A hymn to Nanna (Nanna G): translation

SEGMENT A

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^1-4Nanna, ......, lord, son of Enlil, ......, Nanna, lord, ......, lord, son of Enlil, ......!

^5-8Lord, sweet wonder ......! The woman perfect in beauty ....... Nanna, lord, sweet wonder ......! The woman perfect in beauty .......

^9-12Ninhursaja ......, the great mother Ninhursaja ....... Nanna, ......, the great mother Ninhursaja .......

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you ....... Nanna, ......, you .......

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SEGMENT B

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^2-5...... you have shown your attractiveness to me. May your beauty cover my body like a ...... garment. Nanna, ...... you have shown your attractiveness to me. May your beauty cover my body like a ...... garment.

^6-9Lord whose pure hands befit the milk churn, what you accomplish is pleasing to An and Enlil. Nanna, lord whose pure hands befit the milk churn, what you accomplish is pleasing to An and Enlil.

^10-17May you build enduringly the eternal (?) house. May you build enduringly Nanna's eternal (?) house, the ...... quarters (?) and the courtyard of Nanna -- the temple whose shadow extends out into the midst of the sea, the E-kic-nu-jal, the sweet wonder, the temple of Nanna built on empty land! ......, Suen ...... among the gods. ...... Enlil (?). ......, Nanna, lord, great son of An, beloved ...... of Enlil and Ninlil,
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SEGMENT C

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Revision history

28.viii.2000 : GC : adapting translation
30.ix.2000 : JAB : proofreading
05.x.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