Kakka = Anu’s vizier, son?

minor god and minister of state to Anu

 

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(gods in blue)

 

        “When the seventh day arrived, Anu made his voice heard and spoke,

         Addressed his words to Kakka, his vizier,

         ‘Kakka, I shall send you to Kurnugi,

         To the home of Ereshkigal who dwells within Erkalla,

         To say, “That god, whom I sent you,

         Forever [ ]’ …”

 

         “Kakka went down the long stairway of heaven.

         When he reached the gate of Ereshkigal, he said,

         ‘Gatekeeper, open the gate to me!’

         ‘Kakka, come in, and may the gate bless you.’

         He let the god Kakka in through the first gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the second gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the third gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the fourth gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the fifth gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the sixth gate,

         He let the god Kakka in through the seventh gate.

         He entered into her spacious courtyard,

         He knelt down and kissed the ground in front of her.

         He straightened up, stood and addressed her,

         ‘Anu your father sent me’ …”

 

         “Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spake, she addressed her words to Kakka.

         ‘O messenger of Anu our father’ …”

 

        ‘”I , like my mother, I, Kaka, will ride high in joy like my mother!

         I, Nincubur I, Kaka, will ride high in joy like my mother’. …”