ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LU₂(inverted)LU₂ (GIGAM)
Values: inbir

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.269

pa	a-la-la	ḫur-ra-gin₇	ub-dug₄-ga-a	ab-us₂
PA	A-LA-LA	ḫUR-RA-GIN₇	UB-DUG₄-GA-A	AB-US₂
pa	a-la-la	ḫur	dug₄	us₂
branch	designation of stick	to scratch	to say	to be adjacent

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Paragraph t1814.p22 (line(s) 268-285) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Did you see the palace eunuch?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "Like a useless alala stick he is propped in a corner." "Did you see the woman who never gave birth?" "I saw her." "How does she fare?" "Like a …… pot, she is thrown away violently, she gives no man joy." "Did you see the young man who never undressed his wife?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "You finish a rope, and he weeps over the rope." "Did you see the young woman who never undressed her husband?" "I saw her." "How does she fare?" "You finish a reed mat, and she weeps over the reed mat." "Did you see him who had no heir?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "Like him who …… bricks (?), he eats bread." "……?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" (7 lines fragmentary or missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary