ETCSLglossingSignSign name: RA
Values: ra
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.339
ensi2e2-ninnudu3-ra
ensi2e2-ninnudu3
(city) rulerE-ninnu (TN)to erect
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Paragraph t217.p42 (line(s) 330-344) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
He undid the tongue of the goad and the whip, replacing them with wool from lamb-bearing sheep. No mother shouted at her child. No child answered its mother back. No slave who …… was hit on the head by his master, no misbehaving slave girl was slapped on the face by her mistress. Nobody could make the ruler building the E-ninnu, Gudea, let fall a chance utterance. The ruler cleansed the city, he let purifying fire loose over it. He expelled the persons ritually unclean, unpleasant to look at, and …… from the city.
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Sumerian scribe

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