Enki's journey to Nibru

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 133 sections

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gi-gun4-na eš3-e nibru{ki}-a im-ma-da-an-ku4-ku4
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{d}en-ki-ke4 kaš-kaš-e ba-te kurun2-kurun2-e ba-te
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kurun2 gal zabar-ra ba-ni-in-de2
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{kaš}ulušin dili-am3 ba-ni-in-sur
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{dug}ku-kur-ru2 kaš dug3-dug3-ga duḫ-bi bi2-in-sa2-sa2
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ka-bi lal3 zu2-lum-ma niĝ2 er9 ba-ni-in-ak
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duḫ-bi niĝ2 lal3-lal3 dili-a sed-še3 bi2-in-du8
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{d}en-ki-ke4 eš3-e nibru{ki}-am3
In the shrine of Nibru, Enki provided a meal for Enlil, his father. He seated An at the head of the table and seated Enlil next to An. He seated Nintur in the place of honour and seated the Anuna gods at the adjacent places (?). All of them were drinking and enjoying beer and liquor. They filled the bronze aga vessels to the brim and started a competition, drinking from the bronze vessels of Uraš. They made the tilimda vessels shine like holy barges. After beer and liquor had been libated and enjoyed, and after …… from the house, Enlil was made happy in Nibru.
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a-a-ni {d}en-lil2-ra ninda mu-un-gu7-e
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an ki maḫ-a im-ma-an-tuš
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an-ra {d}en-lil2 im-ma-ni-in-us2
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{d}nin-tur5 zag gal-la im-mi-in-tuš
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{d}a-nun-na ki-us2-ki-us2-bi im-mi-in-dur2-ru-ne-eš
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lu2-e-ne kaš i3-na8-na8-ne kurun im-dug3-ge-ne
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{zabar}aga im-gur4-gur4-re-e-ne
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zabar-e {d}uraš-e a-da-min3 mu-un-di-ne
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ti-lim-da ma2-gur8 kug im-ba-ba-re-e-ne
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kaš ba-dug4 kurun2 ba-dug3-ga-ta
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e2-ta ĝiri3-bi-a ba-ra-ĝar-ra-ta
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{d}en-lil2 nibru{ki}-a ḫul2-la mu-ni-ib-de6
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{d}en-lil2-le {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne gu3 mu-na-de2-e
Enlil addressed the Anuna gods: Great gods who are standing here! Anuna, who have lined up in the Ubšu-unkena! My son, King Enki has built up the temple! He has made Eridug rise up (?) come out from the ground like a mountain! He has built it in a pleasant place, in Eridug, the pure place, where no one is to enter -- a temple built with silver and decorated with lapis lazuli, a house which tunes the seven tigi drums properly, and provides incantations; where holy songs make all of the house a lovely place -- the shrine of the abzu, the good destiny of Enki, befitting the elaborate divine powers; the temple of Eridug, built with silver: for all this, Father Enki be praised!
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diĝir gal-gal-la i3-sug2-ge-en-za-na
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{d}a-nun-na ub-šu-unken-na-ka si mu-un-sa2-sa2-e-en-za-na
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dumu-ĝu10 e2 mu-un-du3 lugal {d}en-ki-ke4
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eridug{ki} ḫur-saĝ-gin7 ki-ta ba-ra-ri ba-ra-e3
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ki dug3-ga-am3 e2 im-ma-an-du3
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eridug{ki} ki sikil lu2 nu-ku4-ku4-da
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e2 kug-ga du3-a za-gin3-na gun3-a
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e2 tigi 7-e si sa2-e nam-šub šum2-ma
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šir3 kug teš2 e2 ki al-dug3-ga
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eš3 abzu nam dug3 {d}en-ki-ke4 me galam-ma tum2-ma
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eridug{ki} e2 kug-ga du3-a-ba
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a-a {d}en-ki za3-mi2

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