ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KA×ŠU
Values: šudu₃

The Flood story (c.1.7.4), line c174.D.8

šul	^dutu	ĝiš-nu₁₁-ni-da	^ĝišma₂	gur₄-gur₄-še₃	ba-an-kur₉-re-en
šul	utu	ĝiš-nu₁₁	ma₂	gur₄	kur₉
young man	Utu (DN)	light	boat	to be thick	to 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.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary