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A hymn to Nanna (Nanna O): translation

SEGMENT A

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You possess ......! An, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursaja treat you with deserved affection in your place of creation. Exalted Nanna ......, adviser in heaven and on earth ......! An, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursaja treat you with deserved affection in your place of creation.

13-20Youthful Suen, as you move the Anuna gods stand in attendance. In the four quarters of the world the black-headed people raise their eyes to you, the first-born son of Enlil. Nanna, youthful Suen, as you move the Anuna gods stand in attendance. In the four quarters of the world the black-headed people raise their eyes to you, the first-born son of Enlil.

21-28As you become manifest in the holy heavens, you ...... broadly over all the lands. Your light is holy and purifies. Oh, ah, it has come forth for the king like the sunlight! Nanna, as you become manifest in the holy heavens, you ...... broadly over all the lands. Your light is holy and purifies. Oh, ah, it has come forth for the king like the sunlight!

29-31Nanna, ......, for (?) the lord you have chosen, you have made the ...... manifest. ...... without ceasing (?),
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SEGMENT B

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...... into the distant future.

3-10We are going, we are going, ...... we are going to the house, to the ...... of the lord, to the ...... of Prince Culgi, to the city that has been restored, to where speech and opinions are good, to where lips and hearts are pure, to where feet are firm on the ground.

11-20We are going to the shrine Nibru, Dur-an-ki, to ...... brick-built Tutub, to the majestic Abzu, brick-built Eridug, to the E-cumeca with the princely divine powers, in Urim to the house of Suen, to the E-kic-nu-jal of Nanna, to the Agrun-kug, the beloved house of the lady, to the E-hursaj, the house of the king, to the E-namtila of Prince Culgi. In the ...... place of Suen, may you be Utu.

21-32The abzu has flourished, the abzu is beautiful. The abzu shall establish the lord as its lord. Lord Nanna, Lord Acimbabbar, to the lord of the courtyard, noble Alamuc, may ...... in praise! May ......! May ...... Inana of heaven ...... in beauty! May the woman who brings order to the Ibgal ......! May ...... as desired! May ......! May you ......! ...... of Ninsumun ......!
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SEGMENT C

1-2I shall address you ......! In the ...... place of Suen, may you be Utu.


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Revision history

12.v.2000-22.v.2000 : GC : adapting translation
23.viii.2000 : JAB : proofreading
25.viii.2000 : GC : tagging
20.x.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
20.x.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed