ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ŠEŠ
Values: mun₄, muš₅, sis, šeš

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.734

e₂-sa-la₂-a-bi	keš₃^ki	aratta^ki	na	de₅-ga-am₃
E₂-SA-LA₂-A-BI	ŠU₂.AN.HI&TIMES;GAD (KEŠ₃)-KI	LAM.KUR.RU-KI	NA	DE₅-GA-AM₃
e₂-sa-la₂-a	keš₃	aratta	na	de₅
meaning unknown	Keš (SN)	Aratta (SN)	smoke?	to collect

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Paragraph t217.p85 (line(s) 730-737) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

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