Plain text of Letter from Kug-Nanna to God
Segment A
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the Counsellor who constantly cares for ......, the One who distributes the ordinances, who utters pleasing words, who ...... a verdant branch by his head; the One who makes the responses favourable, whose words are pre-eminent; the powerful one at the bow of the boat; the Lord of wide and complete wisdom, who knows the secrets of heaven, with whom nothing can compare; the One whose great sweet eyes inspire confidence; the Adviser who sends down counsel from the skies; without whom no lord or king could receive the lofty sceptre -- to the merciful God who listens to prayers and supplications, repeat: this is what Kug-Nanna the incantation priest, the son of Lugal-ka-gena, Your servant, says:
14-15 I am ......, I am an ailing old man, I am ...... handcuffs.
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Segment B
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...... foreign plague ...... looked at me contemptuously and insulted me for my doing ....... In the street my friend would not talk to me; he bent his head down.
5-13 If it pleases You, my God, allow me to soothe Your angry heart, so that Your spirit will be assuaged. May the evil spirit that perpetrates evil be ripped apart, so that he will flee my body. May the affliction be extirpated from my limbs, so that my dark days will become bright. I cannot bear Your heavy punishment any longer; declare that "It is over"! May I, the humble servant, not be destroyed; declare that "It is over"! Like milk ...... Your greatness ......, ...... to my home.
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