ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: IGI.NAGAR.BU
Values: ildum2

Enki and Ninḫursaĝa (c.1.1.1), line c111.124
i3li-gin7i3li-gin7i3-ḫe-nun-na-gin7
I3LI-GIN7I3LI-GIN7I3-ḫE-NUN-NA-GIN7
i3lii3lii3-ḫe-nun-na
fatty substancefinefatty substancefinetype of oil
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Paragraph t111.p21 (line(s) 117-126) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
First he put his feet in the boat, next he put them on dry land. He clasped her to the bosom, kissed her, Enki poured semen into the womb and she conceived the semen in the womb, the semen of Enki. But her one month was one day, but her nine months were nine days. In the month of womanhood, like fine (?) oil, like fine (?) oil, like oil of abundance, Ninkura, like fine (?) oil, like fine (?) oil, like oil of abundance, gave birth to Uttu, the exalted (?) woman.
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