372-386 "The Mountains could not bear the Lord's great strength. The great Hero -- the force of whose rage no one can approach, like heaven itself; the savage storm which walks on earth, spilling poison in the earth's breast; the Lord, whose head is worthy of the tiara, ...... who knows nothing of ......: in triumph he hurried by me. I bore him. He was close ......; but he passed by and did not lift his glance to me. For the good youth" -- thus the good lady said, as she went to him in E-cumeca, his chosen place, -- "I will cut the knot. Now I, yes I, shall go to the presumptuous Lord, to gaze upon the precious Lord. I will go directly to him, to my son, the great Hero, favoured by his Lord."

387-389 The lady performed the song in a holy manner. Ninmah recited it to Lord Ninurta. He looked at her with his life-giving looks and spoke to her:

390-410 "Lady, since you came to the Mountains, Ninmah ('Great Lady'), since you entered the rebel lands for my sake, since you did not keep far from me when I was surrounded by the horrors of battle -- let the name of the pile which I, the Hero, have piled up be Mountain (hursaj) and may you be its lady (nin): now that is the destiny decreed by Ninurta. Henceforth people shall speak of Ninhursaja. So be it. Let its meadows produce herbs for you. Let its slopes produce honey for you. Let its hillsides grow cedars, cypress, juniper and box for you. Let it make abundant for you ripe fruits, as a garden. Let the mountain supply you richly with perfumes. Let it mine gold and silver for you, make ...... for you. Let it smelt copper and tin for you, make its tribute for you. Let the Mountains make wild animals teem for you. Let the mountain increase the fecundity of quadrupeds for you. You, o Queen, wearing a terrifying splendour, be honoured. Lady who detests boasting, good lady, maiden Ninhursaja, Nintud, ...... approach me. Lady, I have given you great powers: may you be exalted."

411-413 While the Lord was fixing the destiny of the Mountains, as he walked about in the sanctuary of Nibru, the good lady whose powers excel all powers, Lady-of-the-womb, Aruru, elder sister of the Lord of the House, stood before him:

414-415 "Great Hero whose word is unalterable, Lord: you have not fixed the destinies of the warriors that you have slain."

416-418 The Lord then addressed the u stone. He defined its typical behaviour. The Lord spoke to it in anger in the Land, Ninurta cursed it:

419-434 "U stone (emery), since you rose against me in the Mountains, since you barred the way so as to detain me, since you swore to put me to death, since you frightened me, Lord Ninurta, on my great throne; you are powerful, a youth of outstanding strength: may your size be diminished. A mighty lion, confident in its strength, will tear you into pieces, the strong man will fling you in his hand in combat. Young u stone, your brothers will heap you up like flour. You will lift your hand against your offspring, sink your teeth into their corpses. You, young man, though you may cry out, will end as ....... Like a great wild bull killed by many people, be divided into portions. U stone, you will be hounded from the battlefield with clubs, like a dog chased by shepherd boys. Because I am the Lord: since cornelian is polished by you, you shall be called by its name. And now, according to the destiny fixed by Ninurta, henceforth when u stone touches it, there will be pierced cornelian. Let it be so."

435-437 The Hero addressed the cu and gasura stones. The Lord enumerated their characteristics. Ninurta fixed their destiny:

438-447 "Cu stones, since you attacked against my weapons; gasura stones, since you stood fiercely against me like bulls, since you tossed your horns in the dust at me like wild bulls, you shall be ...... like butterflies. My terrifying splendour will cover you. Since you cannot escape from my great strength, the goldsmith shall puff and blow on you with his breath. You shall be shaped by him to form a matrix for his creations. People shall place the first fruits of their giving on you at the time of the new moon, for God's sake."

448-450 My King stood before the sajkal stone, he addressed the gulgul and sajjar stones. Ninurta fixed their destiny:

451-462 "Sajkal stone, since you flew up against me ......; gulgul stone, since you sparked lightning against me ......; sajjar stone, since you shook your head at me, since you ground your teeth at me, the Lord! The sajkal stone will smash you, sajjar stone, young brave, and the gulgul stone will destroy (gul) you. You will be discarded as contemptible and valueless (saj nukala). Be a prey to the famine (cagjar) of the Land; you shall be fed by the charity of your city. You shall be accounted a common person, a warrior among slave-girls. They shall say to you "Be off with you, hurry!", it shall be your name. And now, by the destiny fixed by Ninurta, henceforth you shall be called a bad lot in the Land. So be it."

463-465 My King stood before the esi stone. ...... he spoke in hymnic language. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

466-478 "Esi (diorite), your army in battle changed sides separately. You spread before me like thick smoke. You did not raise your hand. You did not attack me. Since you said, 'It is false. Only God is the Mighty One. Who can vie with Him?' -- they shall extract you from the highland countries. They shall bring you from the land of Magan. You shall shape Strong Copper like leather and then you shall be perfectly adapted for my heroic arm, for me, the Lord. When a king who is establishing his renown for perpetuity has had his statues sculpted for all time, you shall be placed in the place of libations -- and it shall suit you well -- in my temple E-ninnu, the house full of grace."

479-481 My King turned to the na stone. He ...... the body from the na stone. Ninurta cursed it:

482-486 "Stone, since you said, 'If only it had been me'; na stones, since you bewitched my powers -- lie down there, you, to be worked on like a pig. Be discarded, be used for nothing, end up by being reduced to tiny fragments. He who knows you shall reduce you to liquid."

487-488 My King turned to the elel stone. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

489-496 "Elel, intelligently you caused terror of me to descend on the Mountains where discord had broken out. In the rebel lands you proclaimed my name among my people who had banded together. Nothing of your wholeness shall be diminished. It shall be difficult to reduce your mass to small pieces. My ordinances shall be set out in straight lines on your body. You shall be greatly suited to the clash of weapons, when I have heroes to slay. You shall be set up on a pedestal in my great courtyard. The Land shall praise you in wonder, the foreign lands shall speak your praises."

497-499 The Hero turned to the kagina (haematite) stone, he addressed it for its hardness. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

500-511 "Young man worthy of respect, whose surface reflects the light, kagina, when the demands of the rebel lands reached you, I did not conquer you ....... I did not notice you among the hostile ones. I shall make room for you in the Land. The sun's rising shall become your power, a sign of God. Be constituted as a judge in the foreign lands. The craftsman, expert in everything, shall value you as if gold. Young man of whom I have taken possession, because of you I shall not sleep until you come to life. And now, according to the destiny fixed by Ninurta, henceforth kagina shall live! So shall it be."

512-513 The Hero stood before the jicnugal (alabaster) stone. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

514-521 "ýicnu, whose body shines like the daylight! Purified silver, youth destined for the palace, since you alone held out your hands to me, and you bowed before me in your Mountains, I did not smite you with the club, and I did not turn my strength against you. Hero, you stood firm by me when I yelled out. Your name shall be called benevolence. The treasury of the Land shall be subject to your hand, you shall be its seal-keeper."

522-524 My King turned to the algamec stone and frowned. The Lord spoke to it angrily in the Land. Ninurta cursed it:

525-527 "What provision did you make to assist my progress? Be the first to go into my forge. Algamec, you shall be the regular offering given daily by the smiths."

528-533 My King turned to the ducia stone. He addressed the nir, the gug (cornelian) and the zagin (lapis lazuli); the amac-pa-ed, the caba, the hurizum, the gug-gazi and the marhali; the egi-zaga, the girin-hiliba, the anzugulme and the nir-mucjir stones. The Lord Ninurta fixed their destinies for ...... the waterskin:

534-542 "How you came to my side, male and female in form, and in your own way! You committed no fault, and you supported me with strength. You exalted me in public. Now in my deliberation, I shall exalt you. Since you made yourself general of the assembly, you, nir, shall be chosen for syrup. You shall all be decorated with precious metal. The principal among the powers shall cause the foreign lands to bow before you, putting their noses to the ground."

543-545 My King turned to the jir-zu-jal (flint), and frowned. The Lord spoke to it angrily in the Land. Ninurta cursed it:

546-553 "Ah, duplicitous jir-zu-jal, what then? They shall split your horns, wild bull, in your Mountains. Lie down before the ....... You were not equal to me who supported you. I shall rip you like a sack, and people will smash you into tiny pieces. The metalworker shall deal with you, he shall use his chisel on you. Young man, massive, bearer of hatred: the carpenter, saying 'I wish to buy it for my work', shall wet you with water ...... and shall crush you like malt."

554-556 My King turned to the iman stones, he addressed the alliga stones. Ninurta fixed their destiny:

557-565 "Iman stones, in the Mountains you cried out against me. You fiercely uttered battle-yells. I shall enflame you like fire. Like a storm I shall overturn you. I shall strip you like rushes. I shall rip you up like weeds. Who will assist you then? Iman stone: your cries shall not be valued, no attention shall be paid to them. Iman stone, alliga stone: your path shall not lead to the palace."

566-568 My King turned to the macda stone. He addressed the dubban and urutum stones. Ninurta defined their characteristic behaviour:

569-578 "Macda stone, dubban stone, blazing fires; urutum stone, which nothing resists; when the gasura stone ...... and you were set ablaze, you burnt against me in the rebel lands like a brazier. Since you all stood against me in the land of Saba: macda stone, they shall slaughter you like a sheep. Dubban stone, they shall crunch you for pulverising. Urutum stone, they shall sharpen you for the battle-mace; with bronze, the arrowheads of the warriors, they shall smash you with the axe, stinging with fierce swords."

579-580 My King turned to the cagara stone. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

581-591 "Cagara stone, who smash your head against anyone travelling alone in the desert, in the Mountains when my arms were occupied you tried to trample on me. Since you glutted yourself in the battle, the reed-worker shall make the reeds jump with you. You shall be thrown onto your couch; the appearance of your mother and father who bore you shall be forgotten. No one shall say to you, 'Get up', no one shall have the feeling that he misses you, the people shall not complain about your loss. In praise of the eternally-decreed order, you shall be discarded on the dais there. They shall feed you on malt, as they do for sheep; you shall content yourself with a portion of scattered flour. This shall be the explanation for you."

592-593 My King turned to the marhuca stone, Ninurta pronounced its destiny.

594-599 "Marhuca, ...... the string in my place, ...... you were taken, since you did not participate in the crimes of your city, ......; you shall be the bowl under the filter-jug, the water shall filter into you. Marhuca, you shall be used for inlay-work, ....... You shall be the perfect ornament for sacred brooches. Marhuca, you shall be duly praised in the houses of worship."

600-602 The Hero turned to the hactum stone and frowned. In the Land the Lord addressed it angrily; Ninurta pronounced its destiny:

603-608 "Hactum stone, you cried out against me in the Mountains. You yelled fiercely with wild battle-yells. With your yelling, you stirred up a demon in the Mountains. Young man, because of your digging, Ditch (hactum) shall be your name. And now, according to the destiny of Ninurta, henceforth they shall say hactum. So be it."

609-610 My King turned to the durul stone. Ninurta fixed its destiny:

611-617 "Durul stone, holy garment of mourning, blinded youth whom people carve, in the Mountains you bowed before me. Since you said to me, 'If only it had been me who broke the bars of the gates, if only I had stood before him, before my King, Lord Ninurta', your name shall be magnified of its own accord wherever it is mentioned. As the connoisseur says of precious metal, 'I will buy it', so the foreign nations, like musicians playing the reed-pipe, shall pursue you."

618-633 My King turned to the cigcig stone, he addressed the engen and ezinum stones. For the ug-gun, the hem, the madanum, the sajgirmud, the ...... and the mursuh stones, Ninurta fixed their destiny:

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"with ribs drawn in, balancing on the haunches, heart elated, legs bent like a bear, ......: I shall come to you; now, being an ally, you come forward from all of them; who shall extend the hand to them? You were the club, you stood as the doorway.

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In the Land, the champion shall always look with favour on you."

634-637 The Hero turned to the kurgaranum stone. He addressed the bal stone; the Lord Ninurta fixed the destiny for the yellow-coloured cimbi (kohl):

638-644 "Since you said, 'I will bring forth the people',

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you ...... as if ...... the young man who has obtained glory for you; the young artisan shall sing your praises. You shall be favoured at the new moon; on the ninth day of the month the young men shall ...... for you."

645-651 The Hero had conquered the Mountains. As he moved across the desert, he ....... Through the crowd, he came forth among their acclamations, majestically he ....... Ninurta joyfully went to his beloved barge, the Lord set foot in the boat Ma-kar-nunta-eda. The boatmen sang a pleasant song, for the Lord they sang his praise. They addressed an eternal greeting to Ninurta:

652-661 "Mighty one who outstrips the heroes, Lord Ninurta, chief of the angels, holding a cudgel in his right hand, bearded, you fall as a torrent on all enemies; who can rival your great works? Hero, deluge, without equal, the powers of the earth and of the deep do not dare to resist you. Hero who pillages the cities, who subjugates the Mountains, who will rise up against you? Ninurta, Lord, Hero, who is like you?

662-668 "My King: there is a hero who is devoted to you and to your offerings, he is as just as his reputation, he walks in your ways; since he has brilliantly accomplished all that is proper for you in your temple, since he has made your shrine rise from the dust for you, let him do everything magnificently for your festival. Let him accomplish perfectly for you your holy rites. He has formulated a vow for his life. May he praise you in the Land.

669-671 "May God's heart be appeased for the Lord, may the maiden mother Bau shine like the daylight for Ninurta, the strength sent by God."

672-680 They sang to the Lord in the ceremonial boat. The boat, floating of its own accord, was piled up with riches. The boat Ma-kar-nunta-eda proceeded shiningly. To greet the Hero from the smiting of weapons, the angels came to meet him. They pressed their noses to the ground, they placed their hands on their chests. They addressed a prayer and a supplication to the Lord: "May your anger be appeased ....... Ninurta, King, Utu-ulu, lift your head to heaven".

681 His Lord blessed him:

682-697 "......, pre-eminent with your great name, you have established your habitation ....... Chest, fittingly ......, King of battle, I presented the storm of heaven to you for use against the rebel lands. O Hero of heaven and earth I presented to you the club, the deluge which sets the Mountains on fire. King, ahead of your storm the way was narrow. But, Ninurta, I had confidence in your march to the Mountains. Like a wolf set free to seize his prey, in your storm you adventured into the rebel lands from above. The mountain that you have handed over shall not be restored. You have caused its cities to be counted as ruin-mounds. Its mighty rulers have lost their breath before you. A celestial mace, a prosperous and unchanging rule, long life, the good favour of your Lord, o King, and strength from the Most High: these shall be your reward."

698-711 Since the Hero had killed the Asag, since the Lord had made that pile of stones, since he had given the order "Let it be called stone", since he had ...... the roaring dragon, since the Hero had traced the way of the waters ...... down from above, since he had brought them to the fertile fields, since he had made famous the plough of abundance, since the Lord had established it in regular furrows, since Ninurta had heaped up grain-piles and granaries -- Ninurta entrusted their keeping to the care of the lady who possesses the powers which exist by God's decree, who is eminently worthy of praise, to Nisaba, good lady, greatly wise, pre-eminent in the lands, her who possesses the principal tablet with the obligations of priest and king, endowed by God on the Holy Mound with a great intelligence.

712-723 To the lady, the celestial star, made magnificently beautiful by the All-Wise in the deep, to the lady of knowledge who gladdens hearts, who alone has the gift of governing, endowed with prudence, ......, who rules the black-headed, who possesses the tablet with all the names, from whose suspended nets the birds which are caught do not escape, whose every work accomplished meets with complete success, to her ...... which is not unravelled, to her for whom the days are counted according to the phases of the moon, to her who is unassailable as if a fortress of copper ......, who is ...... in counsels, and wise in all manner of things, ...... who cares for the black-headed, who rules the people justly, ......, to the bright good lady who takes counsel with the wise -- to Nisaba be praise.

724-725 Mighty Lord Ninurta, great servant of the House, heroic one of the Lord who sent him: it is good to praise you.

726 A song of praise of Ninurta.