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)

SEGMENT A

1-18 You are the seal-holder of the treasury of the …

You are the caretaker of the great gods, you are …

3a - nippur ziggurat, Enlil's home on Earth 2e - Enlil's home in Nippur  (E-kur, Enlil’s mud-brick-built ziggurat residence in Nippur)

Ninimma, you are the lady of all the great rites in the E-kur.

1ae - Enlil, Babylonian  (King Anu’s son & heir Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)

Lady, you are the … of Enlil, you are the heavenly scribe.

You … the tablet of life.

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You, who bring the best corn, are the lady of the E-sara.

The surveyor’s gleaming line and the measuring rod suit you perfectly.

You can hold your head high among the great princes.

You are …

You are …, the cherished one.

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…; you are exceptional in wisdom.

… joy …

My lady, you were exalted already in the womb; you are resplendent like the sunlight.

You are suited to the lapis-lazuli crown (?); you are the heavenly … … adorned with loveliness …

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approx. 10 lines missing

SEGMENT B

5d-nannar-his-sheep-2-unknowns (semi-divine king with dinner approaches Nannar in Ur)

1-11… like a strong (?) … … of the E-kur … lady … … the forceful one of Nanna

You are profoundly intelligent, one who knows everything.

You are the shining light which fills the exalted sanctuary.

You are she who … by Enlil.

You are …

You are …

You are most apt for the holy susbu rites and lustration rites.

1 line unclear

Ninimma of the holy divine plans, it is sweet to praise you!

SEGMENT C

1You are …