Ninmada

Ninmada , the worshipper of An , replied to him: "Since our father has not given the command, since Enlil has not given the command, how can we go there to the mountain? How can we bring down the barley from its mountain? How can we introduce the innuḫa grain into Sumer ? How can we make barley known in Sumer , which knows no barley?"

How grain came to Sumer (c.1.7.6) ·c.1.7.6 ·21 ·machine translation (etcsl)

At the word of his mother Namma , Enki rose up from his bed. In Ḫal-an-kug, his room for pondering, he slapped his thigh in annoyance. The wise and intelligent one, the prudent, …… of skills, the fashioner of the design of everything brought to life birth-goddesses (?). Enki reached out his arm over them and turned his attention to them. And after Enki , the fashioner of designs by himself, had pondered the matter, he said to his mother Namma : "My mother, the creature you planned will really come into existence. Impose on him the work of carrying baskets. You should knead clay from the top of the abzu ; the birth-goddesses (?) will nip off the clay and you shall bring the form into existence. Let Ninmaḫ act as your assistant; and let Ninimma , Šu-zi-ana , Ninmada , Ninbarag , Ninmug , …… and Ninguna stand by as you give birth. My mother, after you have decreed his fate, let Ninmaḫ impose on him the work of carrying baskets." 5 lines fragmentary …… she placed it on grass and purified the birth.

Enki and Ninmaḫ (c.1.1.2) ·c.1.1.2 ·34 ·machine translation (etcsl)

On the day when the true god was to arrive, Gudea was busy with the evening meal from early morning. Asari cared for the maintenance of the house. Ninmada took care of its cleaning. King Enki gave oracular pronouncements concerning it. Nindub , the chief purification priest of Eridug , filled it with the smoke of incense. The lady of precious rites, Nanše , versed in singing holy songs, sang songs for the house.

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7) ·c.2.1.7 ·887 ·machine translation (etcsl)