ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: AMAR×ŠE (SISKUR)
Values: sizkur

The lament for Urim (c.2.2.2), line c222.K.219

maš-da₃	ĝiš-bur₂-ra	dab₅-ba-gin₇	ka	saḫar-ra	bi₂-in-us₂
maš-da₃	ĝiš-bur₂	dab₅	ka	saḫar	us₂
gazelle	snare	to seize	mouth	earth	to be adjacent

Click on a lemma to search the ePSD. Show sign names.

Paragraph t222.p40 (line(s) 218-229) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The heads of its men slain by the axe were not covered with a cloth. Like a gazelle caught in a trap, their mouths bit the dust. Men struck down by the spear were not bound with bandages. As if in the place where their mothers had laboured, they lay in their own blood. Its men who were finished off by the battle-mace were not bandaged with new (?) cloth. Although they were not drunk with strong drink, their necks drooped on their shoulders. He who stood up to the weapon was crushed by the weapon -- the people groan. He who ran away from it was overwhelmed (?) by the storm -- the people groan. The weak and the strong of Urim perished from hunger. Mothers and fathers who did not leave their houses were consumed by fire. The little ones lying in their mothers' arms were carried off like fish by the waters. Among the nursemaids with their strong embrace, the embrace was pried open.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary