ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: UB
Values: ar₂, ub, up

Inana and An (c.1.3.5), line c135.D.43

i₃-ne-eš₂-ta	ud-da	šid-bi	ba-da-tur	ud	ĝi₆-bi-a	ba-da-bur₂
I₃-NE-Eš₂-TA	UD-DA	šID-BI	BA-DA-TUR	UD	ĝI₆-BI-A	BA-DA-BUR₂
i₃-ne-eš₂-ta	ud	šid	tur	ud	ĝi₆	bur₂
henceforth	day(light)	to count	to be small	day(light)	night	to release

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Paragraph t135.p18 (line(s) 39-45) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Having heard those words, An slapped his thighs in ……, his voice filled with sighs of grief: "What has my child done? She has become greater than me! What has Inana done? She has become greater than me! From now on, the normal length of daylight becomes shorter, and daylight converts to night-time. From today, when the day's watch is three units long, daylight is equal to night-time." And now, when day began, it was indeed so.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary