ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LU×BAD (AD₃)
Values: ad₃

The lament for Sumer and Urim (c.2.2.3), line c223.C.250

en-bi	ĝi₆-par₄-ta	ba-da-an-kar	ki-erim₂-e	ba-ab-de₆
EN-BI	ĝI₆-PAR₄-TA	BA-DA-AN-TE.A (KAR)	KI-NE.RU-E	BA-AB-DE₆
en	ĝi₆-par₄	kar	ki-erim₂	de₆
high priest(ess)	cloister	to flee	enemy territory	to carry

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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