Plain text of A hymn to Kusu
1-8 O angry great butting bull! O torch! O great bull standing aggressively, coming forth from the deep waters, the pure place! O fire, ...... the palace ......, as he radiates great awesomeness, his countenance ......! O angry avenger (?) ......, bringing forth the great torch from the deep waters, lifting his head with the noble powers!
9-19 O antler-like horn of a mountain goat! Cedar, cypress, juniper and boxwood, white wool and black wool, white birch and black birch, a string of apples tied to a long string of figs, butter flowing from the holy cattle-pen and sheepfold ...... in the oven and purified by the torch, ...... reeds are tied up and lit .......
20-26 In their ...... Kusu has consecrated the ......, she has purified the oven. ......, she has filled the ...... purified ....... Kusu has then put numerous bulls and numerous sheep into the great oven. Kusu has then put numerous bulls and numerous loaves into the great oven.
27-33 Destiny, prosperity -- the wood of destiny, wood of prosperity, and the reeds of destiny, reeds of prosperity, adorn the holy cattle-pen. Through the wool from a fair lamb and the wool from a fair kid, the foremost, the right arm, lifting his head to heaven, receives water from the holy teats of heaven.
34-39 This water consecrates the heavens, it purifies the earth. It purifies the cattle in their pen. It purifies the sheep in their fold. It purifies the sun at the horizon. It purifies the moon at the zenith of heaven. Thus may it cleanse, may it cleanse the ...... of the house.
40-41 From Eridu (?) praise to the lady of the holy deep, .......