Enki and the world order

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

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i-zi ḫu-luḫ-ḫa kur-ku ab-ba […] X […]
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zi-pa-aĝ2-ta e3 […] X
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in-nin9 sirara2⌈{ki}-a⌉ [X X] ⌈ku6⌉ X [{d}]⌈nanše⌉
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a-ab-ba ki niĝ2-⌈daĝal⌉-la-ba
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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šeĝ14 an-na-ka gu3 ba-an-de2
He called to the rain of the heavens. He …… as floating clouds. He made …… rising at the horizon. He turned the mounds into fields ……. Enki placed in charge of all this him who rides on the great storms, who attacks with lightning bolts, the holy bar which blocks the entrance to the interior of heaven, the son of An, the canal inspector of heaven and earth -- Iškur, the bringer of plenty, the son of An.
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dungu dirig-ga-⌈gin7⌉ bi2-in-us2
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an-ur2-še3 zig3-⌈ga⌉ […] im-sar-re
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du6-du6 gana2-še3 […] i3-ĝa2-ĝa2
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ud gal-la u5-a niĝ2-ĝir2-da du7-du7
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{ĝiš}si-ĝar kug an-šag4-ge gib-ba
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dumu an-na ku3-ĝal2 an ki-a
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{d}iškur lu2 ḫe-<ĝal2> dumu an-na-ke4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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{ĝiš}apin {ĝiš}šudul2 erin2-bi si ba-an-sa2
He organised ploughs, yokes and teams. The great prince Enki bestowed the horned oxen that follow the …… tools, he opened up the holy furrows, and made the barley grow on the cultivated fields. Enki placed in charge of them the lord who wears the diadem, the ornament of the high plain, him of the implements, the farmer of Enlil -- Enkimdu, responsible for ditches and dykes.
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nun gal {d}en-ki-ke4 gud si-par4 us2-a ba-an-šum2
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ab-sin2 kug-ge ka ba-an-du8
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gan2-ne2 zid-de3 še ba-an-mu2
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en suḫ-gir11 ḫe2-du7 an-edin-na
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a2-šita4 engar {d}en-lil2-la2
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{d}en-ki-im-du lu2 eg2 pa5-ra-ke4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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en-e gana2 zid-de3 gu3 ba-an-de2 še gu-nu ba-an-šum2
The lord called the cultivated fields, and bestowed on them mottled barley. Enki made chickpeas, lentils and …… grow. He heaped up into piles the early, mottled and innuḫa varieties of barley. Enki multiplied the stockpiles and stacks, and with Enlil's help he enhanced the people's prosperity. Enki placed in charge of all this her whose head and body are dappled, whose face is covered in syrup, the mistress who causes sexual intercourse, the power of the Land, the life of the black-headed -- Ezina, the good bread of the whole world.
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{d}en-ki-ke4 gig-zid2 gu2-gal-la sa-zid2 ba-an-e3
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še-eštub še gu-nu še in-nu-ḫa-bi guru7-še3 mu-un-dub-dub
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{d}en-ki-ke4 guru7-du6 guru7-maš-e im-ma-da-an-tab-tab
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{d}en-lil2-da uĝ3-e ḫe2-ĝal2-la šu mu-un-di-ni-ib-peš-e
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saĝ bar gun3-gun3 igi lal3 šu2-šu2
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in-nin9 e-ne su3-ud ĝal2 usu kalam-ma zi saĝ gig2-ga
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{d}ezina2 ninda dug3 niĝ2 ki-šar2-ra-ke4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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nun gal-e {ĝiš}al-e sa bi2-in-sig10 {ĝiš}u3-šub-[ba] si bi2-in-sa2
The great prince fixed a string to the hoe, and organised brick moulds. He penetrated the …… like precious oil. Enki placed in charge of them him whose sharp-bladed hoe is a corpse-devouring snake that ……, whose brick mould in place is a tidy stack of hulled grain for the ewes -- Kulla, who …… bricks in the Land.
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agarin4-e i3-ḫe-nun-na-gin7 ĝiš3 im-ma-an-[dug4]
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{ĝiš}al zu2 sig9-ga-ni muš ad6 gu7 niĝ2 šu [ĝal2]
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{ĝiš}u3-šub ĝar-ra-ni zar gu2-nida u8-e si sa2-am3
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{d}kulla lu2 šeg12-e kalam-ma KAM
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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gu mu-un-ĝar us2-e si bi2-in-sa2
He tied down the strings and coordinated them with the foundations, and with the power of the assembly he planned a house and performed the purification rituals. The great prince put down the foundations, and laid the bricks. Enki placed in charge of all this him whose foundations once laid do not sag, whose good houses once built do not collapse (?), whose vaults reach up into the heart of the heavens like a rainbow -- Mušdama, Enlil's master builder.
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a2 unken-na-ka e2 bi2-in-ĝar šu-luḫ-e si bi2-in-sa2
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nun gal-e uš ki nam-mi-in-tag šeg12 ki nam-mi-in-us2
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uš ki tag-ga-ni nu-silig-ge
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e2 zid du3-a-ni nu-kar2-kar2-re
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nir-gam-ma-ni {d}tir-an-na-gin7 an-šag4-ge us2-sa
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{d}muš-dam-ma šidim gal {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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edin uru16-na men kug nam-mi-in-guru3
He raised a holy crown over the upland plain. He fastened a lapis-lazuli beard to the high plain, and made it wear a lapis-lazuli headdress. He made this good place perfect with greenery in abundance. He multiplied the animals of the high plain to an appropriate degree, he multiplied the ibex and wild goats of the pastures, and made them copulate. Enki placed in charge of them the hero who is the crown of the high plain, who is the king of the countryside, the great lion of the high plain, the muscular, the hefty, the burly strength of Enlil -- Šakkan, the king of the hills.
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an-edin-na sun4 ⌈{na4}⌉za-gin3 am3-la2 suḫ10 [{na4}]za-gin3 am3-keše2
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ki dug3-ga u2-šim giri17-zal-am3 šu gal mu-un-du7-du7
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maš2-anše an-edin-na mi-ni-in-lu me-te-aš bi2-ib-ĝal2
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šeg9 šeg9-bar u2-numun-na mu-un-lu e-ne su3-ud-bi mu-un-e
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ur-saĝ an-edin-na men-bi-im edin-na lugal-bi-im
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piriĝ gal an-edin-na a2-⌈tuku ? a2⌉ maḫ {d}en-lil2-la2-kam
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{d}šakkan2 lugal ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2-ke4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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tur3 mu-un-du3 šu-luḫ-e si bi2-in-sa2
He built the sheepfolds, carried out their cleaning, made the cow-pens, bestowed on them the best fat and cream, and brought luxury to the gods' dining places. He made the plain, created for greenery, achieve prosperity. Enki placed in charge of all this the king, the good provider of E-ana, the friend of An, the beloved son-in-law of the youth Suen, the holy spouse of Inana the mistress, the lady of the great powers who allows sexual intercourse in the open squares of Kulaba -- Dumuzid-ušumgal-ana, the friend of An.
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amaš mu-un-ĝar i3 gara2 saĝ bi2-in-šum2
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ki ninda gu7 diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 giri17-zal-la mi-ni-in-gi4
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edin u2-šim-gin7 du3-a ḫe2-ĝal2 sa2 bi2-in-dug4
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lugal u2-a zid e2-an-na gu5-li [an-na]
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mussa!(MUNUS.US2.DAM) ki aĝ2 šul {d}suen-na dam ⌈kug⌉ ⌈{d}⌉[inana]
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in-nin9 nin me gal-gal-la-ke4
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sila daĝal-la kul-aba{ki}-ka e-ne su3-ud-bi dug4-dug4
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{d}dumu-zid-{d}ušumgal-an-na gu5-li an-na-kam
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{d}en-ki-ke4 [zag]-ba nam-mi-[in-gub]
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e2-kur-re e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 niĝ2 ĝal2-la nam-si
He filled the E-kur, the house of Enlil, with possessions. Enlil was delighted with Enki and Nibru was glad. He demarcated borders and fixed boundaries. For the Anuna gods, Enki situated dwellings in cities and disposed agricultural land into fields. Enki placed in charge of the whole of heaven and earth the hero, the bull who comes out of the ḫašur forest bellowing truculently, the youth Utu, the bull standing triumphantly, audaciously, majestically, the father of the Great City , the great herald in the east of holy An, the judge who searches out verdicts for the gods, with a lapis-lazuli beard, rising from the horizon into the holy heavens -- Utu, the son born by Ningal.
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{d}en-ki-da {d}en-lil2 mu-un-da-ḫul2 nibru{ki} giri17-zal-am3
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in mu-un-dub bulug-ga mu-un-si-si
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{d}en-ki-ke4 {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne-⌈er⌉
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iri{ki}-a ki-ur3-ra ša-mu-un-di-ni-in-ĝar
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a-šag4-ga gan2-ne2 ša-mu-un-de3-ni-in-ĝar
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ur-saĝ gud ḫa-šu-ur2-ta e3-a gu3 ḫuš de2-de2-e
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šul {d}utu gud silim-ma gub-ba u3-na silig ĝar-ra
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ad-da iri-gal ki ud e3-a niĝir [gal] an kug-ga
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di-kud ka-aš bar ⌈kiĝ2⌉ diĝir-re-e-ne
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sun4 {na4}za-gin3 la2 an kug-ga an-ur2-ta e3-a
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{d}utu dumu {d}nin-gal-e tud-da
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{d}en-ki-ke4 an ki niĝin2-na-ba zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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mug mu-un-dun temen si bi2-in-sa2
He picked out the tow from the fibres, and set up the loom. Enki greatly perfected the task of women. For Enki, the people …… in …… garments. Enki placed in charge of them the honour of the palace, the dignity of the king -- Uttu, the conscientious woman, the silent one.
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{d}en-ki-ke4 niĝ2 nam-munus-a šu gal ba-⌈ni⌉-in-du7
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{d}en-ki-ra uĝ3-e {tug2}SIKI.NUMUN2-a mu-un-da-an-[…]-e
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teš2 e2-gal me-te lugal-la
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{d}uttu munus zid niĝ2-me-ĝar-ra
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{d}en-ki-ke4 zag-ba nam-mi-in-gub
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ud-ba dili-ni ĝarza2 taka4-am3
Then, alone lacking any functions, the great woman of heaven, Inana, lacking any functions -- Inana came in to see her father Enki in his house, weeping to him, and making her complaint to him:
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munus ⌈gal an⌉-[na-ke4] {d}inana ĝarza2 taka4-am3
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{d}inana a-[a-ni] {d}en-ki-ra
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e2-a ba-ši-in-kur9 er2 mu-na-še8-še8 di-! nam-mu-na-ab-be2
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{d}a-nun-na diĝir gal-gal-[e]-ne nam tar-tar-ra-bi
Enlil left it in your hands to confirm the functions of the Anuna, the great gods. Why did you treat me, the woman, in an exceptional manner? I am holy Inana -- where are my functions?
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{d}en-lil2-le [šu]-za ma-ra-ni-in-ge-en
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munus-me-en dili-ĝu10-⌈ne⌉ [a]-⌈na⌉ bi2-dug4
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kug {d}inana-me-en ⌈mar⌉-[za-ĝu10] ⌈me⌉-a
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{d}a-ru-ru nin9 {d}en-⌈lil2⌉-[la2]-⌈ke4⌉
Aruru, Enlil's sister, Nintur, the lady of giving birth, is to get the holy birth-bricks as her prerogative. She is to carry off the lancet for umbilical cords, the special sand and leeks. She is to get the sila-ĝara bowl of translucent lapis lazuli . She is to carry off the holy consecrated ala vessel. She is to be the midwife of the land! The birthing of kings and lords is to be in her hands.
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{d}nin-tur5 nin tud-tud-da
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šeg12 tud-tud kug nam-en-na-ni šu ḫe2-em-ma-an-[ti]
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gi-dur kud im-ma-an ga-raš{sar}-a-ni ḫe2-em-ma-da-⌈an-ri⌉
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sila3-ĝar-ra {na4}za-gin3 duru5-ni šu ḫe2-em-ma-an-ti
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a-la2 kug na de5-ga-ni šu ḫe2-em-ma-da-an-ri
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šag4-zu kalam-ma ḫe2-em
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lugal u3-tud en u3-tud-bi šu-ni-a ḫe2-en-ĝal2
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nin9 e-ĝu10 kug {d}nin-isin2si-na-ke4
My illustrious sister, holy Ninisina, is to get the jewellery of šuba stones. She is to be the mistress of heaven. She is to stand beside An and speak to him whenever she desires.

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