Papsukal = son to Nannar

vizier to the great gods

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(gods in blue)

 

       “Dur-Papsukal, “the fortress of the god Papsukal.”

       The city stood on an island in the Tigris, …”

 

       “Then Papsukkal, vizier of the great gods, hung his head, his face [became gloomy];

        He wore mourning clothes, his hair unkempt.

        Dejected(?), he went and wept before Sin (Nannar) his father,

        His tears flowed freely before king Ea.

        ‘Inanna has gone down to The Earth and has not come up again’…”

 

       “The deities Papsukal, Nusku, and Shala (Anu’s daughter, Adad’s spouse)

        Shall then be seated in the court of the god Anu…”

 

       “Pap-sukal who changes not (his) command…”

 

        “The countenance of Papsukkal, the vizier of the great gods,

        Was fallen, his face was clouded

        He was clad in mourning, long hair he wore.

        Forth went Papsukkal before Ea (Enki), the king:…”

 

         “When Papsukul beheld in man’s abodes

The change that spread o’er blasted, lifeless clods,

And heard earth’s wailing through the waning light,

With vegetation passing out of sight,

From the doomed world to Heaven he quickly flies,

          While from the earth are rising fearful cries…”