ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: ZU.AB
Values: abzu
Gilgameš and Aga (c.1.8.1.1), line c1811.25
gub-gub-bu-de3tuš-tuš-u3-de3
gubtuš
to standto sit
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Paragraph t1811.p4 (line(s) 24-29) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
In the convened assembly, his city's able-bodied men answered Gilgameš: ""Standing on duty and sitting in attendance, escorting the king's son, and forever grasping the donkey's reins -- who has that much breath?", as the saying goes. You old men should not submit to the house of Kiš! Should we young men not smite it with weapons?"
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