when …… in the evening cool ……,

— in the place of Dumuzid (Dumuzi the Shepherd) where the ewes,

(Inanna & spouse Dumuzi the Shepherd)

kids and lambs are numerous, the people of Aratta shall run around for you

like the mountain sheep in the akalag fields, the fields of Dumuzid.

Rise like the sun over my holy breast!

You are the jewel of my throat!

Praise be to you, Enmerkar, son (grandson) of Utu (& spouse to Inanna)!”

105-107 The lord gave heed to the words of holy Inanna, and chose from the troops

as a messenger one who was eloquent of speech and endowed with endurance.

(One ms. adds: …… to his messenger …….)

Where and to whom will he carry the important message of wise Inanna?

108-133 “You shall bring it up into the Zubi Mountains, you shall descend with it from the Zubi Mountains.

Let Su-sin and the land of Ancan humbly salute Inanna like tiny mice.

In the great mountain ranges, let the teeming multitudes grovel in the dust for her.

Messenger, speak to the lord of Aratta and say to him:

“Lest I make the people fly off from that city like a wild dove from its tree,

(evidence of alien presence on Earth)

lest I make them fly around like a bird over its well-founded nest,

lest I requite (?) them as if at a current market rate, lest I make it gather dust like an utterly destroyed city,

(Enki / Poseidon, god of waters)

lest like a settlement cursed by Enki and utterly destroyed, I too utterly destroy Aratta;

lest like the devastation which swept destructively, and in whose wake Inanna arose,

shrieked and yelled aloud, I too wreak a sweeping devastation there —

(Inanna, Goddess of War, her victory over Jericho)

let Aratta pack nuggets of gold in leather sacks, placing alongside it the kumea ore;

package up precious metals, and load the packs on the donkeys of the mountains;

and then may the Junior Enlil (Enki) of Sumer have them build for me,

(Ea / Enki, eldest & wisest son to alien Anunnaki King Anu)

the lord whom Nudimmud (Enki) has chosen in his sacred heart, a mountain of a shining me;

(alien technologies) have them make it luxuriant for me like a boxwood tree,

have them make its shining horns colorful for me as when Utu comes forth from his chamber,

have them make its doorposts gleam brightly for me.” “

134-155 “Chant to him the holy song,

the incantation sung in its chambers — the incantation of Nudimmud (Enki):

“On that day when there is no snake, when there is no scorpion,

when there is no hyena, when there is no lion, when there is neither dog nor wolf,

when there is thus neither fear nor trembling, man has no rival!

At such a time, may the lands of Cubur and Hamazi, the many-tongued,

and Sumer, the great mountain of the me of magnificence (alien technologies),

and Akkad, the land possessing all that is befitting,

(Martu & giant mixed-breed king, above, many symbols of the gods)

and the Martu (Martu’s) land, resting in security — the whole universe, the well-guarded people —

may they all address Enlil together in a single language!

(earthlings mining & doing construction work for the Anunnaki gods ruling Earth)

For at that time, for the ambitious lords, for the ambitious princes, for the ambitious kings,

Enki, for the ambitious lords, for the ambitious princes, for the ambitious kings,

for the ambitious lords, for the ambitious princes, for the ambitious kings —

Enki, the lord of abundance and of steadfast decisions, the wise and knowing lord of the Land,

(Enki, eldest & wisest alien god sent to Earth Colony, 1st to arrive with crew of 50 Anunnaki)

the expert of the gods, chosen for wisdom, the lord of Eridug (Eridu),

shall change the speech in their mouths, as many as he had placed there,

and so the speech of mankind is truly one. “

156-157 The lord added further instructions for the messenger going to the mountains, to Aratta:

158-159 “Messenger, by night, drive on like the south wind!

By day, be up like the dew!”

160-175 The messenger gave heed to the words of his king.

He journeyed by the starry night, and by day he traveled with Utu of heaven.

Where and to whom will he carry the important message of Inanna with its stinging tone?

He brought it up into the Zubi Mountains, he descended with it from the Zubi Mountains.

Su-sin (giant semi-divine mixed-breed King Shu-Suen) and the land of Ancan humbly saluted Inanna like tiny mice.

In the great mountain ranges, the teeming multitudes groveled in the dust for her.

He traversed five mountains, six mountains, seven mountains.

He lifted his eyes as he approached Aratta.

He stepped joyfully into the courtyard of Aratta, he made known the authority of his king.

Openly he spoke out the words in his heart.

The messenger transmitted the message to the lord of Aratta:

176-178 “Your father, my master, has sent me to you;

the lord of Unug (Uruk, Inanna’s patron city), the lord of Kulaba, has sent me to you.”

“What is it to me what your master has spoken?

What is it to me what he has said?”

179-207 “This is what my master has spoken, this is what he has said.

My king who from his birth has been fitted for lordship (1 ms. has instead: for the crown),

the lord of Unug, the sajkal snake living in Sumer,

who pulverizes mountains (2 mss. have instead: heads) like flour,

the stag of the tall mountains, endowed with princely antlers,

wild cow, kid pawing the the holy soapwort with its hoof,

whom the good cow had given birth to in the heart of the mountains,

Enmerkar, the son of Utu, has sent me to you.”

(2 mss. add here: (the lord of Aratta speaks):

“What is it to me what your master has spoken? what is it to me what he has said?”)

“This is what my master said:

“Lest I make the people fly off from that city like a wild dove from its tree,

lest I make them fly around like a bird over its well-founded nest,

lest I requite (?) them as if at a current market rate,

lest I make it gather dust like an utterly destroyed city,

lest like a settlement cursed by Enki and utterly destroyed, I too utterly destroy Aratta;

lest like the devastation which swept destructively, and in whose wake Inanna arose,

shrieked and yelled aloud, I too wreak a sweeping devastation there —

(Inanna atop her zodiac symbol of Leo, Goddess of Love & War)

let Aratta pack nuggets of gold in leather sacks, placing alongside it the kumea ore;

package up precious metals, and load the packs on the donkeys of the mountains;

and then may the Junior Enlil of Sumer have them build for me,

the lord whom Nudimmud (Enki) has chosen in his sacred heart, a mountain of a shining me;

have them make it luxuriant for me like a boxwood tree,

have them make its shining horns colorful for me as when Utu comes forth from his chamber,

have them make its doorposts gleam brightly for me.

Chant to him for me the holy song, the incantation sung in its chambers — the Incantation of Nudimmud.”’

208-217 “Say whatever you will say to me,

and I shall announce that message in the shrine E-ana (Anu’s temple / residence in Uruk)

as glad tidings to the scion of him with the glistening beard,

whom his stalwart cow gave birth to in the mountain of the shining me,

who was reared on the soil of Aratta, who was given suck at the udder of the good cow,

(Uruk city & ziggurat temple residence of gods & goddesses)

who is suited for office in Kulaba, the mountain of great me (alien technologies),

to Enmerkar, the (giant mixed-breed grandson, & brother-in-law) son of Utu;

I shall repeat it in his jipar, fruitful as a flourishing mes tree, to my king, the lord of Kulaba.”

218-226 When he had spoken thus to him, (the lord of Aratta replied):

“Messenger, speak to your king, the lord of Kulaba, and say to him:

“It is I, the lord suited to purification, I whom the huge heavenly neck-stock,

the queen of heaven and earth, the goddess of the numerous me (alien technologies),

(Inanna wearing the 7 MEs, her alien flight suit)

holy Inanna, has brought to Aratta, the mountain of the shining me,

I whom she has let bar the entrance of the mountains as if with a great door.

How then shall Aratta submit to Unug?

Aratta’s submission to Unug is out of the question!” Say this to him.”

227-235 When he had spoken thus to him, the messenger replied to the lord of Aratta:

(Inanna high above riding her sky-disc / me)

“The great queen of heaven, who rides upon the awesome me (sky-disc),

(ancient alien landing strip, Utu cut mountain peaks for alien launches & landings far away from the earthlings)

dwelling (landing & residing) on the peaks of the bright mountains,

adorning the dais of the bright mountains —

my lord and master, who is her servant, has had them install her as the divine queen of E-ana.

Aratta shall bow, O lord, in absolute submission!

She has spoken to him thus, in brick-built Kulaba.”

236-241 Thereupon, the lord became depressed and deeply troubled.

He had no answer; he was searching for an answer.

He stared at his own feet, trying to find an answer.

He found an answer and gave a cry.

He bellowed the answer to the message like a bull to the messenger:

242-273 “Messenger! Speak to your king, the lord of Kulaba, and say to him:

“This great mountain range is a mes tree grown high to the sky;

its roots form a net, and its branches are a snare.

(Anzu as a bird) 3a - Anzu, in the Louvre

It may be a sparrow but it has the talons of an Anzud (Anzu) bird or of an eagle.

The barrier of Inanna is perfectly made and is impenetrable (?).

Those eagle talons make the blood of the enemy run from the bright mountain.

Although in Aratta there is weeping ……, water libations are offered and flour is sprinkled;

on the mountain, sacrifices and prayers are offered in obeisance.

With fewer than five or ten men, how can mobilized Unug proceed against the Zubi mountains?

Your king is heading in all haste against my military might, but I am equally eager for a contest.

(As the proverb goes,) he who ignores a rival, does not get to eat everything up,

like the bull which ignores the bull at its side.

But he who acknowledges a contest can be the outright winner,

like the bull which acknowledges the bull at its side — or does he reject me in this contest?

Like ……, …… can match no one — or does he still reject me in this contest?

Again, I have words to say to you, messenger:

I have an artful proposal to make to you ……, may it get across to you ……..

Repeat this to your master, to the lord of Kulaba,

(Inanna atop her zodiac symbol of Leo)

a lion lying on its paws in E-ana (Anu‘s Uruk temple-residence),

a bull bellowing within it, within his jipar, fruitful as a flourishing mes tree.

The mountain range is a warrior, …… high,

like Utu (Sun god) going to his abode at twilight, like one from whose face blood drips;

3aa - Nanna & his symbol (Nannar. Moon Crescent god of Ur)

or like Nanna, who is majestic in the high heavens,

like him whose countenance shines with radiance, who …… is like the woods in the mountains. ” “

274-280 ‘”Now if Enmerkar just makes straight for the …… of Aratta,

for the benevolent protective spirit of the mountain of holy powers,

for Aratta, which is like a bright crown of heaven, then I shall make my pre-eminence clear,

and he need not pour barley into sacks, nor have it carted,

nor have that barley carried into the settlements, nor place collectors over the laborers.” “

281-293 “But if he were actually to have barley poured into carrying-nets,

and to have it loaded on the packasses at whose sides reserve donkeys have been placed,

and were to have it heaped up in a pile in the courtyard of Aratta —

were he really to heap it up in such a manner; and were Inanna, the luxuriance of the grain pile,

who is the ‘illuminator of the lands’, the ‘ornament of the settlements’,

who adorns the seven walls, who is the heroic lady, fit for battle,

(Ninurta, flying sky-disc, Enlil, & Inanna with alien weaponry; Inanna holds earthlings captive, one by nose ring)

who, as the heroine of the battleground, makes the troops dance the dance of Inanna —

were she actually to cast off Aratta as if to a carrion-pursuing dog,

then in that case I should submit to him; he would indeed have made me know his preeminence;

like the city, I in my smallness would submit to him. “So say to him.”

294-307 After he had spoken thus to him, the lord of Aratta

made the messenger repeat the message just as he himself had said it.

The messenger turned on his thigh like a wild cow; like a sand fly he went on his way in the morning calm.

He set foot joyfully in brick-built Kulaba.

The messenger rushed to the great courtyard, the courtyard of the throne room.

He repeated it word perfect to his master, the lord of Kulaba;

he even bellowed at him like a bull, and Enmerkar listened to him like an ox driver.

The king had him sit …… at his right side.

As he turned his left side to him, he said:

“Does Aratta really understand the implications of his own stratagem?”

(damaged king before Utu, the Sun god)

308-338 After day had broken and Utu had risen, the sun god of the Land lifted his head high.

The king combined the Tigris with the Euphrates.

He combined the Euphrates with the Tigris.

Large vessels were placed in the open air,

and he stood small vessels beside them, like lambs lying on the grass.

…… vessels were placed in the open air adjacent to them.

Then the king, Enmerkar, the son of Utu, placed wide apart the ecda vessels, which were of gold.

Thereupon, the tablet ……, the pointed stylus of the assembly, the golden statue

fashioned on a propitious day, beautiful Nanibgal (Nisaba), grown with a fair luxuriance,

(Nisaba, Enlil‘s mother-in-law, Master Scribe of the Gods, & Goddess of Grains)

Nisaba, the lady of broad wisdom, opened for him her holy house of wisdom.

He entered the palace of heaven, and became attentive.

Then the lord opened his mighty storehouse, and firmly set his great lidga measure on the ground.

The king removed his old barley from the other barley;

he soaked the greenmalt all through with water; its lip …… the hirin plant.

He narrowed the meshes of the carrying nets.

He measured out in full (?) the barley for the granary, adding for the teeth of locusts.

He had it loaded on the packasses at whose sides reserve donkeys were placed.

The king, the lord of broad wisdom, the lord of Unug, the lord of Kulaba, dispatched them directly to Aratta.

He made the people go on to Aratta on their own, like ants out of crevices.

Again the lord added instructions for the messenger going to the mountains, to Aratta:

339-346 “Messenger, speak to the lord of Aratta and say to him:

(young Inanna, spoiled granddaughter to Earth Colony Commander Enlil)

“The base of my scepter is the divine power of magnificence (alien technologies).

Its crown provides a protective shade over Kulaba;

under its spreading branches holy Inanna refreshes herself in the shrine E-ana (Uruk’s ziggurat temple residence).

Let him snap off a splinter from it and hold that in his hand;

let him hold it in his hand like a string of cornelian beads, a string of lapis lazuli beads.

(lapis-lazuli necklace, favorite gemstone of Inanna & other goddesses)

Let the lord of Aratta bring that before me.” So say to him.”

347-365 After he had thus spoken to him, the messenger went on his way to Aratta;

his feet raised the dust of the road, and made the little pebbles of the hills thud;

like a dragon prowling the desert, he was unopposed.

After the messenger reached Aratta, the people of Aratta stepped forward to admire the packasses.

In the courtyard of Aratta, the messenger measured out in full (?)

the barley for the granary, adding for the teeth of locusts.

As if from the rains of heaven and the sunshine, Aratta was filled with abundance.

As when the gods return to their seats (?), Aratta’s hunger was sated.

The people of Aratta covered their fields with the water-soaked greenmalt.

Afterwards, couriers and catam officials …….

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366-370 The citizens of Aratta were mindful; he revealed the matter to Aratta.

Attentively, in Aratta, from the hand ……. …… his hand …… to the lord of Unug.

371-372 “As for us, in the direst hunger, in our direst famine,

let us prostrate ourselves before the lord of Kulaba!”

373-377 The eloquent elders wrung their hands in despair, leaning against the wall;

indeed, they were even placing their treasuries (?) at the disposal of the lord.

His scepter …… in the palace …….

Openly he spoke out the words in his heart:

378-379 “Your father, my master, sent me to you.

Enmerkar, the (grandson) son of Utu, sent me to you.”

380-388 “What is it to me what your master has spoken?

What is it to me what he has said?”

“This is what my master has spoken, this is what he has said:

“The base of my scepter is the divine power of magnificence.

Its crown provides a protective shade over Kulaba;

under its spreading branches holy Inana refreshes herself in the shrine E-ana (Uruk’s ziggurat).

Let him snap off a splinter from it and hold that in his hand;

let him hold it in his hand like a string of cornelian beads, a string of lapis lazuli beads.

Let the lord of Aratta bring that before me. So say to him.” ”

389-393 After he had spoken thus to him,

for that reason he went inside the sanctuary …… and lay himself down in a fast.

Day broke. He discussed the matter at length, he spoke unspeakable words;

he circulated with this matter as if it were barley eaten by a donkey.

394-396 And what did one speak to another?

What did one say to another?

What one said to another, so indeed it was.

397-411 “Messenger, speak to your king, the lord of Kulaba, and say to him:

“Let him put in his hand and contemplate a scepter that is not of wood,

nor designated as wood ildag wood, nor cim-gig wood, not cedar wood, nor cypress wood,

not hacur cypress, nor palm wood, not hardwood, nor zabalum woodildag wood,

nor cim-gig wood, not hacur cypress, nor palm wood, not cedar wood,

nor zabalum wood, not cypress wood, nor hardwood, not poplar as in a chariot,

not reedwork as in whip handles; not gold, nor copper,

not genuine kumea metal nor silver, not cornelian, nor lapis lazuli —

let him snap off a splinter from that and hold it in his hand;

let him hold it in his hand like a string of cornelian beads, a string of lapis lazuli beads.

Let the lord of Kulaba bring that before me.”

So say to him.”

412-443 After he had spoken to him thus, the messenger went off like a young donkey,

braying as it is cut off from the chariot tongue; he trotted like an onager running on dry land,

he filled his mouth with wind; he ran in one track (?)

like a long-wooled sheep butting other sheep in its fury.

He set foot joyfully in brick-built Kulaba.

He transmitted the message word for word to his master, the lord of Kulaba.

Now Enki gave Enmerkar wisdom, and the lord gave instructions to his chief steward.

In his house ……, the king received …….

He wrapped it up like ……, and inspected it.

He pounded …… with a pestle like herbs, he poured it like oil on the …… reed.

From the sunlight it emerged into the shade, and from the shade it emerged into the sunlight.

After five years, ten years had passed, he split the …… reed with an ax.

The lord looked at it, pleased, and poured on …… fine oil, fine oil of the bright mountains.

The lord placed the scepter in the hands of the messenger going to the mountains.

The messenger, whose journeying to Aratta was like a pelican over the hills, like a fly over the ground,

who darted through the mountains as swiftly as carp swim, reached Aratta.

He set foot joyfully in the courtyard of Aratta, and put the scepter in …….

He …… and …… it.

The lord of Aratta, eying the scepter, which was …… in the sanctuary,

his holy dwelling — he, the lord, called to his catam official:

444-453 “Aratta is indeed like a slaughtered sheep!

Its roads are indeed like those of the rebel lands!

Since holy Inanna has given the primacy of Aratta to the lord of Kulaba,

now it seems that holy Inanna is looking with favor on her man

who has sent a messenger to make the severe message as clear as the light of Utu.

So in Aratta where can one go in this crisis?

How long before the yoke-rope becomes bearable?

As for us, in the direst hunger, in our direst famine,

are we to prostrate ourselves before the lord of Kulaba?”

454-455 The lord of Aratta entrusted a message to the messenger as if it were an important tablet:

456-461 “Messenger! Speak to your master, the lord of Kulaba, and say to him:

“A champion who is not black-colored, a champion who is not white-colored,

a champion who is not brown-colored, a champion who is not red-colored,

a champion who is not yellow-colored, a champion who is not multi-colored —

let him give you such a champion.

My champion will compete against his champion, and let the more able one prevail!” Say this to him.”

462-469 After he had spoken to him thus, the messenger set off, ulum, alam.

In brick-built Kulaba, he was speechless, like a …….

He gazed like a goat on the mountain slopes, he …… as if it were a huge mir snake coming out of a field.

In …… he lifted his head.

…… of Aratta …….

From his seat, he addressed him like a raging torrent:

470-499 “Messenger! Speak to the lord of Aratta and say to him:

“A garment that is not black-colored, a garment that is not white-colored,

a garment that is not brown-colored, a garment that is not red-colored,

a garment that is not yellow-colored, a garment that is not multi-colored — I shall give him such a garment.

(Enlil, Inanna, Utu, Enki, & 2-faced Isumud)

My champion is embraced by Enlil.

I shall send him such a champion.

My champion will compete against his champion, and let the more able one prevail!”

Say this to him. Second, speak to him and say:

“Let him immediately pass from subterfuge …….

In his city, let them go before him like sheep.

Let him, like their shepherd, follow behind them.

As he goes, let the mountain of bright lapis lazuli humble itself before him like a crushed reed.

And let them heap up its shining gold and silver in the courtyard of Aratta for Inanna the lady of E-ana.”

Third, speak to him and say:

“Lest I make the people fly off from that city like a wild dove from its tree,

lest I smash them like ……, lest I requite (?) them as if at a current market rate,

lest I make …… them walk in ……, when he goes, let them take the mountain stones,

and rebuild for me the great shrine Eridug, the Abzu, the E-nun; let them adorn its architrave for me …….

Let them make its protection spread over the Land for me.”

His speaking …….

Recite his omen to him.

At that time, the lord ……, …… on the throne daises and on the chairs, the noble seed, …….”

500-514 His speech was substantial, and its contents extensive.

The messenger, whose mouth was heavy, was not able to repeat it.

Because the messenger, whose mouth was tired, was not able to repeat it,

the lord of Kulaba patted some clay and wrote the message as if on a tablet.

Writing - Vatican Musuem, Sumerian Text Writing - natural stones, sumerian writing

(Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets; Nisaba, Master Scribe with stylus & tablet in hand; Earth’s 1st writing – historical records)

Formerly, the writing of messages on clay was not established.

Now, under that sun and on that day, it was indeed so.

The lord of Kulaba inscribed the message like a tablet.

It was just like that.

The messenger was like a bird, flapping its wings; he raged forth like a wolf following a kid.

He traversed five mountains, six mountains, seven mountains.

He lifted his eyes as he approached Aratta.

He stepped joyfully into the courtyard of Aratta, he made known the authority of his king.

Openly he spoke out the words in his heart.

The messenger transmitted the message to the lord of Aratta:

515-517 “Your father, my master, has sent me to you;

the lord of Unug, the lord of Kulaba, has sent me to you.”

“What is it to me what your master has spoken?

What is it to me what he has said?”

518-535 “This is what my master has spoken, this is what he has said.

My king is like a huge mes tree, …… son of Enlil; this tree has grown high, uniting heaven and earth;

its crown reaches heaven, its trunk is set upon the earth.

He who is made to shine forth in lordship and kingship,

(tens of thousands of ancient clay tablets)

Enmerkar, the son of Utu, has given me a clay tablet.

O lord of Aratta, after you have examined the clay tablet,

after you have learned the content of the message,

say whatever you will say to me, and I shall announce that message in the shrine E-ana

as glad tidings to the scion of him with the glistening beard,

whom his stalwart cow gave birth to in the mountains of the shining me,

who was reared on the soil of Aratta, who was given suck at the udder of the good cow,

who is suited for office in Kulaba, the mountain of great me (alien technologies),

to Enmerkar, the (giant mixed-breed grandson) son of Utu (appointed as king of Uruk);

I shall repeat it in his jipar, fruitful as a flourishing mes tree, to my king, the lord of Kulaba.”

536-556 After he had spoken thus to him,

the lord of Aratta received his kiln-fired tablet from the messenger.

The lord of Aratta looked at the tablet.

The transmitted message was just nails, and his brow expressed anger.

The lord of Aratta looked at his kiln-fired tablet.

At that moment, the lord worthy of the crown of lordship,

2f - Hadad, warrior upon a bull - Taurus (Ishkur / Adad, Thunder God atop his zodiac symbol of Taurus)

the (3rd main) son of Enlil, the god Ickur (Ishkur / Adad, born on Earth),

(Adad stele & statue, now shamefully destroyed by Radical Islam)

thundering in heaven and earth, caused a raging storm, a great lion, in …….

He was making the mountains quake ……, he was convulsing the mountain range ……;

the awesome radiance …… of his breast; he caused the mountain range to raise its voice in joy.

On Aratta’s parched flanks, in the midst of the mountains,

wheat grew of its own accord, and chickpeas also grew of their own accord;

they brought the wheat which grew of its own accord into the granary of ……

for the lord of Aratta, and heaped it up before him in the courtyard of Aratta.

The lord of Aratta looked at the wheat.

The messenger’s eyes looked askance …….

The lord of Aratta called to the messenger:

557-576 “Inanna, the lady of all the lands, has not run away from the primacy of her city, Aratta,

nor has she stolen it for Unug (Uruk);

she has not run away from her E-zagina, nor has she stolen it for the shrine E-ana;

she has not run away from the mountain of the shining me, nor has she stolen it for brick-built Kulaba;

(Inanna, Goddess of Love & War)

she has not run away from the adorned bed, nor has she stolen it for the shining bed;

she has not run away from the purification for the lord, nor has she stolen it for the lord of Unug,

the lord of Kulaba. Inanna, the lady of all the lands, has surrounded Aratta,

on its right and left, for her like a rising flood.

They are people whom she has separated from other people,

they are people whom Dumuzid has made step forth from other people,

who firmly establish the holy words of Inanna.

Let the clever champion and the …… of Dumuzid (Inanna‘s spouse) whirl about!

Quickly, come now, …….

After the flood had swept over, Inanna, the lady of all the lands,

(Dumuzi, Inanna‘s 1st spouse, after his death, Inanna espoused mixed-breeds)

from her great love of Dumuzid (Dumizi), has sprinkled the water of life

upon those who had stood in the face of the flood and made the Land subject to them.”

577-587 The clever champion, when he came, had covered his head with a colorful turban,

and wrapped himself in a garment of lion skins.

4 lines unclear

Inanna …….

(Dumuzi & his naked young spouse Inanna)

Her song was pleasing to her spouse, Ama-ucumgal-ana (Dumuzi).

Since that time, she has made it perfect in the holy ear,

the holy ear of Dumuzid, has sung it and has let the words be known.

588-610 When the old woman came to the mountain of the shining me,

she went up to him like a maiden who in her day is perfect, painted her eyes with kohl,

(Inanna, Goddess of Love & her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus, 8th planet in from outer space)

wrapped herself in a white garment, came forth with the good crown like the moonlight.

She arranged the …… on her head.

(Ninsun, Utu, naked Inanna, & a mixed-breed king)

She made Enmerkar, her spouse, occupy the throne-dais with her.

She raised up ……, and indeed, for Aratta, the ewes and their lambs now multiply;

indeed, for Aratta, the mother goats and their kids multiply;

indeed, for Aratta, the cows and their calves multiply;

indeed, for Aratta, the donkey mares and their black, swift-footed foals multiply.

In Aratta, they say together: “Let them heap up and pile up for the grain piles;

the abundance is truly your abundance.”

After having made …… for the lord of Aratta, let him …….

He will …….

He came forth ……, he set right for her.

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611-625 (An unidentified person speaks:) “…… befitting ……,

…… the ilu song of the heart, …… your abundance in his …….

(Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)

Enlil has granted you ……, and may …… be made known.

…… his father was not luxuriantly fertile, and poured forth no semen.

Enlil, king of all the lands …….

In accordance with the tasks which he has now established, the people of Aratta ……

their task of plying gold, silver and lapis lazuli; the men who …… golden fruit,

fruit trees, with their figs and grapes, shall heap the fruit up in great mounds ……;

and shall dig out the flawless lapis lazuli from the roots of the trees,

and shall remove the succulent part of the reeds from the crowns of the trees,

and then shall heap them up in a pile in the courtyard of E-ana for Inanna, the lady of E-ana.“

626-636 “Come, my king, I shall offer you advice: let my counsel be heeded.

I shall speak words to you; let them be heard.

Let the people choose a man …… of the foreign lands, and let the people of Aratta speak …….

When I go from here, the ever-sparkling lady gives me my kingship.

(Geshtinanna / Jectinana Dumuzi‘s younger sister, scribe & singer of songs)

Jectin-ana …….In that city ……, festivals were not …….

Daily …….

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Enmerkar Quotes From Zecharia Sitchin Books

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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

In the 13^th century B.C. a Mesopotamian king stated that he rebuilt Inanna’s temple in her brother Utu’s city of Sippar. The ruins rebuilt upon was at that time eight hundred years old. Her original city with temple was Aratta, located in a far land east of Sumer.

In the Land of Aratta she was “the lofty one, Inanna, queen of all the land”. The great-nephew of Inanna and ruler of Uruk, Enmerkar, set out on a “war of nerves” to force the city of Aratta to submit—

“the lord Enmerkar who is the servant of Inanna

made her queen of the House of Anu…”

She kept her house in Aratta while moving into Anu’s temple in Uruk, becoming a “commuting goddess”.

We read in the ancient text that at first all Enmerker demanded of Aratta was that it contribute

“precious stones, bronze, lead, slabs of lapis-lazuli…”

to the building of the enlarged temple, as well as

“artfully fashioned gold and silver…”

“Let Aratta submit to Erech (Uruk) he demanded…”

In frustration Enmerkar sent another message written on clay tablets…in the language of Aratta, a feat made possible with the help of Nidaba (Nisaba), the Goddess of Writing.

“The lord of Aratta from the herald took the baked tablet;

the lord of Aratta examined the clay…”

“The dictated word was nail-like in appearance…”

Just at that moment

“a storm, like a great lion attacking, stepped up….”

The drought was suddenly broken…and once again “white-walled Aratta” became a land of abundant grains.

Enmerkar Quotes From Texts

Enmerkar = Utu‘s grandson, Inanna‘s spouse-king, their son is Lugalbanda

(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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

“Their ruler (i.e. Enmerkar), riding on a storm,

Utu‘s son, the good bright metal (alien technology), stepped down from heaven to the great earth.

His head shines with brilliance, the barbed arrows flash past him like lightning (alien technologies); …”

“At the time when Enmerkar in Uruk ruled, Nungal (Bau), the lion-hearted,

was the Pilot who from the skies brought Ishtar (Inanna) down to the E-Anna (Uruk’s temple)…”

“Enmerkar the son of Utu berated Inanna:

‘Once upon a time my princely sister Inanna the pure

summoned me in her holy heart from the bright mountains, had me enter brick-built Kulaba‘…”

“Divine Enki who is king in Eridu tore up for me the old reeds, drained off the water completely…”

“She made Enmerkar, her spouse, occupy the throne-dais with her…”

“the ever-sparkling lady gives me my kingship…”

(Enmerker speaking to Inanna):

“may I, the radiant youth, may I be embraced there by you…”

“He (Ensuhgiranna) may dwell with Inanna in the E-zagin of Aratta,

but I dwell with her …… as her earthly companion (?).

He may lie with her in sweet slumber on the adorned bed,

but I lie on Inanna‘s splendid bed strewn with pure plants….”

(Enmerkar speaking)

“I accompany Inanna for a journey of 15 leagues. and yet Utu the sun-god

cannot see my holy crown, when she enters my holy jipar.

Enlil has given (?) me the true crown and scepter.

Ninurta, the son of Enlil, held me on his lap as the frame holds the water-skin.

Aruru (Ninhursag), the sister of Enlil,

extended her right breast to me, extended her left breast to me.

When I go up to the great shrine, the mistress (Inanna) screeches like an Anzud (Anzu) chick,

and other times when I go there, even though she is not a duckling, she shrieks like one…”

“It is Unug where Inanna dwells…”

“Lugalbanda, he of beloved seed, stretched his hand out (and said)

‘Like divine Shara am I, the beloved son of Inanna ‘…”

King Meshkiaggasher Quotes From Sitchin Books, Etc.

SEE SITCHIN’S EARTH CHRONICLES, ETC.

Meshkiagasher = 1st king of Uruk /Unug-ki, son to Utu

(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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Sumerian King List column III, lines 1 to 5)

“Meskiagkasher reigned for 324 years.

Meskiagkasher journeyed upon the sea

and came ashore in a mountainous land…”

According to “The Lost Book of Enki”:

“Its first king was the high priest of the Eanna temple-abode,

a son of Utu he was!…”

The Marriage of Martu

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

(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… mixed-breeds in teal)

The name Martu can be written syllabically as Amurru or as a logogram MAR.TU which represents the Sumerian reading. But who or what was Amurru? The Amurru people are often mentioned in Mesopotamian inscriptions as the nomadic people of the steppe, who would come down from the hillsides and raid the agricultural products of the settled people of Sumer and Babylon.

1-8 When the city of Inab already existed, but the city of Kiritab did not yet exist,

when the holy crown already existed, but the holy tiara did not yet exist,

when the holy herb already existed, but the holy cedar did not yet exist,

when holy salt already existed, but holy alkali did not yet exist, when intercourse and kissing already existed,

when giving birth in the fields already existed — I was the grandfather of the holy cedar,

I was the ancestor of the mes tree, I was the mother and father of the white cedar, I was the relative of the hacur cedar.

9-15 At that time there was a princely land among the cities; Inab was this princely land among the cities.

The ruler of Inab was Tigi-cem-ala.

Now, he had a wife whose name was Cage-gur (Desired-by-the-heart),

and a child, who ……, and her name was …….

16-25 The people living around the city hung up nets, the people living around Inab hung up nets, hung up nets,

chased gazelles and killed the gazelles as one kills humans.

One day, as the evening came, and they had reached the place of rations, they established the rations before the god ……

(The correct form of this name is not known).

The ration of a married man was established as double, the ration of a man with a child was established as triple;

the ration of a single man was established as single;

but the ration of Martu, though being single, was also established as double (giant god).

(Ninhursag & her brother / son Martu, both King Anu‘s offspring)

(incest amongst alien Anunnaki gods was very common, especially inside their royal family, advanced science prevented problems)

26-33 Martu went home to his own mother, and spoke to her:

“In my city I am among my friends and they all have already married wives;

I am there among my mates, and they all have already married wives.

Unlike my friends in my city I am single, I am single and I have no children.

Yet the imposed share exceeds that of my friends; over and above that of my mates, I received half of theirs.”

34-40 One day, as the evening came, and they had reached again the place of rations,

they established the rations before the god ……

(The correct form of this name is not known).

The ration of a married man was established as double, the ration of a man with a child was established as triple;

the ration of a single man was established as single;

but the ration of Martu, though being single, was also established as double.

(ancient artifacts of princess-goddess, Ninhursag)

41-52 Martu went home to his own mother (Ninhursag), and spoke to her:

“My mother, find me a wife to marry and I will bring you my ration.”

His own mother replied to Martu:

“Su-henuna, my son, I will give you advice; may my advice be heeded.

I shall say a word to you; you should pay attention to it.

Marry a wife of your choice, marry a wife of your heart’s desire, give me thus a companion, …… me a slave-girl.

Having built the houses of (?) your people living around the city,

and …… gardens, you will dig the wells of (?) your mates.

Martu, …… mates ……”

53-66 At that time a festival was announced in the city;

a festival was announced in the city of Inab (ancient city just northwest of today’s Aleppo, Syria).

(Martu said:) “Come, friends, let us go, let us go there, let us visit the ale-houses of Inab, let us go there.”

(giant 2/3rds divine King Gilgamesh, Martu & Utu)

The god Numucda (Utu) participated in the festival; his beloved daughter Adjar-kidug participated in the festival,

(Aya, Utu, & Utu‘s father Nannar)

his wife Namrat (Aya), the lovely woman participated in the festival.

In the city, bronze cem drums were rumbling, and the seven ala drums resounded as strong men,

(Inanna & other Anunnaki practice skills with hand-to-hand contests, earthlings learn their customs)

girdled champions, entered the wrestling house to compete with each other

(Utu / Shamash, Anunnaki son to Nannar & Ningal, born on Earth)

for Numucda (Utu / Shamash) in the temple of Inab.

There were many coming to Inab, the city where the festival was taking place, to marvel at this.

(Martu participates in the great sporting events of the gods, Olympic custom of today)

\67-75 For Numucda, because he was holy (?), Martu too strode around the great courtyard

to compete in wrestling at the gate of Inab.

They kept looking for strong fighters for him, they kept offering him strong fighters.

Martu strode around in the great courtyard.

He hit them with a destructive …… one by one.

In the great courtyard, in the battle he caused them to be bandaged;

in the great courtyard of Inab he lifted the bodies of the dead.

76-90 Rejoicing over Martu, Numucda offered him silver, but he would not accept it.

He offered jewels, but he would not accept them.

Having done so a second time, having done so a third time

(Utu‘s grand-uncle & son-in-law Martu, & Ashur)

(Martu says): “Where does your silver lead? Where do your jewels lead?

I, Martu, would rather marry your daughter, I would rather marry your daughter Adjar-kidug.”

7 lines missing

91-97 (Numucda says:) “You …… the wife with calves, as a marriage gift.

Milch cows shall feed the calves.

In the byre the calf and the cow shall lie down.

(Sumerian cattle)

Milch cows shall live in the …….

Suckling calves shall stay at their right side.

You must give your word thus and only thus, and then I will give you my daughter Adjar-kidug.”

98-104 “You …… the wife with lambs, as a marriage gift.

Milch ewes shall feed the lambs.

In their sheepfold the lamb and the ewe shall lie down.

Milch ewes shall live in the …… and suckling lambs shall stay at their left side.

You must give your word thus and only thus, and then I will give you my daughter Adjar-kidug.”

105-111 “You …… the wife with kids as a marriage gift.

Milch goats shall feed the kids.

In their stall the kid and the goat shall lie down.

(giant alien Anunnaki established ongoing food supplies desired most by them)

The goats shall live in the …… and suckling kids shall stay …….

You must give your word thus and only thus, and then I will give you my daughter Adjar-kidug.”

112-114 He …… great …….

He shouted like …….

At the quay of Inab he …….

(Martu, Ninhursag, Nannar, & Utu)

115-126 He gratified the elders of Inab with golden torcs.

He gratified the old women of Inab with golden shawl- …….

He gratified the men and women of Inab with golden …….

He gratified the slaves of Inab with …… and gratified them also with colored …… cloths.

He gratified the slave-girls of Inab with silver jugs.

127-141 The days have multiplied, no decision has yet been made.

(Adjar-kidug‘s girlfriend speaks to her:)

“Now listen, their hands are destructive and their features are those of monkeys;

(giant alien god Martu, & his primitive ape-like “Martu” earthling)

he is one who eats what Nanna (Nannar / Sin) forbids and does not show reverence.

They never stop roaming about ……, they are an abomination to the gods’ dwellings.

Their ideas are confused; they cause only disturbance.

(Earth creatures, many of them created / DNA mixed by the gods)

He is clothed in sack-leather ……, lives in a tent, exposed to wind and rain, and cannot properly recite prayers.

He lives in the mountains and ignores the places of gods,

digs up truffles in the foothills, does not know how to bend the knee, and eats raw flesh.

He has no house during his life, and when he dies he will not be carried to a burial-place.

My girlfriend, why would you marry Martu?”

Adjar-kidug replies to her girlfriend: “I will marry Martu!”

142 Inab — ulum, alam!

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Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana

Sumerian composition from the Ur III period, featuring Enmerkar, a historical king of Uruk and the lord of Uruk´s arch-rival city, Aratta. It forms part of the so-called Geste d´ Uruk, which also includes Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta, the story of Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh and the Akka of Kish.

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The Marriage of Martu