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 …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)
1-6 … from the distant radiance, … in heaven,
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Suen (Nannar / Sin), …,
(giant semi-divine king, spouse & Goddess of Love Inanna, & Inanna’s father Nannar, patron god of Ur, home of Biblical Abraham)
… Cu-Suen (King Shu-Suen)__.
Nanna (Nannar / Sin) has elevated …
7 Barsud.
8-12 The beauty of heaven, the prince of earth, youthful Suen, the immense, the light of heaven and earth,
who makes years of prosperity and good … last permanently,
(Inanna & Nannar, Moon Crescent God of then & now)
Nanna, the lord who is born each month, sired my Cu-Suen.
13 Cagbatuku.
14-18 Mighty one, great power among the great gods,
father Nanna, your judgments are ingenious decisions — deciding great destinies with Nunamnir (Enlil)__,
(Nannar & his bright blue-eyed father Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)
his beloved youth Acimbabbar (Sin / Nannar) decides destiny for my Cu-Suen.
19 2nd barsud.
20-24 The light which sweetens the night and structures the year,
(Nannar, son to Enlil, patron god of Ur, Moon Crescent God of then & now)
Nanna, the crown of the holy heavens, … my Cu-Suen,
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25 2nd cagbatuku.
26-36 … Nanna is the great lord of heaven and earth.
… has made manifest … … is spreading …
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…, the just crown … in heaven, … on his head, he has given guidance.
My Cu-Suen is the prince of the Land.
37 Sa-barsuda.
(unidentified king stands before Nannar seated on his throne in Ur)
38-39 …, lengthen the days (?) for my Cu-Suen, my Cu-Suen who has grown as high as the heavens.
40 Its jicgijal.
(Anunnaki King Anu in his sky-disc, & Nannar with his royal “shining horns” rimmed hat)
41-50 The lord, the son (grandson) of An (Anu), …, … with shining horns,
renowned Nanna, …, whose commands …, the light of the firmament, the light of the earth,
whose luminosity speeds to the people, lord Acimbabbar (Nannar / Sin), a viper made visible,
(Nannar, son to Prince & heir of the Anunnaki throne, Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)
the youth Suen whose holy countenance approaches the earth,
Nanna — just as he appears elevated (?) in heaven and above earth,
so he has elevated Cu-Suen over the Land.
51-62 … imbued with awesomeness, a dragon for the heavens,
… imbued with awesomeness, … in the heavens,
…, the prince who trusts in you, my Cu-Suen, … has embraced …
… all the lands in their vastness, … the scepter of distant days.
The people of the rebel lands, … all of them …, have entrusted … to Cu-Suen
(Enlil, god Anu’s son who came down & colonized the Earth with hundreds of others)
for the beneficent princely son (descendant) of Enlil.
My king …, Cu-Suen … in celebration!
63 Sa-jara.
64 ……my Cu-Suen days of life.
65 Its jicgijal.
66-68 May (?) the lord of heaven, the well-disposed one, … the earth,
(8-Pointed Star symbols of Inanna, Moon Crescent symbol of Nannar, & Sun god symbol of Utu)
youthful Suen, the lord of heaven, …, … Cu-Suen.
69 Its uru.