ETCSLglossingSignSign name: EZEN×KU3 (EZEN×KUG)
Values: kisiga
Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.251
...tug2sumun-a-gin7uḫbi2-in-tag
...TUG2SUMUN-A-GIN7UḫBI2-IN-TAG
...tug2sumunuḫtag
...garmentto be oldinsectto touch
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Paragraph t1814.p20 (line(s) 243-253) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
They hugged and kissed. They wearied each other with questions: "Did you see the order of the nether world? -- If only you would tell me, my friend, if only you would tell me!" "If I tell you the order of the nether world, sit down and weep! I shall sit down and weep! ……, which your heart rejoiced to touch, is ……, worms infest it like an old garment (?); like …… of (?) a crevice, it is full of dust." "Alas!" he said and sat down in the dust.
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