ETCSLglossingSignSign name: U
Values: bur3, buru3, šu4, u
Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.5.A.22
šuburšag4-ga-a-ĝu10tab-bagen6-na-a-ĝu10adgi4-gi4-a-ĝu10kur-raim-ma-an-dab
šuburšag4tab-bagen6adgi4kurdab5
servantheartcompanionto be firmvoiceto return(mountain) landto seize
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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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