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A hymn to Kusu (Kusu A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 41 sections

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   am ⌈ḫuš⌉ gal du7-du7 ⌈gi⌉-[izi-la2]

   O angry great butting bull! O torch! O great bull of Enki, standing aggressively, coming forth from the abzu, the pure place! O , …… the palace and hall, as he radiates great awesomeness, his countenance ……! O Nun-bar-ana, angry avenger (?) ……, bringing forth the great torch from the abzu, lifting his head with the noble divine powers!

2. 2

   am gal {d}en-ki-ke4 u3-⌈na⌉ [gub-bu]

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   abzu ki sikil-ta ⌈e3⌉-[a]

4. 4

   {d}gibil6 e2-gal ⌈unu2⌉ […]

5. 5

   ni2 gal gur3-ru-na muš3 X […]

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   {d}nun-bar-an-na šu ĝar ḫuš […]-⌈la⌉

7. 7

   gi-izi-la2 gal abzu-ta ⌈e3⌉-a

8. 8

   me nun-na saĝ il2

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   {ĝiš}erin {ĝiš}šu-ur2-men5 {ĝiš}za-ba-lum {ĝiš}taškarin

   O antler-like horn of a mountain goat! Cedar, cypress, juniper and boxwood, white wool and black wool, white birch and black birch, a string of apples tied to a long string of figs, butter flowing from the holy cattle-pen and sheepfold …… in the oven and purified by the torch, …… reeds are tied up and lit ……. (2 lines fragmentary)

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    siki babbar siki gig2 ĝiš-kin2 babbar ĝiš-kin2 gig2!(babbar)

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    {ĝiš}ḫašḫur še-er-gum {ĝiš}peš3 še-er-<gum> gid2-da la2-a

12. 12

    a2 taraḫ maš2 ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2

13. 13

    i3 tur3 amaš kug-ta ⌈de2⌉-a

14. 14

    [{im}šu]-⌈rin⌉-na-ta X-a

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    [(X) gi]-⌈izi⌉-la2-ta na de5-ga

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    [X]-⌈ta⌉ gi im-ma-ra-keše2

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    [X X]-⌈ta⌉ izi im-ma-ra-la2

18. 18

    […] im-ta-DU.DU

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    […] X im-ta-du7-du7

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    […] X-ba {d}ku3-su13

    In their …… Kusu has consecrated the ……, she has purified the oven. ……, she has filled the …… purified ……. Kusu has then put numerous bulls and numerous sheep into the great oven. Kusu has then put numerous bulls and numerous loaves into the great oven.

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    [X mu-un]-kug gir4 mu-un-sikil

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    [X im]-mi-in-si na de5 sig9-ga

23. 23

    [gud] ⌈šar2⌉ udu šar2-da {d}ku3-su13

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    ⌈gir4 gal-e⌉ ḫe2-em-ma-da-an-ku4-ku4

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    ⌈gud⌉ šar2 ninda šar2-da {d}ku3-su13

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    gir4 gal-e ḫe2-em-ma-da-ku4-ku4

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    nam-<tar> nam-<ḫe2> ĝiš nam-tar ĝiš nam-ḫe2

    Destiny, prosperity -- the wood of destiny, wood of prosperity, and the reeds of destiny, reeds of prosperity, adorn the holy cattle-pen. Through the wool from a fair lamb and the wool from a fair kid, Gibil, the foremost, the right arm, lifting his head to heaven receives water from the holy teats of heaven.

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    gi nam-tar gi nam-ḫe2

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    tur3 kug ba-ra-ab-du7

30. 30

    siki sila4 sig7-ga-ta siki maš2 sig7-ga-ta

31. 31

    {d}gibil6 saĝ a2 zid-da

32. 32

    saĝ an-še3 ⌈il2-la⌉-a-ta

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    ubur kug an-na-ta a šu im-ta-dab5

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    a-bi an im-kug ki im-sikil

    This water consecrates the heavens, it purifies the earth. It purifies the cattle in their pen. It purifies the sheep in their fold. It purifies Utu at the horizon. It purifies Nanna at the zenith of heaven. Thus may it cleanse, may it cleanse the …… of the house.

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    gud tur3-bi-a mi-⌈ni-in⌉-sikil

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    udu amaš-⌈bi-a⌉ mi-⌈ni-in⌉-sikil

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    {d}utu an-ur2-⌈ra⌉ mi-ni-[in]-sikil

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    {d}nanna an-pa-a mi-⌈ni-in⌉-sikil

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    ?-ga e2-a ḫe2-em-?-⌈dadag⌉ ḫe2-em-<ta-dadag>

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    nun abzu ⌈kug⌉-ga e2 sila kug-ga

    From Eridug (?) praise to lady Kusu, the princess of the holy abzu, …….

41. 41

    ??-ta en {d}ku3-su13 za3-mi2

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