ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: EN.ME.LI
Values: ensi

Lugalbanda in the mountain cave (c.1.8.2.1), line c1821.A.273
dur3dilidu-edšakkan2-na-ke4ḫur-saĝi3-si-il-le
ANŠE.ARADDILIDU-EDIĝIR-šAKKAN2-NA-KE4ḫUR-SAĝI3-SI-IL-LE
dur3diliĝenšakkan2ḫur-saĝsi-il
young donkeysingleto goŠakkan (DN)mountain (range)to split apart
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Paragraph t1821.p23 (line(s) 264-275) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Holy Lugalbanda came out from the mountain cave. Then the righteous one who takes counsel with Enlil (i.e. Utu ?) caused life-saving plants to be born. The rolling rivers, mothers of the hills, brought life-saving water. He bit on the life-saving plants, he sipped from the life-saving water. After biting on the life-saving plants, after sipping from the life-saving water, here he on his own set a trap (?) in the ground, and from that spot he sped away like a horse of the mountains. Like a lone wild ass of Šakkan he darted over the mountains. Like a large powerful donkey he raced; a slim donkey, eager to run, he bounded along.
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