ETCSLglossingSignSign name: AB2×GAN2tenu
Values: šem5
The lament for Nibru (c.2.2.4), line c224.E.80
en-še3la-ba-ši-gur-rumuš3-am3-binu-um-me
en3-še3gurmuš3-am3dug4
how longto turn(expression of) compassionto say
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Paragraph t224.p15 (line(s) 79-85) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
How long will the city's lord who became angry with it not turn to it, not say "Alas!" for it? Why did he cut off the road to its brickwork? He made the noisy pigeons fly away from their windows. Why did he transform the appearance of the temple which knew voices, where they used to while away the days in sweet playing of tigi drums in the brick buildings? The temple, once a place to offer salutations in humility, is now as deathly silent as a temple which no one reveres!
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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