ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GIR₃×GAN₂tenu (GIR₃×KAR₂)
Values: gir₁₆, giri₁₆, girid₂

The marriage of Martu (c.1.7.1), line c171.81

kug-zu	me-da	tum₃	za-zu	me-da	tum₃
kug	me-ta	de₆	za	me-ta	de₆
precious metal	type of time and place adverbial	to carry	stone	type of time and place adverbial	to carry

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Paragraph t171.p9 (line(s) 76-83) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Rejoicing over Martu, Numušda offered him silver, but he would not accept it. He offered jewels, but he would not accept them. Having done so a second time, having done so a third time (Martu says): "Where does your silver lead? Where do your jewels lead? I, Martu, would rather marry your daughter, I would rather marry your daughter Adĝar-kidug." (8 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary