Nanooj-Nanoch
Nanooj-Nanoch (also transcribed as Nonuuj-Nonukk among other variations) are a group of mythological deities in ancient Mesopotamian culture, described in a single tablet (discovered in 2012) in a previously unknown language. The Nanooj-Nanoch were referred to as the 'NN' in fear of uttering their full name (similar to: Tetragrammaton). The name itself is only found once on the sole surviving tablet, in the text of a divination ritual along with a prohibition of speaking the name aloud except by an unexplained group of clergy called the “Order of Daughters.”
In 2012, cuneiform tablets were found in Western Turkey at the Zirayet Tepe archaeological site (see: Tushhan), literally translated as “pilgrimage mound”, containing a list of women's names in various languages and a set of fragments concerning NN (see below). The cuneiform script on the tablets was used to record a forgotten ancient language dating to the Assyrian Empire, making them over 2,500 years old. A strong similarity has been suggested with the name and mythology for the Akkadian and Sumerian deities, Anunnaki, translated as either “those who come from Heaven and Earth” or “princely offspring” depending on the source. The NN are given the title: “the ones who begin” or alternately translated as “the begetters” emphasizing the “beginning” as a process of reproduction with loose similarity to the words for “lineage” and “father” in related languages.
Some evidence suggests that the women listed in the first stone were coming together from distant places for some reason, perhaps to gather around this second stone in a form of early pilgrimage. Another theory is that there was originally a third object, a relic, around which some form of ritual was performed - maybe even the object given by the NN cited in the text itself.
Among other fragments, the following have been translated, shedding light on this lost language and civilization:
When all nations forgot the Great Birth, NN, the begetters, descended from the heavens upon the land and scorched it and the foulest perished with the sons of the animals…thereupon, the children of NN were once again given the kingdom; and Nanu-jar was king, named after the begetters, and reigned for 144,000 years bestowing unending warfare… was given by the begetters to remember the Birth and the Restoration…banished the sons of hair to the underworld …
Among the damaged sections of text, an ancient description of weaponry is found, literally translated as “water-lightning” and “fire-rivers” pouring from the “winged vessels ” in the hands of the NN (see: Greek Fire)
Outside of mainstream archaeology, Nanooj-Nanoch has been connected with the Ancient astronaut hypothesis and the work of Zecharia Sitchin concerning Anunnaki and alien beings.
In 2012, cuneiform tablets were found in Western Turkey at the Zirayet Tepe archaeological site (see: Tushhan), literally translated as “pilgrimage mound”, containing a list of women's names in various languages and a set of fragments concerning NN (see below). The cuneiform script on the tablets was used to record a forgotten ancient language dating to the Assyrian Empire, making them over 2,500 years old. A strong similarity has been suggested with the name and mythology for the Akkadian and Sumerian deities, Anunnaki, translated as either “those who come from Heaven and Earth” or “princely offspring” depending on the source. The NN are given the title: “the ones who begin” or alternately translated as “the begetters” emphasizing the “beginning” as a process of reproduction with loose similarity to the words for “lineage” and “father” in related languages.
Some evidence suggests that the women listed in the first stone were coming together from distant places for some reason, perhaps to gather around this second stone in a form of early pilgrimage. Another theory is that there was originally a third object, a relic, around which some form of ritual was performed - maybe even the object given by the NN cited in the text itself.
Among other fragments, the following have been translated, shedding light on this lost language and civilization:
When all nations forgot the Great Birth, NN, the begetters, descended from the heavens upon the land and scorched it and the foulest perished with the sons of the animals…thereupon, the children of NN were once again given the kingdom; and Nanu-jar was king, named after the begetters, and reigned for 144,000 years bestowing unending warfare… was given by the begetters to remember the Birth and the Restoration…banished the sons of hair to the underworld …
Among the damaged sections of text, an ancient description of weaponry is found, literally translated as “water-lightning” and “fire-rivers” pouring from the “winged vessels ” in the hands of the NN (see: Greek Fire)
Outside of mainstream archaeology, Nanooj-Nanoch has been connected with the Ancient astronaut hypothesis and the work of Zecharia Sitchin concerning Anunnaki and alien beings.
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