Plain text of A Shirgida of the Minister (Nuska A)
Segment A
You who bundle together the gifts, ...... the gifts, articulate ...... house of the king ......, who give instruction throughout the breadth of heaven and earth, adviser of the Land! God has summoned you to His service. He has made long life issue gloriously in heaven and earth for you; you are His beloved servant. He has entrusted the princely charge of the E-kur, the august shrine, the holy charges, the august and most complex charges to you. Servant, summoned by the Lord! He has truly installed you as leader of the assembly, and has truly installed you to make most brilliant the holy precinct and the pure lustrations, to position the holy vessels, to perfect the order of the house, and to amplify the great charges.
15-26 The Great Mountain has entrusted you with organising the plans of heaven and earth, throughout the breadth of heaven and earth, setting on their course the great decisions and perfecting the cultic ordinances, good servant of the Lord! Impressively strong minister, wielding the holy sceptre, pre-eminent leader, who broadens heaven and earth, good minister, lord of the great words, honourable, with broad chest, endowed with great strength by the Lord, perfecting the gifts of all that is great! Cup-bearer who makes the holy copper bowls shine, lord of the offering-table, you of great terrifying splendour! Temple cleaner, cita priest of the abzu, you sprinkle the temple courtyard! Great ......, working industriously on the Holy Mound to prepare best butter and best milk, reciting ...... to cool the ...... with prayer formulae, to perfect the holy prayers, making ...... shine, hurrying about, organising food offerings,
Segment C
Your verdicts are great verdicts, ....... Important lord, wise ....... My lord, ...... like the rainbow ......, in Ubcu-unkena, ......, the great ones of heaven and earth ......
Hero, you have the ...... sceptre ......
...... has declared a name for you.
Segment D
1-10 ...... to him with broad wisdom, understanding everything, concentrating on the whole world. In the august sanctuary he has indeed given to the minister the mattock, the plough that opens up the cultivated fields, the furrows, speckled barley, the grain pile and the granary heaped up to the maximum, ......, years of plenty, delight, ......, abundance and life until distant days. Mighty man, with heroic arms, hurrying to battle, covering the Land, throwing fire at the enemy, burning ...... the wicked, trampling underfoot opponents from the mountains, the insubmissive lands! Bulls with fat forelegs, sheep with long fleece, and great food offerings are brought, for God's sake, as charity for the needy.
11-24 You make truly perfect your charge which is bound to the foreign lands, and you make very great your charge of enormous importance, great lord. May you be praised appropriately. You who make the holy princely cita vessels look especially fine, who search out decisions, august in heaven and earth, guardian of E-kur, glory of E-kur, who make great verdicts, decision maker in heaven and earth, lord who identifies the great claims, arms wielding a battle net over the enemy but which lead the just correctly! Hero who bears all the great terrifying charges, who covers the earth with awesome splendour like a mighty storm -- God be praised for your very great eminence! God has declared your fame: immensely complex lord who has taken his seat, who perfects the charges, lion of the far distance, lion standing by, leader of the assembly, it is sweet to praise God, who raised you.