Sunday, 13 June 2010

Incantation to Lord Enki ( Sumerian and English)

Nam-Nun-Ni
Nam-Nun-Ni
{ Section taken from the Sargonic period incantation to fit with the below incantation}
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E-ki me-lam
Sus-gal en-ki lugal abzu
Zi en-ki lugal abzu-ka
Gestu sum-ma en-ki.

Lugal u-na-gub a-a en-ki
e-gal kalam-ma-na e-a[ra]
ge-gal an-ki-a pa-e mu-na-ab-ag

His princeliness!
His princeliness!
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Enki the splendour!
By the great net of Enki King of the Abzu!
By the life of Enki, king of the Abzu!
Knowledge Enki has given.

The king, who stands aloft,father Enki.
For him who from the palace of his land had gone forth,
surpassing abundance in heaven and earth.

(incomplete; I need to finish it, but that's the start of it.)