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 …
(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.
(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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SEGMENT B
(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.
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Ninimma of the holy divine plans, it is sweet to praise you!
SEGMENT C
1You are …