ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GA
Values: ga, gur11, ka3, qa2

Enmerkar and En-suḫgir-ana (c.1.8.2.4), line c1824.A.231
ḫu-ri2-inmušen-esuḫurku6galin-karḫur-saĝ-še3ba-an-kur9a-ĝi6-ain-karan-naba-e-ed3
ḫu-ri2-insuḫurgalkarḫur-saĝkur9a-ĝi6karaned3
eagletype of carpto be bigto fleemountain (range)to enterfloodingto fleeheavento go down or up
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Paragraph t1824.p19 (line(s) 228-231) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Both of them threw fish spawn (?) into the river. The sorcerer made a giant carp { come out } { (1 ms. has instead:) arise } from the water. Wise Woman Saĝburu, however, made an eagle { come out } { (1 ms. has instead:) arise } from the water. { The eagle seized the giant carp and fled to the mountains } { (1 ms. has instead:) The eagle seized the giant carp out of the waves and went up to the sky }.
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