Origin/Historian/Author: Sumer (ca. 2000 BCE)
Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919
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1. Father [ …..
2. …..
3. Howlong7ohmy destroyed city, my destroyed temple, sadly I wail.%
4. At that time the word like a storm…..
5. The word of Enlil …..
6. Enlil who the fate of ….. determined.
7. Enlil …..
8. Mama the princely son …..
0. Ninmar …..
10. The holy one who lapis lazuli in great ships …..
11. The queen ….. humiliates …..
12. The queen …..
13. The land of Lagash he abandoned unto the hand of Elam.
14. At that time his wrathful word verily attained the queen.
15. His wrathful word attained unto the divine Bau even as a messenger.
16. Woe is me, the spirit of wrath into her hand he entrusted.
17. The spirit of wrath that destroys the city into her hand he entrusted.
18. The spirit of wrath that destroys the temple into her hand he entrusted.
19. In the city(?) of Tammuz of the sea, the place of wailing . . . . .terror it caused.
20. The city ….. nirsag, city of ….. with fire it consumed.
21. ….. of her city Nini it seized away to the mountains.
22. Sirar her beloved habitation an evil one has overthrown.
23. How long? my destroyed city, my destroyed temple, sadly I wail.
24. Of the holy “Dark Chamber” the priestly rites are suspended.
25. Its high priest from the “Dark Chamber” has been taken and unto the land of the foe has gone.
26. …..
27. …..
28. …..
29. ….. they destroyed
30. Of the ….. its holy ….. they ….. shattered and …..
31. How long? oh my destroyed city and my destroyed temple. sadly I wail.
32. Of the holy “Dark Chamber” the priestly rites are suspended.
33. Its high priest from the “Dark Chamber” has been taken and unto the land of the foe has gone.
34. …..
35. …..
36. …..
37. ….. has bound with him(?)
38. The ….. of the ….. the foe has
39. …..
40. …..
41. ….. like a ruined cattle stall has been destroyed.
42. As for the goddess Nin ….. her ….. the foe has set his foot.
43. Ninliga ….. weeps bitterly.
4. How long? oh my destroyed city and my destroyed temple. sadly I wail.
45. Of the holy “Dark Chamber” the priestly rites are suspended.
46. Its high priest from the “Dark Chamber” has been taken and unto the land of the foe has gone.
47. Ninazu …..
48. Ninharsag …..
49. Like a dove …..
50. How long? oh my destroyed city and my destroyed temple, sadly I wail.