ETCSLglossingSignSign name: IGI
Values: ge8, gi8, igi, lib4, lim, ši
How grain came to Sumer (c.1.7.6), line c176.25
šekur-baa-na-gin7-namim-ta-ab-ed3-de3-en-de3-en
šekura-na-gin7ed3
barley(mountain) landhowto go down or up
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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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