ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: UR₂
Values: ur₂

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.5.A.23

nam-tar	nu-dab	a₂-sag₃	nu-dab	kur-ra	im-ma-an-dab
nam-tar	dab₅	a₂-sag₃	dab₅	kur	dab₅
Namtar (DN)	to seize	Asag (DN)	to seize	(mountain) land	to 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