From Lugalbanda:
“An will fetch Ninguenaka for me from her mountain home — the expert woman, who redounds to her mother’s credit, Ninkasi the expert, who redounds to her mother’s credit: her fermenting-vat is of green lapis lazuli, her beer cask is of refined silver and of gold; if she stands by the beer, there is joy, if she sits by the beer, there is gladness; as cupbearer she mixes the beer, never wearying as she walks back and forth, Ninkasi, the keg at her side, on her hips; may she make my beer-serving perfect.”
left: A Sumerian beer recipe. right: Receipt for a shipment of “best” beer from a brewer, c. 2050 BC from the Sumerian city of Umma.
text from:
(Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature) Lugalbanda and Enmerkar [Sumerian texts and English translations]:
23657. Lugalbanda
23658. Lugalbanda and the Mountain Cave
23659. Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
23660. Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana
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