(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…)
Damu Quotes From Texts
Damu = son of Bau & Ninurta
doctor of gods & earthlings, worshiped in Isin
“She tests the surgical lancet; Nininsina (Bau) sharpens the scalpel.
She has made perfect the divine powers (alien technologies) of medicine,
and hands them over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:
‘My son, pay attention to everything medical!
Damu, pay attention to everything medical!’
He takes the bandages and wipes them;
he treats the bandages with embrocation,
and softens the plaster that had been put on them.
He mops up the blood and suppuration,
and places a warm hand on the horrid wound.
My lady, the midwife of the mothers of the Land,
is the chief doctor of the black-headed;
Nininsina (Bau), the daughter of An (Anu),
hands this all over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:
‘My son, pay attention to everything medical!
Damu, pay attention to everything medical!
You will be praised for your diagnoses.’
Holy Nininsina performs for him her role as incantation priest,
which Enki bestowed on her…”
“They have told Damu,
the chief barber (? physician) of Nunamnir (Enlil), healer of the living,
to make the foreign countries bow at the feet of his father and mother!…”
Ab-Bau Quote From Text
Ab-Bau = Bau’s son
“Bau (Gula) has abandoned Iri-kug and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold.
She has abandoned her flooded chamber
and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold.
Her son Ab-Bau has abandoned it and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold.
Ab-Bau has abandoned Ma-gu-ena and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold.
The protective goddess of the holy house has abandoned it
and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold …”
Galalim / Ig-alim Quotes From Texts
Galalim / Ig-alim = Ninurta’s son, Bau’s son?
chief superintendent
Ninurta As Gal-alim:
“For the god Gal-alim, the favorite son of the god Nin-girsu (Ninurta),
for his king, Gudea, the patesi of Shirpurla
his temple of E-me-ghush-gal-an-ki has constructed…”
“Gudea,...the offspring of the goddess Gutumdug (Ninsun),
dowered with sovereignty and the scepter supreme by the god Gal-alim,…”
Ninurta As Ig-alim:
“Bau, lady …… true cream,
As is fitting, she lets Lord Ig-alim have the scepter…”
(Ninurta speaking)
“The guardians of my house and the fair-looking protective goddesses …….
My chief superintendent, Ig-alim, is the neck-stock of my hands.
He has been promoted to take care of my house; …….
My messenger does not forget anything: he is the pride of the palace.
In the city named after (?) Enlil, I recognize true and false…”
“Lugal-kur-dub walked in front of him (Gudea),
Ig-alim directed him and Nin-jiczida (Ningishzidda),
his personal god, held him by the hand throughout the time…”
“With his divine duties, namely to guide the hand of the righteous one;
to force the evil-doer´s neck into a neck stock;
to keep the house safe; to keep the house pleasant;
to instruct his city and the sanctuaries of Jirsu;
to set up an auspicious throne; to hold the scepter of never-ending days;
to raise high the head of Nin-jirsu´s shepherd, Gudea, as if he wore a blue crown;
and to appoint to their offices in the courtyard of E-ninnu the skin-clad ones,
the linen-clad ones and those whose head is covered,
Gudea introduced Ig-alim, the Great Door (ig gal), the Pole (dim) of Jirnun,
the chief bailiff of Jirsu, his beloved son to lord Nin-jirsu…”
“Young woman Nin-Nibru, lady ……. Lord Ninurta, my king…….
Ig-alim, my king …….Cul-cagana, my king …….”
Ninsun Quotes From Texts
Ninsun = Bau & Ninurta’s daughter
SEE NINSUN FILE:
Bau’s Septuplets Quote From Text
Bau’s & Ninurta’s septuplets
“Zazaru, Ickur-pa-ed, Ur-agrunta-ea,
He-girnuna, He-caga, Zurju and Zarju,
who are Bau´s septuplets, the offspring of lord Nin-jirsu (Ninurta),
his beloved lukur maidens, who create plenty for the myriads,
stepped forward to lord Nin-jirsu with friendly entreaties on behalf of Gudea…”
Ninzuana Quote From Text
Ninzuana = Bau?, daughter of Bau & Ninurta?
“Lugal-Marda (Ninurta?, Ninurta’a son?) stepped outside his city.
Ninzuana took an unfamiliar path away from her beloved dwelling.
‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly.
Isin, the shrine that was not a quay, was split by onrushing waters.
Ninisina (Bau), the mother of the Land, wept bitter tears.
‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly…”