ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ŠUBUR
Values: šaḫ, šubur
Gilgameš and the bull of heaven (c.1.8.1.2), line c1812.1.B.88
dumuiri-namu-un-da-ni-re7-eš-am3amarĝišnu-zusaḫarba-e-ne-ši-dul5
dumuiriĝenamarĝišzusaḫardul
childtownto gocalftreeto knowearthto cover (together)
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Paragraph t1812.p16 (line(s) 84-90) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Inana watched from the top of the ramparts. The Bull bellowed in the dust, and Gilgameš walked (?) at its head as Enkidu climbed up the rope of its ……. Their fellow-citizens came along ……. It covered them with dust, like a young calf unused to the yoke. { Enkidu stood behind the Bull and went round ……. } { (1 ms. has instead:) He put …… and seized its tail. } He spoke to his master Gilgameš:
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