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You who bundle together the divine powers, ...... the divine powers, articulate
...... house of the king ......, who give instruction throughout the breadth of
heaven and earth, adviser of the Land, Nuska! The Great
Mountain Enlil has summoned you to his divine powers.
He has made long life issue gloriously in heaven and earth for you who were
fathered by lord Nunamnir; you are his beloved lord. He
has entrusted the princely divine powers of the E-kur,
the august shrine, the holy divine powers, the august and most complex divine
powers, the divine powers of the father, of the Great Mountain to you. Lord
Nuska, summoned by the Prince! He has truly installed
you Nuska as leader of the assembly, and has truly
installed you to make most brilliant the holy precinct and the pure
lustrations, to position the holy vessels, to perfect the divine powers of his
status as Enlil, and to amplify the great divine
powers.
15-26The Great
Mountain has entrusted you with organising the divine plans of heaven and
earth, throughout the breadth of heaven and earth, setting on their course the
great decisionsm and perfecting the cultic ordinances, Nuska, good lord of Enlil! Impressively
strong minister of Enlil, wielding the holy sceptre,
pre-eminent leader of the gods, who broadens heaven and earth, good minister,
lord of the great words, honourable son of An, with
broad chest, endowed with great strength by the Prince, perfecting the divine
powers of all that is great! Cup-bearer who makes the holy copper bowls shine,
lord of the divine powers of the offering-table, you of great terrifying
splendour! Temple cleaner, cita priest of the abzu, you sprinkle
the temple courtyard! Great ......, working industriously on the Holy Mound to
prepare best butter and best milk, reciting ...... to cool the ...... with
incantation formulae, to perfect the holy prayers, making ...... shine,
hurrying about, organising food offerings,
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E-kur ....... The great divine powers ......
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The great divine powers ....... Nuska ....... E-kur ....... Nuska .......
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Your verdicts are great verdicts,....... Important lord, wise ....... My god,
...... like the rainbow ......, in Ubcu-unkena, ......,
the great gods of heaven and earth ......
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Hero, you have the ...... sceptre ......
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...... has declared a name for you.
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1-10to him with broad wisdom, understanding everything, concentrating on the whole world. In the august sanctuary he has indeed given to Nuska the mattock, the plough that opens up the cultivated fields, the furrows, speckled barley, the grain pile and the granary heaped up to the maximum, ......, years of plenty, delight, ......, abundance and life until distant days. Mighty man, with heroic arms, hurrying to battle, covering the Land, throwing fire at the enemy, burning ...... the wicked, trampling underfoot opponents from the mountains, the insubmissive lands! Bulls with fat forelegs, sheep with long fleece, and great food offerings, are brought before you, Nuska, lord beloved by An.
11-24You make truly perfect your divine powers which are bound to the foreign lands, and you make very great your divine powers of enormous importance, Nuska, great lord, son of An. May you be praised appropriately. You who make the holy princely cita vessels look especially fine, who search out decisions, august in heaven and earth, protective deity of E-kur, glory of E-kur, who make great verdicts, decision maker in heaven and earth, lord who identifies the great claims, arms wielding a battle net over the enemy but which lead the just correctly! Hero who bears all the great terrifying divine powers, who covers the earth with awesome splendour like a mighty storm -- An be praised for your very great eminence! Your own father has declared your fame: immensely complex lord who has taken his seat, who perfects the divine powers, lion of the far distance, lion standing by, leader of the assembly, Nuska, it is sweet to praise you.
25A cir-gida to Nuska.
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22.vii.1999-25.vii.1999 : JAB : adapting translation
21.x.1999 : GZ : proofreading
21.x.1999 : GZ : SGML tagging
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