^{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)

 

O E-ninnu (House of 50), (Enlil‘s royal ruling #, also his heir Ninurta‘s # to be)

right hand of Lagaš (Lagash), foremost in Sumer,

the Anzud bird which gazes upon the mountain, the šar-ur weapon of …… Ninĝirsu (Ninurta),

(Ninurta‘s 50-headed mace, alien high-tech weaponry)

…… in all lands, the strength of battle, a terrifying storm which envelops men,

giving the strength of battle to the Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods,

            (mud brick-built ziggurats & cities of Mesopotamia)

brick building on whose holy mound destiny is determined, beautiful as the hills,

your canal ……, your …… blowing in opposition (?) at your gate facing towards Iri-kug,

wine is poured into holy An‘s (Anu‘s) beautiful bowls set out in the open air.

 

Whatever enters you is unequaled, whatever leaves endures. ……,

terrifying facade, house of radiance, a place of reaching judgment

which lord Ninĝirsu has filled with great awesomeness and dread!

All the Anuna gods attend your great drinking-bouts.

Your prince, a raging storm which destroys cities in hostile lands, your sovereign,

a terrifying wild ox which will manifest its strength, a terrifying lion which smashes heads,

the warrior who devises strategies in lordship and attains victory in kingship,

the mighty one, the great warrior in battle, the lord without rival, the son of Enlil,

             (Lagash re-creation with Ninurta‘s ziggurat residence)

lord Ninĝirsu, has erected a house in your precinct,

O E-ninnu, and taken his seat upon your dais.

 

              (Lagash city walls & Ninurta‘s ziggurat-residence)

22 lines: the house of Ninĝirsu (Ninurta) in Lagaš (Lagash).