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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NISAG
Values: nesag̃

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.2.10

lu₂	aš₂	ama	a-a-na-ke₄	sa₂	bi₂-dug₄-ga	igi	bi₂-du₈-am₃	igi	i-ni-du₈-am₃	a-na-gin₇	an-ak
LU₂	Aš₂	AMA	A-A-NA-KE₄	SA₂	BI₂-DUG₄-GA	IGI	BI₂-DU₈-AM₃	IGI	I-NI-DU₈-AM₃	A-NA-GIN₇	AN-AK
lu₂	aš₂	ama	a-a	sa₂	dug₄	igi	du₈	igi	du₈	a-na-gin₇	ak
person	curse	mother	father	to equal	to say	eye	to spread	eye	to spread	how	to do

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Paragraph t1814.p25 (line(s) 8-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Did you see him who had no respect for the word of his mother and father?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" ""O my body! O my limbs!" he never ceases to cry." "Did you see him who was reached by the curse of his mother and father?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He is deprived of an heir. His spirit roams about." "Did you see him who …… the name of his god?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "His spirit ……." "Did you see the spirit of him who has no funerary offerings?" "I saw him." "How does he fare?" "He eats the scraps and the crumbs …… tossed out in the street." "Did you see my little stillborn children who never knew existence?""I saw them." "How do they fare?" "They play at a table of gold and silver, laden with honey and ghee." "Did you see him who was set on fire?" "I did not see him. His smoke went up to the sky. His spirit does not live in the underworld."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary