ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NE.RU
Values: erim₂

The lament for Sumer and Urim (c.2.2.3), line c223.E.333

^dga-a-a-u₂	lu₂	ab₂	ki	aĝ₂-ĝa₂	^ĝištukul	šurum-ma	ba-šub
DIĝIR-GA-A-A-U₂	LU₂	AB₂	KI	Aĝ₂-ĝA₂	ĝIš-TUKUL	šURUM-MA	BA-šUB
ga-a-a-u₂	lu₂	ab₂	ki	aĝ₂	tukul	šurum	šub
Gayau (DN)	person	cow	place	to measure	weapon	(animal) dung	to fall

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Paragraph t223.p40 (line(s) 328-339) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

There were no paths on either of its banks, long grass grew there. The reed fence of the well-stocked cattle-pen of Nanna was split open. The garden's fence was vioilated and breached. The cows and their young were captured and carried off to enemy territory. The munzer-fed cows took an unfamiliar path in an open country that they did not know. Gayau, who loves cows, dropped his weapon in the dung. Šuni-dug, who stores butter and cheese, did not store butter and cheese. Those who are unfamiliar with butter were churning the butter. Those who are unfamiliar with milk were curdling (?) the milk. The sound of the churning vat did not resound in the cattle-pen. Like mighty coals that once burnt, its smoke is extinguished. The great dining hall of Nanna …….

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary