ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: RA
Values: ra

The lament for Eridug (c.2.2.6), line c226.1.B.I.10

siki-ni	^u₂numun₂-bur-gin₇	i₃-ze₂-e	i-lu	gig	ĝa₂-ĝa₂
SIK₂-NI	U₂-NUMUN₂-BUR-GIN₇	I₃-ZE₂-E	I-LU	GIG	ĝA₂-ĝA₂
siki	numun₂-bur	ze₂-er	i-lu	gig	ĝar
hair	rush	to tear out	(sad) song	to be ill	to place

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Paragraph t226.p24 (line(s) 10-15) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

She tore out her hair like rushes, uttering a bitter lament: "You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her -- where is a lament uttered bitterly for you? Eridug! You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her -- where are tears wept for you? I fall like a bull in your lofty …… falls ……. I am ……. My heart …… queen ……." (unknown no. of lines missing)(incorporating end of 5th kirugu)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary