ETCSLglossing | Sign name: IGI Values: ge8, gi8, igi, lib4, lim, ši |
a-a | tud-da-gin7 | me | nam | tar-tar-ra | me | za-e | al-me-en-na |
A-A | TUD-DA-GIN7 | ME | NAM | TAR-TAR-RA | ME | ZA-E | AL-ME-EN-NA |
a-a | tud | me | nam | tar | me | za | me |
father | to give birth | essence | destiny | to cut | essence | you (sg.) | to be |
Enki …… brought joy to their heart. He set a feast for his mother Namma and for Ninmaḫ. All the princely birth-goddesses (?) …… ate delicate reed (?) and bread. An, Enlil, and Lord Nudimmud roasted holy kids. All the senior gods praised him: "O lord of wide understanding, who is as wise as you? Enki, the great lord, who can equal your actions? Like a corporeal father, you are the one who has the me of deciding destinies, in fact you are the me." |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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