ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: ŠITA.GIŠ (ŠITA2)
Values: šita2, udug2
Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.5.A.21
den-ki-du10ed2-de3ed3-de3
en-ki-du10e3ed3
Enkidu (PN)to go out or into go down or up
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Paragraph t1814.p34 (line(s) 17-24) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
He directed his steps on his own to E-kur, the temple of Enlil. Before Enlil, he ……: "My ball (?) fell down into the nether world, my mallet (?) fell down into Ganzer. But Enkidu, going down to retrieve them, my beloved servant, my faithful companion, my counsellor, was seized in the nether world. Namtar did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him, but he was seized in the nether world. …… did not seize him, but he was seized in the nether world." (unknown no. of lines missing)
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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