Istaran’s (House in Der) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

 

       O Dēr (Akkadian name; a Sumerian name is unknown) ,

       taking extreme care of decisions, ……, on your awesome and radiant gate

       a decoration displays a horned viper and a mušuš embracing.

       Your prince, a leader of the gods, fit for giving counsel and grand speech,

       the (eldest) son of Uraš (Ninhursag & Enlil) who knows thoroughly

       the true divine powers (alien technologies) of princeship,

          2ba - Ninurta with poppy in hand   (Ninurta, born of the “double seed”; Ninurta atop his winged beast)

       Ištaran (Ninurta), the …… sovereign of heaven, has erected a house in your precinct,

       O E-dim-gal-kalama (House which is the great pole of the Land), and taken his seat upon your dais.

 

       8 lines: the house of Ištaran in Dēr.