ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GEŠTIN
Values: g̃eštin
The lament for Sumer and Urim (c.2.2.3), line c223.C.247
ddam-gal-nun-naamae2-maḫ-aer2gigmu-un-še8-še8
dam-gal-nun-naamae2-maḫer2gigšeš2
Damgalnuna (DN)motherE-maḫ (TN)tearto be illto weep
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Paragraph t223.p31 (line(s) 243-250) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
After Enki had cast his eyes on a foreign land, (1 line unclear)…… have risen up, have called on their cohorts. Enki took an unfamiliar path away from Eridug. Damgalnuna, the mother of the E-maḫ, wept bitter tears." Alas the destroyed city, my destroyed house," she cried bitterly. Its sacred Ĝipar of en priesthood was defiled. Its en priestess was snatched from the Ĝipar and carried off to enemy territory.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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