ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GU₂
Values: gu₂, gun₂

The lament for Unug (c.2.2.5), line c225.E.D.15

siki	lum-ma-bi	^ĝišgana₂-ur₃-ra-am₃	murgu-bi-še₃	izi-am₃
siki	lum	gana₂-ur₃	murgu	izi
hair	to thrive	harrow	back	fire

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Paragraph t225.p15 (line(s) 11-20) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He ……, stretched forth his hand and induced terror in the land. Enlil struck out with great ferocity. He announced: "A deluge dashing the hoe on the ground shall be invoked. At its front war shall be a …… axe, at its rear it shall be a ……. Its overgrown hair shall be a harrow, its back shall be flames. Its countenance shall be a malevolent storm that enshrouds heaven and earth. The glint of its eyes shall be lightning that flashes far like the Anzud bird. Its mouth shall rage -- a blazing fire that extends as far as the nether world. Its tongue shall be an inferno, raining embers, that sunders the Land. Its arms shall be the majestic Anzud bird that nothing can escape when it spreads wide its talons."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary