ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ME
Values: ba₁₃, išib, me, men₂

The death of Gilgameš (c.1.8.1.3), line c1813.3.F.38

^dgilgameš₂	gidim-bi-ta	ki-ta	ug₅-ga
DIĝIR-GIŠ.NEšEšIG.GA.MES (GIŠ.BIL₂.GA.MES)	GIDIM-BI-TA	KI-TA	UG₅-GA
gilgameš₂	gidim	ki	uš₂
Gilgameš (DN)	ghost	place	to die

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Paragraph t1813.p28 (line(s) 38-41) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

(Another god speaks:) "Let Gilgameš as a ghost, below among the dead, be the governor of the nether world. Let him be pre-eminent among the ghosts, so that he will pass judgments and render verdicts, and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninĝišzida and Dumuzid."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary