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1-10O eastern (?) house of Sumer, I will declare your greatness! O E-kic-nujal, whose purification rites are brilliant, o house of Nanna! O shrine Urim, I shall glorify your name. Emerging from the holy heart of the pure hills, Urim, wisdom of An and Urac, appropriate for E-temen-ni-guru! With An you bestow kingship; your majesty ...... the foreign lands. I shall glorify your name far and wide!
11-22He keeps in
order the lordly purification rites ....... He has taken his seat ...... in
Urim. Your name is sweet! The Prince ....... Your holy
word is pleasing to An. May my En-hedu-ana excel even An. ...... the
purification rites of the jipar. ...... the lordly divine powers. ......
the excellent jipar. Acimbabbar .......
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23-42...... holy
songs ....... The Prince ....... ...... wisdom ....... ...... the great divine
powers. An and Enlil .......
Ningal ...... May he excel ....... Ac-im-babbar ....... Like the sweet moonlight ....... ...... the
jipar, my delight, ....... An and Enlil ....... Mother Ningal ...... charm
....... The high priestess of the moon god ....... En-hedu-ana ....... My king ....... ...... the great divine powers
....... ...... holy songs, light ......
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En-hedu-ana ......
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1-10...... who is
familiar with your purification rites, ......, may he do ....... ...... shall
build for you in the pure abode (?) ....... ...... shall not enter ....... He
shall grind your barley for you in the pure cloister. Your milled grain is not
laid in the ....... Water shall not touch what you have ground, and your malt
shall not be turned over. Any of your men who are familiar with the palace of
Suen
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11-17To bring offerings in baskets, to cause rejoicing, to make the house comfortable, to establish the house, to put in order the place of the holy purification rites -- may Ningal, my En-hedu-ana, restore your ....... ...... Nanna, I shall praise you. ...... Suen, I shall glorify your name.
18Its jicgijal.
19A balbale of Nanna.
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19.viii.1999-18.iii.2000 : JAB : translation
01.v.2000: GZ : proofreading
01.v.2000: GZ : SGML tagging
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