ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: PAP.NA2 (GAM3 and PAB.NA2)
Values: gam3, zub, zubi
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.270
mušze2guru5-a-gin7ušma-a-u3-ku-e
mušze2guru5uš11ku
snakebileto cut down(venomous) spittleto lay down
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Paragraph t217.p34 (line(s) 266-270) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Like a fierce snake, I built E-ḫuš, my fierce place, in a dread location. When my heart gets angry at a land that rebels against me -- unutterable idea (?) -- it will produce venom for me like a snake that dribbles poison."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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