ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GUM (KUM)
Values: gum, kum, nag̃a₄, qum

Gilgameš and the bull of heaven (c.1.8.1.2), line c1812.1.B.61

^ĝišĝišnimbar	unug^ki-ga	al-kud-de₃	ka-bi-še₃	i₃-gur-gur
ĝIš-ĝIšNIMBAR	UNUG-KI-GA	AL-KUD-DE₃	KA-BI-šE₃	I₃-GUR-GUR
ĝišnimbar	unug	kud	ka	gur
date palm	Unug (SN)	to cut	mouth	to turn

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Paragraph t1812.p13 (line(s) 55-63) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

In masculine fashion, the maiden Inana grasped it by the lapis-lazuli tether. Holy Inana brought the Bull of Heaven { out } { (1 ms. has instead:) down }. At Unug, the Bull devoured the pasture, and drank the water of the river in great slurps. With each slurp it used up one mile of the river, but its thirst was not satisfied. It devoured the pasture and stripped the land bare. It broke up the palm trees of Unug, as it bent them to fit them into its mouth. When it was standing, the Bull submerged Unug. { The aura } { (1 ms. has instead:) the name } of the Bull of Heaven submerged Kulaba.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary