ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NISAG
Values: nesag̃
How grain came to Sumer (c.1.7.6), line c176.21
dnin-ma-dašudu3an-na-ke4mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
DIĝIR-NIN-MA-DAKA׊UAN-NA-KE4MU-NA-NI-IB-GI4-GI4
nin-ma-dašudu3angi4
Ninmada (DN)prayerAn (DN)to return
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Paragraph t176.p3 (line(s) 21-27) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Ninmada, the worshipper of An, replied to him: "Since our father has not given the command, since Enlil has not given the command, how can we go there to the mountain? How can we bring down the barley from its mountain? How can we introduce the innuḫa grain into Sumer? How can we make barley known in Sumer, which knows no barley?"
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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