ETCSLglossingSignSign name: BU/BU.AB (SIRSIR)
Values: sirsir

Lugalbanda in the mountain cave (c.1.8.2.1), line c1821.A.464
me3izi-ĝar-bi14-me-ešnu-ga-mu-rib-ba-me-ešnu-gu2-mur-rib-...
me3izi-ĝar14ribrib
battletorch14to be outstandingto be outstanding
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Paragraph t1821.p33 (line(s) 462-484) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
They pursue …… Inana ……, who are favoured by Inana's heart, who stand in the battle, they are the fourteen torches of battle ……, at midnight they ……, at dead of night they pursue like wildfire, in a band they flash together like lightning, in the urgent storm of battle, which roars loudly like a great flood rising up; they who are favoured in Inana's heart, who stand in the battle, they are the seven torches of battle ……; they stand joyfully as she wears the crown under a clear sky, with their foreheads and eyes they are a clear evening. Their ears …… a boat, with their mouths they are wild boars resting in a reed thicket; they stand in the thick of battle, with their life-force they ……, (1 line unclear) who are favoured in Inana's heart, who stand in the battle, by Nintur of heaven they are numerous, by the life of heaven they hold ……; the holy shining battle-mace reaches to the edge of heaven and earth, …… reaches. (1 line unclear)
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