O Enegir , great libation pipe, libation pipe to the underworld of Ereškigala , Gudua ( Entrance to the nether world ) of Sumer where mankind is gathered, E-gida (Long house), in the land your shadow has stretched over the princes of the land. Your prince, the seed of the great lord, the sacred one of the great underworld, given birth by Ereškigala , playing loudly on the zanaru instrument, sweet as the voice of a calf, Ninazu of the words of prayer, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Enegir , and taken his seat upon your dais.
The temple hymns (c.4.80.1)
·c.4.80.1
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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 , Mešlamta-ea , has erected a house in your precinct, and taken his seat upon your dais.
The temple hymns (c.4.80.1)
·c.4.80.1
·460
·machine translation (etcsl)
10 lines: the house of Nergal in Gudua .
The temple hymns (c.4.80.1)
·c.4.80.1
·467
·machine translation (etcsl)