ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ZI/ZI
Values: part of compound
The Flood story (c.1.7.4), line c174.D.8
šuldutuĝiš-nu11-ni-daĝišma2gur4-gur4-še3ba-an-kur9-re-en
šulutuĝiš-nu11ma2gur4kur9
young manUtu (DN)lightboatto be thickto enter
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Paragraph t174.p7 (line(s) 1-11) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
All the windstorms and gales arose together, and the flood swept over the ……. After the flood had swept over the land, and waves and windstorms had rocked the huge boat for seven days and seven nights, Utu the sun god came out, illuminating heaven and earth. Zi-ud-sura could drill an opening in the huge boat and the hero Utu entered the huge boat with his rays. Zi-ud-sura the king prostrated himself before Utu. The king sacrificed oxen and offered innumerable sheep.
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