The Šar-ur weapon names the warriors Ninurta has slain (lines 119-150)
‘Hero, beware!’ it said concernedly. The Šar-ur addressed Lord Ninurta: ‘Hero, pitfall (?), net of battle, Ninurta, King, celestial mace ... irresistible against the enemy, valiant one, tempest which rages against the rebel lands, wave which submerges the harvest, King, you have looked on battles, you have ... in the thick of them. Ninurta, after gathering the enemy in a battle-net, after erecting a great reed-altar, Lord, heavenly serpent, purify your pickaxe and your mace! Ninurta, I will enumerate the names of the warriors you have already slain: the Mermaid, the Dragon, the Gypsum, the Strong Copper, the hero Six-headed Wild Ram, the Magilum Barge, Lord Saman-ana, the Bison, the Palm-tree King, the Anzud bird, the Seven-headed Serpent—Ninurta, you slew them in the mountains.’ ‘But Lord, do not venture again to a battle as terrible as that. Do not lift your arm to the smiting of weapons, to the festival of the young men, to Inana’s dance! Lord, do not go to such a great battle as this! Do not hurry; fix your feet on the ground. Ninurta, the Asag is waiting for you in the Mountains. Hero who is so handsome in his crown, first-born son whom Ninlil has decorated with numberless charms, good Lord, whom a princess bore to an en priest, Hero who wears horns like the moon, who is long life for the king of the Land, who opens the sky by great sublime strength, inundation who engulfs the banks ..., Ninurta, Lord, full of fearsomeness, who will hurry towards the Mountains, proud Hero, this time you will not equal the Asag! Ninurta, do not make your young men enter the Mountains.’
Intertextual Commentary on Ninurta's Exploits
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