ETCSLglossingSignSign name: LA
Values: la, šika
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.320
maš2-ašui3-gid2maš2-a-nii3-sag9
MAŠ2-AŠUI3-GID2MAŠ2-A-NII3-SAG9
maš2šugid2maš2sag9
(kid) goathandto be long(kid) goatto be good
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Paragraph t217.p40 (line(s) 315-322) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Gudea rose -- it was sleep; he shuddered -- it was a dream. Accepting Ninĝirsu's words, he went to perform extispicy on a white kid. He performed it on the kid and his omen was favourable. Ninĝirsu's intention became as clear as daylight to Gudea.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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