mand and thou causest Heaven to
shudder.

33. _nam-lugal-an-ni sal-e ba-ab-kar-ri-en_
33. The royal power of Anu thou a woman hast seized.

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PSALM TO ENLIL CONTAINING A LONG INTERCESSION BY THE MOTHER GODDESS. 15204
(NO. 5)

This liturgical psalm in one melody adds one more document of this kind to
the classical Sumerian corpus of old short musical services on which the
later complex liturgies were based.(162) The title, _arabu-(gu) arabu-(gu)
muzu kurra munmallasu zae almenna_, arranged in seven dactyls, does not
appear in the catalogue of old songs given in the Assyrian list, IV Raw.
53 Col. III. Since the greater part of the psalm consists in an address of
the mother goddess to Enlil on behalf of Nippur, the composition is
defined as an adoration of "my mother,"(163) an epithet applied to Innini
by the singers in most liturgies. The psalm begins with twelve lines sung
by the choir and addressed to Enlil. They then in lines 13-15 introduce
Innini whom they represent in discourse before Enlil in lines 16-47. This
part of the song service contains refrains characteristic of public
worship. Theologically the text illustrates one of the most profound
principles of Sumerian religion, the sympathy and concern of the virgin
mother for mankind.(164) The great daily services of the standard prayer
books represent her as a _mater dolorosa_ and she with Tammuz shares the
vicissitudes of mortal life. Our text is unique and noteworthy for one
salient fact. It illustrates the scenes so common on Babylonian seals,
where the mother goddess stands in intercession before the god, with one
or both hands raised in supplication and the left foot advanced as though
about to set it on the paved approach to the throne of the deity.

1. _ara-bu-(gu) ara-bu-(gu) mu-zu kur-ra mu-un-ma-al-la-su_
1. Oh bird _arabu, arabu_,(165) thou art he whose name is proclaimed in
the world.

2. _za-e al-me-en-na_

3. _d.__Mu-ul-lil ara-bu-(gu) mu-zu kur-ra mu-un-ma-al-al-la-su_
3. Oh Enlil, _arabu_-bird, thou art he whose name is proclaimed in the
world.

4. _za-e al-me-en-na_

5. _d.__Mu-ul-lil sag-sud-du e-ne-em zid- da_
5. Enlil of unsearchable heart, of faithful word.

6. _gu ki-ma-al_(_166_)_ e-ne-em di- di_(_167_)
6. He that bends the neck, that speaks the word.

7. _mu-zu kur-ra mu-un-ma-al-la-su za-e al-me-en- na_
7. Thou art he whose name is proclaimed in the world.

8. _mu-zu