ETCSLglossing | Sign name: MUŠ3 Values: inana, muš3, sed6, suḫ10, šuba4 |
ĝe26-e | ama-ĝu10 | id2-gin7 | mu-un-ba-al-la2-aš | a-ĝu10 | ba-ra-mu-un-naĝ |
ĝE26-E | AMA-ĝU10 | A.LAGAB×HAL (A.ENGUR)-GIN7 | MU-UN-BA-AL-LA2-Aš | A-ĝU10 | BA-RA-MU-UN-NAĝ |
ĝe26 | ama | id2 | ba-al | a | naĝ |
I | mother | watercourse | to dig | water | to drink |
"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 |
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