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Marduk

Wed, 31 May 2006 00:49:08 GMT

any thoughts?

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Hymn to Innana

feralkittycat — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:33:47 GMT

O Queen of the Seven Gods, O radiant splendor

of light, fountain of life, darling of Heaven

and Earth, priest, daughter and servant of Heaven!

jewelled and crowned with life, born to be Lord,

in your hand are the guardian spirits of the Seven Gods,

and you yourself guard and protect the guardian spirits,

you have taken them up and tied them to your hands,

have gathered them in and pressed them to your breast.

You can fill the land with poison like a snake,

plants vanish from the earth when you thunder like Anu,

at your command the floods come down from the mountain.

Supreme in power, Inanna of Heaven and Earth,

whose mouth rains sparkles of lightning over the land,

mistress of beasts, given the gods’ life-spirits

by An, by An given the unfailing Word

to speak at his fateful command: who can fathom your glory?

...O wild and rampant, eldest daughter of the Moon,

Queen greater than An, who can pay you sufficient homage?

Queen of Queens, who in accordance with the spirits

were greater than your mother the moment you were born,

wise and knowing queen of all the lands,

mother of men and animals, I sing your praise...

I have entered before you in my holy garments,

I the princess imperial, Enheduanna,

singing as I carried your ritual baskets,

High Priestess of the Moon. But now no longer

can I serve the goodly temple that I established,

for the day that dawns in Ur scorches my skin

and the sand of the Southwind overwhelms me at nightfall,

My honey sweet voice is hoarse and strident

and all that gave me pleasure has fallen to dust.

I, what am I among living creatures!

An, An, give to punishment the rebels

that hate Inanna, and split their cities’ walls!

Enlil, curse them, and let their children perish

with no mother there to soothe them!

...The queen of queens, the prop of all the nations,

accepted Enheduanna’s prayers. Her heart

was again as of old, the day became propitious,

Inanna showered her beauty and allure

and joy like silver moonlight over our land!

Ancient Nanu in wonder and awe, and Ningal

her mother, worshiped her at the templ’s doorstep.

Priestess, queen, noble commander of gods,

destroyer of barbarians, whom An made protector of spirits,

Queen, clothed in allure and attraction, Inanna: Praise!

- written by Enheduanna, circa 2300 bce

Enheduanna is the first known "author" in western history... her titles included "Princess Imperial of Sumer and Akkad and Priestess of Inanna and the Moon in Ur"

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Ancient Astronaut Alliance

Lucien — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:19:55 GMT

Brand new site...check it out!
http://ancientastronautalliance.ning.com/

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Welcome Valerie!

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:04:30 GMT

Tell us a bit more about your interests, if you'd like.

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Sexigessimal Sumerians

snailtrail — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:22:32 GMT

I am always ingtrigued by ethnomathematics, particularly the different base systems used by different cultures that may inform how they express themselves. The sumerians used a base 60, just as we use a base 10, the Mayans base 20, as the old Basques used the txotx (unit of 56).

Vestiges of this can be found in our own mathematical systems which, though changed, extrapolated and influenced by other cultures, are ultimately derived from Sumerian/ Akkadian/ Babylonian sciences. I had an astronomy teacher once tell me that almost all sciences are specializations of early sumerian astrology, and our own measurements of degrees (based on 60 / 360) , time (60 seconds in a minute, 60 seconds in an hour), basics of astronomy (which incorporates time and degrees....), and it's their fault (or their impotice) that we have seven days in a week- they set up a system of planetary hours that is still in use.

I think I'm going to try to do more research, maybe use this as a place to talk about Mesopotamian astronomy/ astrology and such. Maybe I'll forget. And someone else will....

Seven veils for seven gates,
Nabu love all around,

Jesse

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Assyro-Babylonian Mythology

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:40:30 GMT

http://killeenroos.com/1/SUMEGODS.htm

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Mesopotamia

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:21:27 GMT

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/

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