Syncretic hymn to Ninurta (1)

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Other gods identified as body parts of Ninurta in KAR 102.

1. [ … ] are/were made [ … ]
2. [The … ]s [ … yo]ur praise.
3. [The Assembly] of the great gods has magnified [you … ].
4. Ninurta, warrior, you [ … ], gatherer, their authorities you [ … ], you have taken their officies and you [ … ], kingship of lords [is entrusted] in yo[ur] hand.
8. Lord, your anger is flood [ … ] warrior of the gods, you are exalted, lo[rd … ].
10. Lord, your face is the Sun, your locks [Nisaba], your two eyes, lord are Enlil and Ninlil, your eyeballs are Gula and Belet-il[i], your eyelids, lord are the twins Sin and [ … ], your eyebrows are brilliance of the Sun, which [ … ], your mouth’s shape, lord is Ištar of the stars [ … ].
16. Anu and Antu are your lips, your speech is [ … ]. 17. Your tongue is Pabilsag, who [ … ] on high.
18. The heaven of your mouth, lord, is circumference of heaven and earth, dwelling place of the [great] gods.
19. Your teeth are the Seven, the slayers of evil, your cheeks, o lord are the rising of bri[lliant] stars, your ears are Ea and Damkina, sages of wisdom [ … ].
22. Your head is Adad, who [makes] heaven and earth [ … ] like a kiln, your brow is Shala, beloved spouse, who makes [Adad’s heart feel happy].
24. Your neck is Marduk, judge of heaven [and netherworld], deluge [ … ], your throat is Zarpanitu, creat[ress of peop]le, who [ … ].
26. Your chest is Shullat, who examines [ … ], your shoulders are Hanish, who establishes p[lenty, r]ains down abundance.
28. Your right side is Utaulu [ … ], your left side is Ninpanigarra [ … ], the fingers of your fists are [ … ], your nails are the bright star [ … ], your [ … ] are Dagan, who [ … ], [ … ...] in the feet [ … ], your navel, lord is [ … ], your [ … ] is Z[ababa … ]

Source (list of abbreviations)
KAR 102

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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