(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)
(Prince Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir, appointed as Earth Colony Commander)
1-9 The princely one, the princely one came forth from the house.
Enlil, the princely one, came forth from the house.
The princely one came forth royally from the house.
(Enlil‘s communication towers; Enlil in his sky-disc)
Enlil lifted his glance over all the lands, and the lands raised themselves to Enlil.
The four corners of heaven became green for Enlil like a garden (of Eden).
(the “Eden”, Land of the Gods Between the Rivers)
Kec (Kish) was positioned there for him with head uplifted,
and as Kec lifted its head among all the lands, Enlil spoke the praises of Kec.
(Kish ruins, Ninhursag‘s patron city, where kingship began)
10-20 Nisaba (Enlil‘s mother-in-law) was its decision-maker (?); with its words she wove it intricately like a net.
(Nisaba, Master Scribe of the Anunnaki gods, authored many of earliest texts)
Written on tablets it was held in her hands:
House, platform of the Land, important fierce bull!
House Kec, platform of the Land, important fierce bull!
(E-kur, Enlil’s & Ninlil’s ziggurat residence in Nippur)
Growing as high as the hills, embracing the heavens, growing as high as E-kur, lifting its head among the mountains!
Rooted in the abzu (2 mss. have instead: Colourful as the abzu), verdant like the mountains!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi (Ninurta)?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud (Ninhursag gave birth to Ninurta)?
(Ninhursag, Master DNA Medical Scientist; Ninhursag with her early failed attempts to fashion replacement workers for the gods, by mixing the DNA of Earth creatures, then finally mixing their DNA with primitive hominids, virtually fashioning man into their image & likeness)
21 The first house.
22-30 Good house, built in a good location, house Kec,
(Ninhursag‘s “House Kish“ / ziggurat residence & her city for earthlings, Kish discovered way below the mud-brick-built mountain)
(some mss. add here: good house,) built in a good location, floating in the heavens like a princely barge,
like a holy barge furnished with a …… gate, like the boat of heaven, the platform of all the lands!
…… from the riverbank like a …… boat cabin!
House roaring like an ox, bellowing loudly like a breed-bull!
House in whose interior is the power of the Land, and behind which is the life of Sumer!
(Kish wall ruins)
31-43 House, great enclosure, reaching to the heavens, great, true house, reaching to the heavens!
House, great crown reaching to the heavens, house, rainbow reaching to the heavens!
House whose platform extends into the midst of the heavens,
(residence of giant alien gods from our ancient past)
whose foundations are fixed in the abzu, whose shade covers all lands!
(King Anu; children Enlil & Nintud / Ninhursag)
House founded by An (Anu), praised by Enlil, given an oracle by mother Nintud!
House Kec, green in its fruit!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
(Ninurta & father Enlil; & Enlil‘s & Ninhursag‘s son Ninurta)
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud (Ninhursag)?
44 The second house.
45-57 House, 10 car at its upper end, 5 car at its lower end; house, 10 bur at its upper end, 5 bur at its lower end!
House, at its upper end a bison, at its lower end a stag; house, at its upper end a wild sheep, at its lower end a deer;
house, at its upper end a dappled wild sheep, at its lower end a beautiful deer!
House, at its upper end green like a viper, at its lower end floating on the water like a pelican!
House, at its upper end rising like the sun, at its lower end spreading like the moonlight;
house, at its upper end a warrior mace, at its lower end a battle-ax;
house, at its upper end a mountain, at its lower end a spring!
House, at its upper end threefold indeed:
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
(Ninurta with highly advanced technologies; earthlings captured in his net)
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
58 The third house.
58A-58Q (1 ms. adds here the following lines:
House …… inspiring great awe, called with a mighty name by An;
house …… whose fate is grandly determined by the Great Mountain Enlil!
(discovered cities of giant alien gods)
House of the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods possessing great power,
which gives wisdom to the people; house, reposeful dwelling of the great gods!
House, which was planned together with the plans of heaven and earth,
…… with the pure divine powers (alien technologies); house which underpins the Land and supports the shrines!
House, mountain of abundance which passes the days in glory;
house (mud-brick-built ziggurat residence) of Ninhursaja (Ninhursag) which establishes the life of the Land!
House, great hillside worthy of the purification rites, altering (?) all things; house without whom no decisions are made!
House, good …… carrying in its hands the broad Land;
house which gives birth to countless peoples, seed which has sprouts!
House which gives birth to kings, which determines the destinies of the Land;
house whose royal personages are to be revered!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
58R The …… house.)
59-73 It is indeed a city, it is indeed a city!
Who knows its interior?
The house Kec is indeed a city (for gods only, safely placed high & away from earthlings)!
Who knows its interior?
The heroes make their way straight into its interior and perform its oracle rites perfectly.
Frisking cattle are gathered at the house in herds.
The house consumes many cattle; the house consumes many sheep (food sacrifices feeding the gods).
1 line unclear
Those who sit on daises bow their necks before it.
It wears a crown to vie with the boxwood tree, it spreads out to vie with the poplar ……;
it is (1 ms. adds here: growing) as green as the hills!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi (Ninurta, Ninhursag‘s son)?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud (Ninhursag)?
74 The fourth house.
75-86 House given birth by a lion, whose interior the hero has embellished (?)!
House Kec, given birth by a lion, whose interior the hero has embellished (?)!
The heroes make their way straight into its interior.
(NInhursag‘s assistant with Umbilical Chord Cutter, & Ninhursag)
Ninhursaja (Ninhursag) sits within like a great dragon.
Nintud the great mother assists at births there.
Cul-pa-ed (Ninhursag’s spouse, House Master) the ruler acts as lord.
Acgi the hero consumes the contents of the vessels (?).
Urumac (unidentified?), the great herald of the plains, dwells there too.
(the gods’ stags, a part of their diet)
Stags are gathered at the house in herds.
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
(Ninhursag)
87 The fifth house.
88-102 House positioned over its foundations like a storm, like white bulls standing about on the plain;
house founded by the prince, in praise on the tigi instrument!
House in whose interior is the power of the Land, and behind which is the life of Sumer
(some mss. have instead: it is filled with life);
at whose gate is a lion reclining on its paws, at whose gate is the ruler who decides cases (?)!
House at whose door is the Great Mountain without adversary;
at whose bolt (some mss. have here instead: at whose bar) is a great frisking wild bull (some mss. add here the line: ,
at whose bolt is a beast …… a man) (1 ms. adds here instead the line: , at whose …… is an awe-inspiring lion)!
Whose well-founded storehouse is a corner of heaven, a corner of earth
(1 ms. has here instead: Whose storehouse established as a household ……);
whose terrace is supported by lahama deities; whose princely (1 ms. adds: great) wall …… the shrine of Urim (Ur)!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
103 The sixth house.
103A-103K (1 ms. (which uses a different numbering of the sections) adds here the following lines:
House embued with radiance, …… excellence!
House ……!
(Enki‘s ziggurat residence in Eridu; Enki, brother to Ninhursag)
Lord Nudimmud (Enki) in heaven and earth …… brickwork of the Land, brickwork …… grandly in the abzu.
Terrace, relaxing abode, …… holy splendor …… of the people!
House which is seemly for the foreign lands!
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
103LThe eighth house.)
104-115 The holy house whose …… is the shrine, the holy house Kec, whose …… is the shrine;
the house whose lords are the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods, whose nuec priests are the sacrificers of E-ana!
(Anu‘s ziggurat residence way above his & Inanna‘s Uruk, their patron city)
In the house the king places stone bowls in position; the good en priest …… holds the lead-rope dangling.
The a-tu priests holds the staff; the …… brings the …… waters.
The …… takes his seat in the holy place; the enkum priests bow down …….
The pacec priests beat the drumskins; they recite powerfully, powerfully.
116-126 The bull’s horn is made to growl; the drumsticks are made to thud.
The singer cries out(1 ms. has instead: declaims) to the ala drum;
the grand sweet tigi is played for him (some mss. have instead: the sweet tigi is well tuned).
The house is built; its nobility is good!
The house Kec is built; its nobility is good!
Its lady has taken a seat in its …….
(Ninhursag, Inanna, & 2 unidentified female assistants)
Ninhursaja, its lady, has taken her seat in its …….
Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Kec?
Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud?
127 The seventh house (colonizing residences for alien gods from planet Nibiru).
128-133 Draw near, man, to the city, to the city — but do not draw near!
Draw near, man, to the house Kec, to the city — but do not draw near!
Draw near, man, to its hero Acgi — but do not draw near!
Draw near, man, to its lady Nintud— but do not draw near!
Praise be to well-built Kec, O Acgi!
Praise be to cherished Kec and Nintud!
134 The eighth house.
(Bau, royal daughter to King Anu, goddess to mixed-breed kings for thousands of years)
