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(gods in blue….demigod mixed-breeds in teal) (Nergal, spouse to Ereshkigal, Lord of the Lower World) For the god Nergal, mightiest of the gods, most overpowering of the gods, the supreme, perfect, (and) noble sovereign of his brother(s), the one who dwells in (the temple) Ešaḫula, the lord of Sirara, his lord: (Ashurbanipal) (Esarhaddon) Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; (King Sennacherib on his stele) (Sennacherib) grandson of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria — In order to ensure his good health, he enlarged the courtyard of (the temple) Ešaḫula with baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln and made its processional way shine like daylight. This entry was posted in Assyria, Cities & Kings of the Gods, Nergal and tagged Texts on April 17, 2017 by nibirudb. The Dedication of an Axe to Nergal: translation The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue) 1-9 Nibruta-lu, the son of the merchant Lugal-cuba, has had this tin ax made for Nergal. (Nergal, Lord of the Netherworld, spouse to Ereshkigal) Its wooden part is of arganum tree of the mountains, a wood which is superior even to the alal stone; its stone part is of antasura, a stone which has no equal. The arm of the man who strikes with it will never get tired. 10-16 Should it break, I will repair it for Nergal. Should it disappear, I will replace it for him. (Nergal, warrior son to Enlil & Ninlil, some texts, son to Enki & Inanna) May Nergal look after me during my life, and may he provide me with clean water in the underworld after my death. This entry was posted in Anunnaki Gods, Nergal and tagged Texts on August 27, 2014 by nibirudb. A Tigi to Nergal (Nergal C) The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue) 1-10. Lord who inspires awe in heaven and on earth, who is resplendent in the Land, engendered for kingship by your father, your awesomeness weighs upon the black-headed. The Anuna, the great gods, cower together before your awesomeness and radiance. (Nergal, Lord of the Under World with lion-headed weaponry) Nergal, lord who inspires awe in heaven and on earth, who is resplendent in the Land, engendered for kingship by your father, your awesomeness weighs upon the black-headed. The Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods, cower together before your awesomeness and radiance. 11-20. Hero, after your father begot you, your father Enlil bestowed on you the mountain of the earth and all of the people. He definitively handed the deciding of destinies to you. (Nergal killing earthling; Nergal, in some texts Enlil’s son, in other texts Enki’s & Inanna’s son) Hero, Nergal, you are their king! Nergal, hero, after your father begot you, your father Enlil bestowed on you the mountain of the earth and all of the people. He definitively handed the deciding of destinies to you. Hero, Nergal, you are their king! 21-30. Lord who imposes silence, son of Enlil, who in his heroism like a flood demands respect (?)! May the people of Lagaš (Lagash) spread on your pure table everything you need. Nergal, may you stretch forth your arm over the place Lagaš. Nergal, lord who imposes silence, son of Enlil, who in his heroism like a flood demands respect (?)! May the people of Lagaš spread on your pure table everything you need. Nergal, may you stretch forth your arm over the place Lagaš. 31.Sa-gida. 32-41. 1 line fragmentary 2 lines missing 1 line fragmentary …… heroism, …… Uzarpara (?), the shrine ……, you are Mešlamta-ea, ……. Nergal, lord, you are the Enlil of his Land. (Enlil Inanna Utu Enki Isimud) Like Alla (Utu) (?), you have no rival. Like Ištaran (Ninurta), it has been given to you to reach correct judgments. 42-51. Enlil, shepherd of the black-headed (earthlings), has given you as your name “Lord who leads away the enemies of Enlil, avenger of his father, strong hero”. The gods have determined your fate. They have given …… to you. On earth you are ……, in heaven you are ……. Because of your noise no god opposes you. Just young man who …… the plague, provider for the place Lagaš, (Nergal, spouse to Ereshkigal, Queen of the Under World) Mešlamta-ea (Nergal), may people praise you in song! 52-61. Lord of the just word, lord of abundance, hero! At your name, people obey. Frightening sea like a rising ……, with your kingship you inspire terrifying fear. Hero, with your magnificent strength …… you pile up the rebel lands in heaps. Nergal, your name is praised in song. May the lady, An’s (Anu) daughter, the lady who loves her city, (Bau, King An’s royal daughter with her guard dog) Bau (Gula) who concerns herself with you, in Iri-kug (Isin), her city of ladyship, make your appointed …… famous for a reign of distant days. 62. Sa-ĝara. 63. A tigi of Nergal. This entry was posted in Anunnaki Gods, Nergal and tagged Texts on August 27, 2014 by nibirudb. A Hymn to Nergal (Nergal B) The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue) 1-8. Hero, majestic, awe-inspiring son of Enlil (Enki‘s son in some texts), battering like a storm and roaring against the rebel lands! Immense at his front, at his rear surging as a flood, after he ……, …… this place; (Nergal, son to Enlil in some texts, son to Enki in other texts) Lord Mešlamta-ea (Nergal) inspiring terrifying awe, his …… not releasing the hostile land, his luxuriant horn …… in the Land, struck …… with weapons. (Enlil, King Anu’s son & heir to the throne of Nibiru) 9-12. ……, sired by Enlil, great ……, …… flood ……; he has placed you ……, he has positioned you in your heroic strength. 13-16. Raising his head, authoritative with a ringing voice, knowing the divine powers (alien technologies) of the gods, …… of the Land, he travels through heaven and organizes everything. 17-27. When …… you command the storm which flattens the hostile land, you devastate its evil; you pour it over for as long as it disobeys. You are the great hero of the lands, you speak ……, you go …… where no foot has previously been placed. …… like a vessel with seven spouts. The black-headed (name for earthlings) gather together at the front. You outpace the pigeons with ……. You outpace the black and white swallows (?). 28-35. …… in the hushed streets, your …… awesomeness covers the city. The majestic and just crown …… your awesomeness. The …… is a south wind that none can withstand. At the place of the queen, the most precious place, you exercise the role of supreme deity! Directing a noble gaze, you exercise kingship in the Land! For his father he has led the people from afar. He, Nergal, has brought them to the …… of the nether world. (Nergal, Lord of the Under World) 36-49. Then Erra (Nergal) welcomed his king: “They have come! You surpass An (Anu)! Perform the stewardship for An the king! In accordance with destiny you determine fates with him, Nergal!” (goddess Ninshubur, assistant to Inanna) Ninšubur, the minister of the great place, the underworld, greeted Nergal: “You are the lord who has made the bandits come forth (?) from the mountains. As with Enlil ……, no part of a foreign land escapes your grasp. Hero, for Enlil you piled up Enlil‘s enemies (?) in a single day. Hating ……, Nergal, …… as fire, you rise up in the lands where the sun rises.” (Nergal with smaller earthling under his foot) The Anuna gods stepped forward: “Like …… cracks ……, ……, you are Nergal!” 50-57. 5 lines fragmentary …… son of Enlil ……, Lugal-era (NInurta). Praising you is sweet. This entry was posted in Anunnaki Gods, Nergal and tagged Texts on August 27, 2014 by nibirudb. Nergal’s (House in Gudua) – Temple Hymn The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue) O E-ĝiškešda-kalama (House which is the bond of the Land), bull …… great strength among the gods, terrifying wild cow, wild bull which causes lament, Gudua, your quay is a low quay which bestows water, your interior is artfully built, your mace is a …… mace released from heaven, your platform is a lustrous platform spreading over Mešlam. Your prince, the mighty god, the sovereign of Mešlam, the fierce god of the underworld, the sovereign of Ud-šuš (Sunset), (Nergal with alien weaponry, Lord of the Underworld) Nergal, Mešlamta-ea, has erected a house in your precinct, and taken his seat upon your dais. 10 lines: the house of Nergal in Gudua. This entry was posted in Anunnaki Gods, Nergal and tagged Texts on August 27, 2014 by nibirudb. Nergal Quotes From Texts in some texts Nergal is Enlil‘s & Ninlil’s son: in some texts Nergal is Enki’s & Inanna‘s son: (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…) Nergal as son to Enlil & Ninlil: “Lord who, like his own father Nunamnir (Enlil)… , has the power to create life, Nergal, enduring house (?), great shrine — you are the junior Enlil! It is in your power to determine destinies, to render judgments and to make decisions,…” “Lord, you have avenged Enlil! He has calmed the heart of his father! Nergal the strong, son who subdues the foreign lands for Nunamnir: may you assist in battle, furious fight and combat the shepherd whom An (Anu) has chosen among the numerous people, the good and exalted youth of the Great Mountain (= Enlil) –– Cu-ilicu (Shu-ilishu), who publicly performs the purification rites, born of Ninlil! Nergal, catch his malefactors for him like small birds!” “Nergal, single-handed crusher, who tortures the disobedient, fearsome terror of the Land, respected lord and hero, established offspring of Nunamnir……! Nergal, who sprinkles cool water on the angry heart of Enlil, great lord ……!” “Nergal, your supremacy in the rebel lands! Your father loves you greatly. He has made your heroism known among the people. Your father Enlil loves you greatly’ …” “Nergal, hero, after your father begot you, your father Enlil bestowed on you the mountain of the earth and all of the people. He definitively handed the deciding of destinies to you. Hero, Nergal, you are their king!…” “Nergal [ ] She went to the bath And dressed in a fine robe, and allowed him to catch a glimpse of her body. He gave in to his heart’s desire to do what men and women do. The two embraced each other And went passionately to bed. They lay there, queen Ereshkigal and Erra, for a first day and a second day. They lay there, queen Ereshkigal and Erra, for a third day and a fourth day. They lay there, queen Ereshkigal and Erra, for a fifth day and a sixth day. When the seventh day arrived, Nergal, without [ ] Took away after him [ ] ‘let me go, and my sister [ ] Do not make tremble [ ] Let me go now, and I will return to Kurnugi later.’ Her mouth turned dark with rage [ ] Nergal went and made his voice heard and spake. He addressed his speech to the gatekeeper, ‘Ereshkigal your lady sent me, Saying, ‘I am sending you to the heaven of Anu our father’ So let me be allowed out! The message [ ].’ Nergal as son to Enki & Inanna: “Then Ea made his voice heard and spake, he addressed his words to Nergal. ‘My son, you shall go on the journey you want to make, … grasp a sword in your hand…” “Nergal came up along the long stairway of heaven. When he arrived at the gate of Anu, Ellil (Enlil), and Ea (Enki), Anu, Ellil, and Ea saw him and said, ‘The son of Ishtar (Inanna) has come back to us, She (Ereshkigal) will search for him and [ ]. … Ea his father must sprinkle him with spring water, and bareheaded,…” Also: “Ereshkigal cried aloud, grievously, Fell from the throne to the ground, Then straightened up from the ground. Her tears flowed down her cheeks. ‘Erra, the lover of my delight- I did not have enough delight with him before he left! Erra, the love of my delight- I did not have enough delight with him before he left.’ …” “Ea from his abyss deep heard Gilgamesh and took pity then said: ‘Nergel, hear me now, open a most wide hole in your roof From whence can Enkidu waft like smoke up from your hot fires below.’ Nergel heard Ea‘s great voice and did cut a hole in his roof To let Enkidu‘s spirit waft up from his hot fires below. Enkidu‘s spirit did waft up …” “Nergal, lord of weaponry …” “Tiglath-pileser the valiant hero, the holder of the scepter unrivaled who completes the mission of the supreme (gods). Uras (Marduk) and Nergal have given their forceful weapons and their supreme bow to the hands of my lordship …” “Assur-natsir-pal… In reliance on Assur the great lord, my lord, and Nergal who marches before me, with the forceful weapons which Assur the lord gave unto me, my arms (and) armies I assembled; …” “In the powers supreme of Nergal who marches before me I fought with them.I made a destruction of them. I shattered their forces; 1460 of their fighting-men in the lowlands I slew …” “By the command of Assur the great lord, my lord, (and) Nergal who goes before me, …” Erra Quotes From Texts Erra = Nergal God of war Nergal As Erra: Erra Speaking in the 1st Person: “’Like the sun, I scan the circumference of the world, ‘I am the wild ram striding forth in the steppe, ‘I invade the range and take up my dwelling in the fold, ‘All the gods are afraid of a fight, so the black-headed folk are contemptuous! ‘As for me, since they did not fear my name, and I have disregarded Marduk´s command, so he may act according to his wishes I will make Marduk angry, stir him from his dwelling, and lay waste the people!’ The warrior Erra set out for Babylon, city of the king of the gods. He entered Esagila, (Marduk’s temple / residence) palace of heaven and earth and stood before him. He made ready to speak, saying to the king of the gods: Why has your precious image, symbol of your lordship, lost its brilliance? ‘Your lordly diadem, which made the inner sanctum shine like the outside tower, why is it dimmed? The king of the gods made ready to speak, saying to Erra, these words, ‘O warrior Erra, concerning that deed you said you would do, &nb… truncated (78,082 more characters in archive)