ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: A₂.KAL
Values: usu

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.274

ki-sikil	ur₂	dam-na-ka	tug₂	nu-ub-sig₉-ge	igi	bi₂-du₈-am₃	igi	bi₂-du₈-am₃	a-na-gin₇	an-ak
ki-sikil	ur₂	dam	tug₂	sig₉	igi	du₈	igi	du₈	a-na-gin₇	ak
young woman	root	spouse	garment	to put	eye	to spread	eye	to spread	how	to do

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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