ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: EN.ME.GI
Values: engiz

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.167
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DIĝIR-GIŠ.NEšEšIG.GA.MES (GIŠ.BIL2.GA.MES)ER2IM-MA-AN-PAD3Ø-ØI3-ĝA2-ĝA2
gilgameš2er2pad3šexĝar
Gilgameš (DN)tearto findweepingto place
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Paragraph t1814.p12 (line(s) 166-175) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
At the gate of Ganzer, in front of the nether world, he sat down. Gilgameš wept, crying bitterly: "O my ball (?)! O my mallet (?)! O my ball (?), I am still not satiated with its charms, the game with it has not yet palled for me! If only my ball (?) waited still in the carpenter's house for me! I would treat the carpenter's wife like my own mother -- if only it waited still there for me! I would treat the carpenter's child like my little sister -- if only it waited still there for me! { My ball (?) has fallen down to the nether world -- who will retrieve it for me? } { (1 ms. has instead:) Who will retrieve my ball (?) from the nether world? } { My mallet (?) has fallen down to Ganzer -- who will retrieve it for me? } { (1 ms. has instead:) Who will retrieve my mallet (?) from Ganzer? }"
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