![]() ![]() The Black-headed people I ruled and governed…” The river bore me up, it carried me to Akki the irrigator.Īkki the irrigator lifted me up when he drew water Īkki, the irrigator, as his son made me and reared me.Īkki, the irrigator, appointed me as his gardener.Īnd for four and fifty years I exercised Kingship. She cast me into the river it did not sink me. She set me in a basket of rushes, with bitumen sealed the lid. My mother, the high priestess, who conceived me, in secret she bore me. My mother was a high priestess I knew not my father… “ Sargon, the mighty king of Agade, am I. …”Ī text known as “The Legend of Sargon ” records, in Sargon’s own words, his very odd personal history: While I was a gardener, Ishtar ( Inanna ) granted me her love,Īnd for four and years I exercised kingship. The river bore me up and carried me to Akki, the drawer of water.Īkki, the drawer of water, took me as his son and reared me.Īkki, the drawer of water, appointed me as his gardener. She cast me into the river which rose over me. She set me in a basket of rushes, with bitumen she sealed my lid. My high priestess mother conceived me, in secret she bore me. My city is Azupiranu, which is situated on the banks of the Euphrates. The brothers of my father loved the hills. “ My mother was a high priestess, my father I knew not. ( gods in blue … mixed-breed demigods in teal …) Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. ![]()
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