The Lost Book of Enki

by Zecharia Sitchin

  To his right Enki was seated; Enlil was seated on Anu’s left.

  On Enki’s right Anzu and Nungal were seated; Abgal and Alalgar to the left of Enlil sat.

  Before these Seven Who Judge Alalu was brought; his hands and feet were untied.

  Enlil was first to speak: In fairness a wrestling match was held, Alalu the kingship to Anu forfeited!

  What say you, Alalu? Enki him this question asked.

  In fairness the wrestling match was held, the kingship I forfeited! Alalu said.

  Having been vanquished, Alalu an abominable crime performed, the malehood of Anu he bit and swallowed!

  Thus did Enlil the accusation of the crime make. Death is the punishment! Enlil was saying.

  What say you, Alalu? Enki his father-by-marriage asked.

  There was silence; Alalu the question did not answer.

  We all the crime did witness! Alalgar was saying. Judgment must be in accordance!

  If words you wish to utter, speak before the judging! Enki to Alalu said.

  In the silence Alalu slowly began to speak:

  On Nibiru I was king, by right of succession I was reigning;

  Anu was my cupbearer. The princes he aroused, to a wrestling he me challenged;

  For nine counted circuits I was king on Nibiru, to my seed kingship was belonging.

  On my throne seat Anu himself sat, to escape death to distant Earth I made a dangerous journey.

  Salvation for Nibiru I, Alalu, on the alien planet discovered!

  Return to Nibiru I was promised, in fairness the throne to regain!

  Then to Earth came Ea; the one by compromise the next to reign Nibiru he was designated.

  Then came Enlil, the succession from Anu to himself claiming.

  Then Anu came, by lots he tricked Ea; Enki, the Lord of Earth, he was proclaimed,

  Of Earth, not of Nibiru, to be the master.

  Then to Enlil command was granted, Enki to the distant Abzu was delegated.

  My heart of all that was aching, my chest from shame and anger was bursting;

  Then Anu his foot upon my chest placed, upon my aching heart he was treading!

  In the silence Anu spoke up: By royal seed and law, by fair wrestling did I gain the throne.

  My malehood you bit off and swallowed, my offspring line to discontinue!

  Enlil spoke up: To the crime the accused admitted, let the judgment come,

  Let death the punishment be!

  Death! said Alalgar. Death! said Abgal. Death! said Nungal.

  Death to Alalu by itself will be coming, what he had swallowed in his innards death will bring! Enki was saying.

  Let Alalu for the rest of his days on Earth be in prison! Anzu was saying.

  Their words Anu was contemplating; anger and pity both him engulfed.

  To die in exile, let this be the judgment! Anu was saying.

  In amazement the judges at each other glanced. What Anu was saying they wondered.

  Neither on Earth nor on Nibiru shall the exiling be! Anu was saying.

  On the way there is the Lahmu planet, with waters and an atmosphere it is endowed.

  Enki, as Ea, thereon made a pause; of it as a way station have I been thinking.

  Its netforce is less than that of Earth forceful, an advantage in wisdom to be considered;

  In the celestial chariot Alalu shall be taken,

  On my departing from Earth he with me shall make the journey.

  Around the planet Lahmu we shall make circuits, to Alalu a sky chamber we shall provide,

  To the planet Lahmu in it he will be descended.

  Alone on a strange planet an exile he shall be,

  His days to his last day by himself to count!

  Thus did Anu words of judgment utter, in solemnity were the words intended.

  By unanimity was this judgment upon Alalu imposed, in the presence of the heroes it was announced.

  Let Nungal be my pilot to Nibiru, therefrom chariots bearing heroes again to Earth to pilot.

  Let Anzu join for the journey, of the descent to Lahmu take charge!

  So did Anu commandments utter.

  On the morrow departing was readied; all who depart by boats to the chariot were ferried.

  A place for landings on firm soil you must prepare! Anu to Enlil was saying.

  How Lahmu as a way station to utilize, plans you should be making!

  Farewells there were, both joy and sorrow.

  Limping did Anu on the chariot embark, with his hands tied did Alalu the chariot enter.

  Then to the heavens the chariot soared up, and the royal visit had ended.

  They around the Moon made a circuit; Anu by the sight was enchanted.

  Toward red-hued Lahmu they journeyed, twice about it they circled.

  Lower toward the strange planet they came, mountains sky-high and tears in the surface they noticed.

  Where Ea’s chariot had once landed they observed; by a lakeside it was located.

  Slowed by Lahmu netpower, in the chariot the sky chamber they readied.

  Anzu, its pilot, then unexpected words to Anu was saying:

  With Alalu to the firm soil of Lahmu I shall descend,

  With the sky chamber to the chariot to return I wish not!

  With Alalu on the strange planet I shall stay; until he dies I shall protect him.

  When he dies of his innards’ poison, as befits a king him I shall bury!

  As for me, I shall have made my name;

  Anzu, they will say, against all odds to a king in exile a companion was,

  He saw things by others unseen, on a strange planet he faced unknown things!

  Anzu, they will to the end of times shall say, like a hero has fallen!

  There were tears in the eyes of Alalu, there was amazement in the heart of Anu.

  Your wish shall be honored, to Anzu Anu said. Hereby let a promise by me to you be made,

  By my raised hand to you I this swear:

  On the next journey a chariot by Lahmu shall circuit, its skyship to you shall descend.

  If alive it shall find you, the master of Lahmu you shall be proclaimed;

  When a way station on Lahmu shall be established, its commander you shall be!

  Anzu bowed his head. So be it! to Anu he said.

  Into the sky chamber Alalu and Anzu were ushered,

  With Eagles’ helmets and Fishes’ suits they were provided, with food and tools they were supplied.

  From the circling chariot the skyship departed, from the chariot its descent was observed.

  Then from view it disappeared, and the chariot to Nibiru continued.

  For nine Shars was Alalu king on Nibiru, for eight Shars Eridu he commanded.

  In the ninth Shar, to die in exile on Lahmu was his fate.

  Now this is the account of the return of Anu to Nibiru,

  And how Alalu on Lahmu was buried, how Enlil on Earth the Landing Place built.

  On Nibiru there was for Anu a joyous welcome.

  Of what had happened to the council and the princes Anu gave account;

  Neither pity nor vengeance from them all he sought.

  To discuss the tasks ahead he them all instructed.

  To the assembled a vision great in scope he outlined:

  Way stations from Nibiru to Earth to establish, all the Sun’s family in one kingdom to encompass!

  The first on Lahmu to be fashioned, the Moon for the plans also to be considered;

  On the other planets or their circling hosts stations to set up,

  A chain a constant caravan of chariots to supply and safeguard,

  The gold from Earth without interruptions to Nibiru bring, perchance gold elsewhere to also find!

  The counselors, the princes, the savants Anu’s plans considered,

  The salvation of Nibiru in the plans they all a promise saw.

  Savants and commanders knowledge of the celestial gods perfected,

  To chariots and skyships a new kind, rocketshi
ps, were added.

  Heroes for the tasks were selected, for the tasks there was much learning.

  The plans to Enki and Enlil were beamed over, preparations on Earth to hurry they were told.

  On Earth of what had happened and what to be done is required there was much discussion.

  Enki Alalgar to be of Eridu the Overseer appointed, his own steps to the Abzu he directed;

  Where to obtain gold from Earth’s bowels he then determined.

  What heroes to the task are needed he calculated, what tools were required he contemplated:

  An Earth Splitter with cleverness Enki designed, on Nibiru that it be fashioned he requested,

  Therewith in the Earth to make a gash, its innards reach by way of tunnels;

  That-Which-Crunches and That-Which-Crushes he also designed, on Nibiru for the Abzu to be fashioned.

  Of other matters Nibiru’s savants he to contemplate asked.

  Of matters of health and well-being of heroes the needs he listed.

  To the heroes Earth’s quick circuits were upsetting,

  Earth’s quick day and night cycles dizziness were causing.

  The atmosphere, though good, was in some things lacking, in others too abundant;

  Of the sameness of the food the heroes were complaining.

  Enlil, the commander, by the heat of the Sun on Earth was afflicted, for coolness and shade he was longing.

  While in the Abzu Enki preparations was making,

  Enlil in his skyship the extent of the Edin was surveying.

  Of mountains and rivers he took account, of valleys and plains the measures he took.

  Where a Landing Place to establish, a place for the rocketships, he was seeking.

  Enlil, by the heat of the Sun afflicted, for a place of coolness and shade was searching.

  To snow-covered mountains on the Edin’s north side he took a liking,

  The tallest trees he ever saw grew there in a cedar forest.

  There above a mountain valley with power beams the surface he flattened.

  Great stones from the hillside the heroes quarried and to size cut.

  To uphold the platform with skyships they carried and emplaced them.

  With satisfaction did Enlil the handiwork consider,

  A work beyond belief indeed it was, a structure of everlasting!

  An abode for himself, on the crest of the mountain, was his desire.

  Of the tall trees in the cedar forest long beams were prepared,

  Of them the construction of an abode for himself he decreed:

  The Abode of the North Crest he named it.

  On Nibiru, a new celestial chariot for soaring off was prepared,

  New kinds of rocketships, skyships, and that which Enki had designed it was transporting.

  A fresh group of fifty from Nibiru it was taking; chosen females among them were.

  By Ninmah, Exalted Lady, were they commanded; in succor and healing were they trained.

  Ninmah, Exalted Lady, a daughter of Anu she was; a half sister, not a full sister, of Enki and Enlil she was.

  In succor and healing she was greatly learned, in the treating of ailments she excelled.

  To the complaints from Earth she gave much attention, a healing was she preparing!

  The course of prior chariots, on Tablets of Destinies recorded, Nungal its pilot did follow.

  Unharmed it reached the celestial god Lahmu; it circled the planet, slowly to its surface it descended.

  A faint beaming a group of heroes followed; Ninmah was going with them.

  Beside a lakeshore Anzu they found; from his helmet the signals were beaming.

  Anzu himself was without motion, prostrate, he lay dead.

  Ninmah touched his face, to his heart she gave attention.

  From her pouch she took out the Pulser; upon Anzu’s heart pulsing she directed.

  From her pouch she took out the Emitter, its crystals’ life-giving emissions on his body she directed.

  Sixty times did Ninmah direct the Pulser, sixty times the Emitter she directed;

  On the sixtieth time Anzu his eyes opened, with his lips he motioned.

  Gently upon his face Ninmah Water of Life poured, his lips with it wetting.

  Gently into his mouth the Food of Life she placed;

  Then the miracle did happen: Anzu from the dead arose!

  About Alalu they him then inquired; of Alalu’s death Anzu them told.

  He led them to a great rock, from the plain heavenward protruding.

  There to them what had happened he was telling:

  Alalu soon after the landing from unremitting pain to scream began.

  From his mouth his innards he was spitting; in agony he peered over the wall!

  Thus was Anzu to them saying.

  He led them to a great rock, like a mountain from the plain heavenward rising.

  In the great rock a cave I found, Alalu’s corpse therein I hid,

  Its entrance with stones I covered. So was Anzu to them saying.

  They followed him to the rock, the stones they removed, the cave they entered.

  Inside what of Alalu remained they found;

  He who once on Nibiru a king was a pile of bones was in a cave now lying!

  For the first time in our annals, a king not on Nibiru has died, not on Nibiru was he buried!

  So did Ninmah say. Let him in peace for eternity rest! she was saying.

  They the cave’s entrance again with stones covered;

  The image of Alalu upon the great rock mountain with beams they carved.

  They showed him wearing an Eagle’s helmet; his face they made uncovered.

  Let the image of Alalu forever gaze toward Nibiru that he ruled,

  Toward the Earth whose gold he discovered!

  So Ninmah, Exalted Lady, in the name of her father Anu did declare.

  As for you, Anzu, to you Anu the king his promise shall be keeping!

  Twenty heroes with you here shall remain, the way station’s building to begin;

  Rocketships from Earth the golden ores shall here deliver,

  Celestial chariots from here the gold to Nibiru shall then transport.

  Hundreds of heroes their abode on Lahmu shall make,

  You, Anzu, shall be their commander!

  Thus did the Great Lady, in the name of her father Anu, to Anzu say.

  My life I owe to you, Great Lady! So was Anzu saying. My gratitude to Anu shall limits not have!

  From the planet Lahmu the chariot departed; toward Earth the journey it continued.

  THE FIFTH TABLET

  Synopsis of the Fifth Tablet

  Ninmah arrives on Earth with a group of female nurses

  She delivers seeds to grow elixir-providing plants

  She brings Enlil news of their out-of-wedlock son Ninurta

  In the Abzu Enki establishes an abode and mining sites

  In the Edin Enlil builds space and other facilities

  Nibiruans on Earth (“Anunnaki”) number six hundred

  Three hundred “Igigi” operate the facilities on Lahmu (Mars)

  Exiled for date-raping Sud, Enlil learns of the hidden weapons

  Sud becomes Enlil’s spouse Ninlil, bears a son (Nannar)

  Ninmah joins Enki in the Abzu, bears him daughters

  Ninki, Enki’s spouse, arrives with their son Marduk

  Clans form on Earth as Enki and Enlil beget more sons

  Beset by hardships, the Igigi launch a coup against Enlil

  Ninurta defeats their leader Anzu in aerial battles

  The Anunnaki, driven to produce gold faster, mutiny

  Enlil and Ninurta denounce the mutineers

  Enki suggests to artificially fashion Primitive Workers

  Enlil, Ninmah, Enki, and Isimud (Sumerian depiction)

  From the planet Lahmu the chariot departed, toward Earth the journey it continued.

  Around the Moon they made circuits, a way station thereon to explore.

&nbs
p; Around the Earth they made circuits, toward a splashdown slowing.

  In the waters beside Eridu did Nungal the chariot bring down.

  To a quay, by Enlil constructed, they stepped off; boats were no longer needed.

  Enlil and Enki their sister with embraces greeted, with Nungal the pilot they locked arms.

  The heroes, male and female, by the present heroes were with shouts greeted.

  All that the chariot had brought was quickly unloaded:

  Rocketships and skyships, and the tools by Enki designed, and provisions of all kinds.

  Of all that on Nibiru transpired, of the death and burying of Alalu, Ninmah her brothers told;

  Of the way station on Lahmu and the commanding by Anzu she to them related.

  Enki of that uttered approval, Enlil words of bewilderment uttered.

  That is Anu’s decision, his word is unalterable! Ninmah to Enlil was saying.

  For the maladies relief I have brought, Ninmah to her brothers said.

  From her pouch a bag of seeds she brought out, seeds in the soil to be sown;

  A host of bushes from the seeds shall sprout, a juicy fruit they will produce.

  The juice an elixir shall form, for drinking by the heroes it shall be good.

  Their ailments it will chase away; happier their mood it shall make!

  In a cool place the seeds need to be sown, by warmth and water need they nourishing!

  So did Ninmah to her brothers say.

  The place that for this is perfect I will to you show! Enlil to her said.

  It is where the Landing Place was fashioned, where an abode of cedarwood I have made!

  In Enlil’s skyship the two of them, Enlil and Ninmah, skyward soared;

  To the Landing Place in the snow-covered mountains, by the cedar forest, brother and sister went.

  On the great stone platform the skyship landed, to Enlil’s abode they went.

  Once inside, Enlil embraced her, with fervor he kissed Ninmah.

  Oh my sister, my beloved! Enlil to her whispered. By her loins he grabbed her,

  Into her womb his semen he did not pour.

  Of our son Ninurta word I bring you! Ninmah to him softly said.

  A young prince he is, for adventure he is ready, to join you on Earth he is prepared!

  If here you stay, let us Ninurta our son bring over! Enlil to her said.

  To the Landing Place heroes were arriving, rocketships by skyships to the platform they carried.

  From the pouch of Ninmah the seeds were obtained, in the valley’s soil they were sown,