Nuska / Nusku = son to Ninhursag & Enlil

Enlil’s Chancellor, Anu’s Son-in-law, Spouse to Sadarnunna

(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)

  As Nuska**:**          “adviser of the Land, Nuska (Enlil’s son & minister)!

The Great Mountain Enlil has summoned you to his divine powers (alien technologies).

He has made long life issue gloriously in heaven and earth for you

          who were fathered by lord Nunamnir (Enlil); you are his beloved lord. …”

        “Minister, you are endowed with princely strength … the lustration rites.

         You gladden father Enlil’s heart!’ …”

           “Nuska, the lord who stocks the E-kur (Enlil’s temple residence in Nippur)…”          “O minister, pour out liquor for your lord,

O Nuska, pour out liquor for Enlil!

Beer has now been poured out: let me give you this beer to drink.

Liquor has now been poured out: let me give you this liquor to refresh yourself.

O lord, eat and drink! May it be acceptable (?) to you!

         O Enlil, eat and drink! May it be acceptable (?) to you!…”

           “No god excels like Enlil and Ninlil;          they are powerful princes, lords who can decide destinies.          In your midst they have given divine powers to Nuska as minister…”

        “Your prince, the prince who is the counselor of Enlil

         and worthy of Eš-ma, the udug demon of E-kur,

         the leader Nuska, has erected a house in your precinct,…”

          “He called for Nuska. ‘What is your wish?’          He gave the following instructions to him:          ‘I want you to go back to Erec (Uruk), the city of Nisaba’,…”           “Nuska, the head of the assembly, had received Enlil’s instructions,          he wasted no time …; he directed his steps to Erec.          He entered E-zagin, the residence of Nanibgal (a name of Nisaba)          and prostrated himself before Nanibgal on her dais.          … of Enlil …,”           “Nuska is knowing and wise.

         … to his presence and pour him beer.”

          “indeed, to give command with grandeur is now consummately and irrevocably yours.          Moreover, you are indeed Nuska, the prince and the counselor of the E-kur!…”           “The Anuna, the gods of the earth, as many as they are**,** will gather before you in the assembly-hall

         where the great verdicts are pronounced and the great commands are given.

           It is you who … for them the forceful decisions made by Enlil…”

As Nusku:

          “Enlil opened his mouthand said to his vizier Nusku,

          ‘Nusku, lock your gate, take your weapon, stand before me.’

          Nusku locked his gate, took his weapon and stood before Enlil…”

          “The deities Papsukal, Nusku, and Shala

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

          “His great minister and commander Nusku

          learns his commands and his intentions from him, consults with him

          and then executes his far-reaching instructions on his behalf…”

          “In reply to Enlil’s call, a man slightly older came.

          Nusku, Enlil’s sukkal, his closest helper in the temple,

          best friend, adviser and counselor…”

          “Enlil said to his page, Nusku:

          ‘Nusku, my page!’ …”

          “Quick, Nusku, find me a raft so that I can chase her in the canal…”

          “Nusku! Where in the Skyfather’s name are you hiding? …”

          “Alarm bells only started ringing when she saw Nusku’s return.

          He had grabbed the first raft that came to hand, a bundle of reeds lashed together…”

         “Against Enlil’s and Nusku’s combined strengths and the raft,

          she could only hope they gave up the pursuit…”