ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GU%GU (SUḪ3)
Values: saḫ4, suḫ3
Ninĝišzida's journey to the nether world (c.1.7.3), line c173.19
u3-mu-un-mu-zid-da-ke4ga-ba-de3-u5šeššeš-ĝu10ga-ba-de3-u5
IGI.DIB (U3)-MU-UN-MU-ZID-DA-KE4GA-BA-DE3-HU.SI (U5)šEššEš-ĝU10GA-BA-DE3-HU.SI (U5)
nin-ĝiš-zid-da (ES: u3-mu-un-mu-zid-da)u5šeššešu5
Ninĝišzida (DN)to ridebrotherbrotherto ride
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Paragraph t173.p5 (line(s) 15-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"My young man Damu, let me sail away with you, { brother } { (1 ms. has instead:) my brother }, let me sail away with you. Ištaran of the bright visage, let me sail away with you, { brother } { (1 ms. has instead:) my brother }, let me sail away with you. Alla, master of the battle-net, let me sail away with you, { brother } { (1 ms. has instead:) my brother }, let me sail away with you. Lugal-šud-e, let me sail away with you, { brother } { (1 ms. has instead:) my brother }, let me sail away with you. { (1 ms. adds 1 line:) Lugal-ki-bura, let me sail away with you, my brother, let me sail away with you. } Ninĝišzida, let me sail away with you, { brother } { (1 ms. has instead:) my brother }, let me sail away with you. { (1 ms. adds 2 lines:) My brother, let me sail on your barge with you, my brother, let me sail away with you. Let me sail on your splendid barge with you, my brother, let me sail away with you. }"
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