ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: MUŠ₃.DI
Values: sed₄

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.1240

bur	an-na	mu-gub
BUR	AN-NA	MU-GUB
bur	an	gub
type of bowl	heaven	to stand

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Paragraph t217.p135 (line(s) 1232-1247) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Like Utu, he rose on the horizon for the city. He wound (?) a turban (?) on his head. He made himself known by the eyes of holy An. He entered the shrine of E-ninnu with raised head like a bull and sacrificed there faultless oxen and kids. He set bowls in the open air and filled them full with wine. Ušumgal-kalama was accompanied by tigi drums, and ala drums roared for him like a storm. The ruler stepped onto the outer wall (?) and his city looked up to him in admiration. Gudea ……. (6 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary