ETCSLglossingSignSign name: AN+NAGA(inverted)AN+NAGA
Values: dalḫamun5
Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.265
lu2ĝišapin-la2-gin7šag4-ga-nial-ḫul2
LU2-ĝIš-APIN-LA2-GIN7šAG4-GA-NIAL-ḫUL2
apin-la2šag4ḫul2
ploughmanheartto be happy
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Paragraph t1814.p21 (line(s) 254-267) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Did you see him who had one son?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He weeps bitterly at the wooden peg which was driven into his wall." "Did you see him who had two sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He sits on a couple of bricks, eating bread." "Did you see him who had three sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He drinks water from a saddle waterskin." "Did you see him who had four sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "His heart rejoices like a man who has four asses to yoke." "Did you see him who had five sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "Like a good scribe he is indefatigable, he enters the palace easily." "Did you see him who had six sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He is a cheerful as a ploughman." "Did you see him who had seven sons?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "As a companion of the gods, he sits on a throne and listens to judgments."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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