Nergal’s (House in Gudua) – Temple Hymn

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(gods in blue)

O E-ĝiškešda-kalama (House which is the bond of the Land),

bull …… great strength among the gods, terrifying wild cow,

wild bull which causes lament,

Gudua, your quay is a low quay which bestows water, your interior is artfully built,

your mace is a …… mace released from heaven,

your platform is a lustrous platform spreading over Mešlam.

Your prince, the mighty god, the sovereign of Mešlam,

the fierce god of the underworld, the sovereign of Ud-šuš (Sunset),

2b - Nergal, god of the Underworld (Nergal with alien weaponry, Lord of the Underworld)

Nergal, Mešlamta-ea, has erected a house in your precinct, and taken his seat upon your dais.

10 lines: the house of Nergal in Gudua.