ETCSLglossingSignSign name: EL
Values: el, il5, sikil

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.5.B.45
dugsaḫarX-gatil3-lain-šublu2na-menu-mu-ši-la2-e
saḫar2Xtilšublu2na-mela2
type of vesselXto completeto fallpersonanyto hang
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Paragraph t1814.p36 (line(s) 29-51) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Did you see him ……? How does he fare?" "He drinks water ……." "Did you see him ……? How does he fare?" "He …… as the worms eat at him." "Did you see him who was eaten by a dog? How does he fare?" "He …… "O my hands! O my legs! O ……!"" "Did you see him hit (?) by the mast of a boat? How does he fare?" ""Alas, my mother" the man cries to her, …… wooden peg ……, he …… food, cross beam (?), crumbs ……." "Did you see the woman who never gave birth? How does she fare?" "Like a …… pot, she is thrown away violently, she …… nobody." "Did you see the young man who never undressed his wife? How does he fare?" "You finish a reed mat and he weeps over the reed mat." "Did you see the young woman who never undressed her husband? How does she fare?" "You finish a …… garment and she weeps over the …… garment."
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