ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: A.ŠU.NAGA
Values: tu17
Enmerkar and En-suḫgir-ana (c.1.8.2.4), line c1824.A.237
maš-maš-eab2amar-bi-taa-taim-ta-an-e3im-ta-an-ed3
maš-mašab2amarae3ed3
sorcerercowcalfwaterto go out or into go down or up
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Paragraph t1824.p21 (line(s) 236-239) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
A third time they threw fish spawn (?) into the river. The sorcerer made a cow and its calf { come out } { (1 ms. has instead:) arise } from the water. Wise Woman Saĝburu, however, made a lion { come out } { (1 ms. has instead:) arise } from the water. The lion seized the cow and its calf and { took } { (some mss. have instead:) dragged } them to the reedbeds.
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