ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ŠU
Values: šu
Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4), line c214.B.55
im-magub-buniĝ2ni2ba-ug7-a-ta
IM-MAGUB-BUNIĝ2NI2BA-UG7-A-TA
imgubniĝ2ni2uš2
clayto standthingselfto die
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Paragraph t214.p9 (line(s) 53-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
In those days, although writing words on tablets existed, putting tablets into envelopes did not yet exist. King Ur-Zababa despatched Sargon, the creature of the gods, to Lugal-zage-si in Unug with a message written on clay, which was about murdering Sargon. (unknown no. of lines missing)
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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