ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: TAG
Values: sub₆, šum, tag, tibir, tuku₅, zil₂

Ninurta's return to Nibru: a šir-gida to Ninurta (c.1.6.1), line c161.171

ki-sur-ra	uru₂-ĝa₂	pu₂	a	dug₃-ga	ki-en-gi-ra	ḫe₂-a
KI-SUR-RA	URU₂-ĝA₂	PU₂	A	DUG₃-GA	KI-EN-GI-RA	ḫE₂-A
ki-sur-ra	iri (ES: uru₂)	pu₂	a	dug₃	ki-en-gi	me
territory	town	(water) hole	water	to be good	Sumer (GN)	to be

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Paragraph t161.p34 (line(s) 168-174) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Let my beloved city, the sanctuary Nibru, raise its head as high as heaven. Let my city be pre-eminent among the cities of my brothers. Let my temple rise (?) the highest …… among the temples of my brothers. Let the territory of my city be the freshwater well of Sumer. Let the Anuna, my brother gods, bow down there. Let their flying birds establish nests in my city. Let their refugees refresh themselves in my shade."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary