Symbolism

One thing you have to ask yourself is how does Ge’ez/Tigrinya translation give an accurate historical and contextual etymology which makes much more sense than the manistream translations. I will leave you to your own judgement.

Atra Ahasis – it is time to investigate – እተራ አሐሲስ

Atra hesus – It is the time for the inferiors – እተራ ሕጹጽ

Atra hase – It is time to make things right – እተራ ሀሴ

Ahasis – አሐሲስ – inquire, demand, scrutnize, investigate.

Hesa/Hayasa – ሔሰ\ሐየሰ – be better, be suitable, make things better.

Atra/Etera -እተራ – the turn of something. a time for something.

Hesus – ሕጹጽ – less, minor, insufficient, inferior, diminished.

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Atrahasis – Tablet 1 – line 1 – 7 then continues from Line 57 – 84 (Note – some of the tablets were damaged)

1 – ……..] what the eyes saw at that time, – ዐይኒ ነራአ እሽዑ

2 – …….] X he was like a minor horned Ox, – እንእስ ብዕራ ነረ

3 – ………..And he got angrier and angrier, – እባአሰ እባአሰ እማ

4 – And his horns at that time, like an arow, – እሽዐ ቀርኒ እል አሓጺ

5 – …..]X The biggest sacrifice was seen then – ግዛዐ ለዐቢ ርኢቱም

6 – ……] Enlil laughed እሳሐቀን ደኤንሊል

7 – …….] at that time, he didn’t laugh – ሽዑ ናይሳሐቀን

57 – Those who were whipped by the Lord – ማሊክ እል ቀርዐደም

58 –he ordered of those people’s eyes to be plucked out at that time, – እልክነም እነጽየ ዐይን ሰብ እቲ ሽዑ,

59 – Those who were whipped by the Lord Enlil – ማሊክ ኤንሊል እል ቀርዐደም

60 – he ordered of those people’s eyes to be plucked out at that time, – እልክነም እነጽየ ዐይን ሰብ እቲ ሽዑ,

61 – The Annunaki, nine of them were offended, – አኑን እማ ትሳዕ ተቀየማቶም

62 – He got hold of them, when he encountered them, – እታሐዘ እን በሉ ላቀበሎም

63 – They said, they heard through the holes – እሉ እሰምዑ እስቁር ሽዑ

64 -that their lives was in his hands, – እሳትም ነብሲ ሽዑ ንኢዱዩ እማ

65 – Then he forgave them – ማሐረ ሸዑ ንሳቶም

66 – The people who complained of suffering the things he did to them at that time, – ሰብ ስቃይ ሽዑ ነድገረ

67 – with their shoulders, – እተከሱ

68 – He grasped them and sent them – እታሐዞንም እላአኾንም

69 – every moment one will enter to get whipped by Enlil, – በብ ሳዐ አተ መኒ ቀርዐዲ ኤንሊል

70 – Just like the tens who came to fight, – መስል ለዐሰራቲ መጺኦም እባአሱ

71 – to burn his house, unless he keeps off his hands, – በየቱ ለወዕይ, ዴኤንሊል እየዐል ኢድ

72 – Just like the tens who came to fight, – መስል ለዐሰራቲ መጺኦም እባአሱ

73 – to burn ekur, unless he keeps off his hands, – እቃር ብውዕይ, ዴኤንሊል እየዐል ኢድ

74 – he understood what was happening when he looked at that time, – እቲ ዖቂ ደቅልቀል እት ሽዑ

75 – The house was blazing with fire, at once [ XX ]- እል ብዩት እስቋረ, እሒት

76 – when Nusku’s servants (chief visior of Enlil) looked through the window, – ደቅልቀል እደቂ ንስኪ

77 – The curses that they heard at that time,[……] – እርግማ እሰምዑ እሽዑ

78 – Nusku told his servants then, – ደንስኩ እደቂ በል እሽዑ

79 – where is the water, the fire is geeting worse – አይነ ምይ ልእሳት እቢኢሱ

80 – He said your house is burning, – በለ ለዋዒየ ቤትካ

81 – And when they met, he saw it, he teared up and weeped, – ቀበሎም እርእዩ ሻዐ እነባዕ በካ

82 – Enlil, your house is burning, – ዴኤንሊል ለዋዒየ ቤትካ

83 – 81 – And when they met, he saw it, he teared up and weeped, – ቀበሎም እርእዩ ሻዐ እነባዕ በካ

84 – Does Enlil XXXXXXX get defeated because the the people rose up. – ዴኤንሊል ይሳዐር ድዩ እነ ሰብ ተሲኡ.

To be continued…

below is the the translation by Wilfred G. Lambert and Alan R. Millard for comparison

1 – let us kill him,

2 – let us break the yoke !

3 – opened his mouth,

4 – And addressed, the God’s, his brothers,

5 – The chamberlain of old time

6 – Enlil will appoint,

7 – will appoint another,

57 -The counsellor of the God’s, the hero,

58 – come, let us unnerve him in his dwelling !

59 – Enlil, counsellor of the God’s, the hero,

60 – come, let us unnerve him in his dwelling !

61 – Now, proclaim, War,

62 – Let us mingle hostilities and battle,

63 – The God’s heeded his words,

64 – They set fire to their tools,

65 – Fires to their spades they put,

66 – And flames to their hods,

68 – They held them as they went,

69 – to the gate of the shrine of the hero Enlil,

70 – It was night half-way through the watch,

71 – The temple was surrounded, but the God did not know,

72 – It was night half-way through the watch,

73 – Ekur was surrounded, but Enlil did not know,

74 – KalKal observed it and was disturbed,

75 – He slid the bolt and watched,

76 – Kalkal roused Nusku,

77 – And they listened to the noise of …

78 – Nusku roused his Lord,

79 – He got him out of his bed,

80 – My Lord, your temple is surrounded,

81 – battle has come right up to your gate,

82 – Enlil, your temple is surrounded,

83 – Battle has come right up to your gate,

84 – Enlil…….to his dwelling.