ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ŠEN
Values: dur₁₀, šen

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.438

urud-bi	gi-dirig-ba	mu-ni-ba-al
urud	gi-dirig	ba-al
copper	type of raft	to dig

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Paragraph t217.p55 (line(s) 434-445) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Great things came to the succour of the ruler building the E-ninnu: a copper mountain in Kimaš revealed itself to him. He mined its copper onto rafts. To the man in charge of building his master's house, the ruler, gold was brought in dust form from its mountains. For Gudea refined silver was brought down from its mountains. Translucent cornelian from Meluḫa was spread before him. From the alabaster mountains alabaster was brought down to him.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary