ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ME
Values: ba13, išib, me, men2
Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version A) (c.1.8.1.5), line c1815.86
inimnam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2-ka-nitug2-gin7mu-ni-in-dulga-da-gin7im-in-ĝar
inimnam-ur-saĝtug2dulgadaĝar
wordheroismgarmentto cover (together)linen (fibre)to place
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Paragraph t1815.p15 (line(s) 85-89) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
He thrust that into his right ear; he covered him with his aggressive words as if with a cloth { (1 ms. adds:), laid them out like linen }. He { gathered } { (3 mss. have instead:) picked up } in his hand a cloth with thirty shekels of oil on it and { smothered } { (1 ms. has instead:) rubbed } it over Gilgameš's chest. Then Gilgameš stood up like a bull on the great earth. Bending his neck downwards, he yelled at him:
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