Enki and the world order

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 469 sections

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{d}en-ki-me-[en] za3-mi2-ĝa2 ši-im-ma-sug2-sug2-ge-[eš]
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abgal abrig lu2 igi X […]
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A.ZI/ZI !.A{sar} ⌈?⌉ su3-ra2-ĝa2 ši-im-ma-⌈an⌉-sug2-⌈sug2⌉-[ge-eš]
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enkum ⌈ninkum⌉-e-ne šu si [ša]-⌈ma⌉-an-sa2-[e-eš]
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id2 ša-ma-ab-kug ⌈eš3 šag4-ga⌉ ša-ma-ab-la2
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abzu-ĝa2 šir3 kug nam-šub ma-an-la2
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ma2-gur8-ĝu10 men taraḫ abzu
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šag4-ba ḫul2-ḫul2-la ša-ma-ni-ib-de6
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ambar maḫ ki šag4-ge pad3-da-ĝa2
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a2-bi ša-ma-an-sud-e gu2 ša-ma-an-mar-mar-e
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gu3 ra-e-ne {ĝiš}ĝisal šu ša-ma-an-du7-uš
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šir3 ša-ma-ab-dug3-ge-ne id2 ša-ma-ab-ḫul2-le-ne
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{d}niĝir-sig7 ensi2 ⌈{ĝiš}⌉ma2-gur8-ra-ke4
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ĝidru kug-sig17 šu ša-ma-[ab-du8]
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{d}en-ki-me-en ma2 taraḫ abzu-! a2 ša-ma-ni-ib-aĝ2-e
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en-me-en ĝe26-e ga-ĝen
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{d}en-ki-me-en kalam-ĝa2-aš ga-an-e3
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⌈en⌉ [nam] tar-tar-re-ĝu10 ĝe26-e ga-am3-[…]
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[…] ra ga-an-[…]
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[…] X-e u6-e ga-am3-[…]
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[…] X X ma-ab-šum2 ḫe2-gu7-[e]
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[…] sikil-la ga-an-[…]
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[{ĝiš}]⌈erin⌉ sig7-sig7-ga-bi u6 ga-am3-dug4
I will admire its green cedars. Let the lands of Meluḫa, Magan and Dilmun look upon me, upon Enki. Let the Dilmun boats be loaded (?) with timber. Let the Magan boats be loaded sky-high. Let the magilum boats of Meluḫa transport gold and silver and bring them to Nibru for Enlil, king of all the lands.
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⌈kur⌉ [me-luḫ-ḫa{ki}] ma2-gan{ki} dilmun{ki}-bi
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{d}en-[ki]-me-en igi ḫe2-em-da-a-du8
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{ĝiš}ma2 dilmun{ki}-na ĝiš ḫe2-en-du3
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{ĝiš}[ma2] ma2-gan{ki}-na an-zag ḫe2-en-la2
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{ĝiš}ma2-gi4-lum me-luḫ-ḫa{ki}-a-ke4
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kug-sig17 kug-babbar bal-še3 ḫe2-ak-e
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{d}en-lil2 [lugal] kur-kur-ra-ra nibru{ki}-še3 ḫe2-na-ab-tum2
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iri nu-tuku-ra e2 nu-tuku-ra
He presented animals to those who have no city, to those who have no houses, to the Martu nomads.
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[mar]-⌈tu⌉ maš2-anše saĝ-e-eš mu-ni-rig7
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nun [gal kalam-ma]-na e3-a-ra
The Anuna gods address affectionately the great prince who has travelled in his Land: Lord who rides upon the great powers, the pure powers, who controls the great powers, the numberless powers, foremost in all the breadth of heaven and earth; who received the supreme powers in Eridug, the holy place, the most esteemed place, Enki, lord of heaven and earth -- praise!
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{d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne mi2 zid mu-un-ne-ne
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en me gal me sikil-la u5-a
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me gal me šar2-ra ĝiri3 gub-ba
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an ki niĝ2-daĝal-⌈ba⌉ zag ša4-a
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eridug{ki} ki kug ki ⌈kal⌉-kal-la-aš me maḫ šu ti-a
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{d}en-ki en an ki za3-mi2
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nun gal kalam-ma-! e3-a-ra
All the lords and rulers, the incantation-priests of Eridug and the linen-clad priests of Sumer, perform the purification rites of the Abzu for the great prince who has travelled in his land; for Father Enki they stand guard in the holy place, the most esteemed place. They …… the chambers ……, they …… the emplacements, they purify the great shrine of the Abzu ……. They bring there the tall juniper, the pure plant. They organise the holy …… in the great watercourse …… of Enki. Skilfully they build the main stairway of Eridug on the Good Quay. They prepare the sacred uzga shrine, where they utter endless prayers. (7 lines fragmentary or unclear)
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en-en-e-ne barag-barag-ge2-ne
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ka-mu7-ĝal2 eridug{ki}-ga-ke4-ne
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šag4-gada-la2 ki-en-gi-ra-ke4-ne
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nam-išib abzu mu-na-ab-be2-ne
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a-a {d}en-ki ki kug ⌈ki kal⌉-[la ĝiri3] im-mi-ib-gub-bu-ne
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dag agrun-na in-[…]-ge-ne
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ki-gub-ba mu […]-sa4-[e]-ne
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eš3 maḫ abzu […]-sikil-e-ne
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šag4-ba li an-na u2 sikil-la ⌈im⌉-[mi]-⌈ib2⌉-ed2-ne
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[X X] kug ki-en-DU maḫ […] {d}en-ki-ka-ke4 [si] im-sa2-e-ne
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kun-saĝ eridug{ki}-ga kar dug3-ga im-mi-ib2-galam-e-ne
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taraḫ abzu kar dug3 kar maḫ im-mi-ib-dub-e-ne
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uz-ga kug mu-na-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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a-ra-zu-a-ra-zu mu-na-ab-be2-ne
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[…]-⌈ne⌉
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[…]-⌈ne⌉
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[…]-ne
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[…] X
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[{ĝiš}ma2]-gur8-ra […] X
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⌈a-ĝi6 uru16⌉ […]-⌈?⌉
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{d}en-ki-ra A X […] DU a-da-min3-na [mu-na]-⌈ab⌉-sag3-ge
For Enki, …… squabbling together, and the suḫurmaš carp dart among the honey plants, again fighting amongst themselves for the great prince. The eštub carp wave their tails among the small gizi reeds.
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suḫur-maš{ku6}-e [u2-lal3-e sun4 mu]-na-sud-e
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nun gal-ra ⌈2⌉-[kam-ma] a-da-min3 mu-na-e
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eštub{ku6}-e gi-zi di4-di4-la2-bi ⌈kun⌉ [mu-na]-sud-e
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urin gal abzu-ta sig9-ga an-dul3-e-eš ak-e
The lord, the great ruler of the Abzu, issues instructions on board the 'Stag of the Abzu' -- the great emblem erected in the Abzu, providing protection, its shade extending over the whole land and refreshing the people, the pillar and pole planted in the …… marsh, rising high over all the foreign lands. The noble captain of the lands, the son of Enlil, holds in his hand the sacred punt-pole, a meš tree ornamented in the Abzu which received the supreme powers in Eridug, the holy place, the most esteemed place. The hero proudly lifts his head towards the Abzu. (6 lines missing or unclear)
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ĝissu-bi ki-šar2-ra la2-a uĝ3-e ni2 te-en-ten
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us2-saĝ dimgul ambar [muš]-a du3-a kur-kur-ta il2-la
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en ensi2 gal abzu-ke4
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taraḫ abzu-ka a2 ša-mu-un-aĝ2-e
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meš3 abzu-ta še-er-ka-an dug4-ga
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eridug{ki} ki kug ki kal-kal-la-aš me maḫ šu ti-a
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nu-banda3 maḫ kur-ra dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
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gi-muš kug-ga šu im-mi-in-du8
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ur-saĝ abzu-še3 [saĝ im]-mi-ib-il2-il2-e
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[…] X X
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⌈an⌉ […]
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lu2 […] EN […]
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{d}sirsir […] ma2-[laḫ5 {ĝiš}ma2-gur8-ra-ke4]
Sirsir ……, the boatman of the barge, …… the boat for the lord. Niĝir-sig, the captain of the barge, holds the holy sceptre for the lord. The fifty laḫama deities of the subterranean waters speak affectionately to him. The stroke-callers, like heavenly gamgam birds, …….
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en-ra {ĝiš}ma2 šu […]
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{d}niĝir-sig7 ⌈ensi2⌉ ma2-gur8-ra-[ke4]
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en-ra ĝidru kug šu [ša-ma-ab-du8]
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la-ḫa-ma engur-ra 50-bi mi2 zid mu-⌈un⌉-[ne-ne]
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gu3 ra-e-ne gam4-gam{mušen} an-na-⌈gin7⌉ […]
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lugal u3-na gub a-a {d}en-ki kalam-ma […]
The intrepid king, Father Enki …… in the Land. Prosperity was made to burgeon in heaven and on earth for the great prince who travels in the Land. Enki decreed its fate:
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nun gal kalam-ma e3-a-[ra]
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ḫe2-ĝal2 an ki-a pa e3 mu-na-ab-ak
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{d}en-ki-ke4 nam im-mi-ib-tar-re
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ki-en-gi kur gal ma-da an ki
Sumer, great mountain, land of heaven and earth, trailing glory, bestowing powers on the people from sunrise to sunset: your powers are superior powers, untouchable, and your heart is complex and inscrutable. Like heaven itself, your just matrix, in which gods too can be born, is beyond reach. Giving birth to kings who put on the good diadem, giving birth to lords who wear the crown on their heads -- your lord, the honoured lord, sits with An the king on An's dais. Your king, the Great Mountain, Father Enlil, the father of all the lands, has blocked you impenetrably (?) like a cedar tree. The Anuna, the great gods, have taken up dwellings in your midst, and consume their food in your giguna shrines among the unique and exceptional trees. Household Sumer, may your sheepfolds be built and your cattle multiply, may your giguna touch the skies. May your good temples reach up to heaven. May the Anuna determine the destinies in your midst.
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še-er-zid gur3-ru ud e3-ta ud šu-uš uĝ3-e me šum2-mu
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me-zu me maḫ šu nu-tu-tu
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šag4-zu galam kad5 lu2 nu-pad3-de3
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umun2 zid ki diĝir u3-tud-za an-gin7 šu nu-teĝ3-ĝe26
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lugal u3-tud suḫ zid keše2-de3
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en u3-tud saĝ-men ĝa2-ĝa2
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en-zu en idim an lugal-da barag an-na i-im-tuš
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lugal-zu kur gal a-a {d}en-lil2
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{ĝiš}erin-gin7 šar2 dug4-ge ša-mu-ra-an-gi16-ib a-a kur-kur-ra-ke4
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{d}a-nun-na diĝir gal-gal-e-ne

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