ETCSLglossingSignSign name: BU/BU.AB (SIRSIR)
Values: sirsir
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.734
e2-sa-la2-a-bikeš3kiarattakinade5-ga-am3
e2-sa-la2-akeš3arattanade5
meaning unknownKeš (SN)Aratta (SN)smoke?to collect
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The shining roof-beam nails hammered into the house are dragons gripping a victim. The shining ropes attached to the doors are holy Niraḫ parting the abzu. Its …… is pure like Keš and Aratta, its …… is a fierce lion keeping an eye on the Land; nobody going alone can pass in front of it.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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