ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: MES
Values: kišib, meš₃

Inana's descent to the nether world (c.1.4.1), line c141.120

e₂-gal	ganzer	dili-bi	^ĝišig-bi	šu	ḫa-ba-an-us₂
E₂-GAL	IGI.KUR.ZA	DILI-BI	ĝIš-IG-BI	ŠU	ḫA-BA-AN-US₂
e₂-gal	ganzer	dili	ig	šu	us₂
palace	Ganzer (GN)	single	door	hand	to be adjacent

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Paragraph t141.p21 (line(s) 114-122) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

When she heard this, Ereškigala slapped the side of her thigh. She bit her lip and took the words to heart. She said to Neti, her chief doorman: "Come Neti, my chief doorman of the underworld, don't neglect the instructions I will give you. Let the seven gates of the underworld be bolted. Then let each door of the palace Ganzer be opened separately. As for her, after she has entered, and crouched down and had her clothes removed, they will be carried away."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary