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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ŠE.NAGA
Values: nisaba

Ninĝišzida's journey to the nether world (c.1.7.3), line c173.31

udu	kur-ra-ke₄	siki	nu-de₂	tug₂	nu-mu-un-na-ab-TUKU₅-TUKU₅	za-e	ta	u₅-de₃
UDU	KUR-RA-KE₄	SIK₂	NU-DE₂	TUG₂	NU-MU-UN-NA-AB-TUKU₅-TUKU₅	ZA-E	TA	HU.SI (U₅)-DE₃
udu	kur	siki	de₂	tug₂	tuku₅	za	a-na (ES: ta)	u₅
sheep	(mountain) land	hair	to pour	garment	to weave	you (sg.)	what	to ride

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Paragraph t173.p7 (line(s) 29-37) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"The river of the nether world produces no water, no water is drunk from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } The fields of the nether world produce no grain, no flour is eaten from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } The sheep of the nether world produce no wool, no cloth is woven from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } As for me, even if my mother digs as if for a canal, I shall not be able to drink the water meant for me. The waters of springtime will not be poured for me as they are for the tamarisks; I shall not sit in the shade intended for me. The dates I should bear like a date palm will not reveal (?) their beauty for me. I am a field threshed by my demon -- you would scream at it. He has put manacles on my hands -- you would scream at it. He has put a neck-stock on my neck -- you would scream at it."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary