Letter From ? to the God Nanna: 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)

            2a - Nannar statue 2,000 B.C. (Nannar with parents Enlil & Ninlil)

1-7 Say to Nanna (Nannar / Sin), the firstborn son of Enlil (and Ninlil), who loves prayers;

repeat to the lord whose light spreads widely, the crown of heaven and earth,

the great lord who loves to revive man; the father of the black-headed;

the merciful king, who can untie and release; the merciful, compassionate god who listens to appeals:

8-16 You, who are perfect in lordship and wear the legitimate headdress,

the one with gleaming appearance and noble countenance,

holy form endowed lavishly with beauty: your greatness covers all countries.

SYRIA - CIRCA 2002: Limestone stela depicting the Moon God Sin, rear view. Artefact from Tell Ahmar, Syria. Assyrian civilisation, 8th Century BC. Aleppo, Archaeological Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)  (Nannar, Moon Crescent God, atop his ziggurat temple residence in Ur)

Your fearsome radiance overwhelms the holy sky.

Your great awesomeness is imbued with terror.

…… is pre-eminent in the Land.

You are indeed glorious from east to west.

From the interior of heaven …… has given you ……, and entrusted you with the heavens.

You are the king of heaven and earth; it is you who decide their fate.