ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: U.PIRIG (KUŠU)
Values: kušu, kušum₄

A praise poem of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma C) (c.2.4.1.3), line c2413.70

ur-^dnamma	an-še₃	tud-da	kug-ge-eš	X	...
UR-DIĝIR-NAMMA	AN-šE₃	TUD-DA	KUG-GE-Eš	X	...
ur-namma	an	tud	kug	X	...
Ur-Namma (RN)	heaven	to give birth	shining	X	...

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Paragraph t2413.p7 (line(s) 70-78) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

I, Ur-Namma, born on high, …… shining. The people line up in front of me. Enlil has given me the task of keeping the Land secure, with unscathed (?) troops. I am clad in linen in the ĝipar. I lie down on the splendid bed in its delightful bedchamber. I cause the people to eat splendid food; I am their Enkimdu (i.e. the god of irrigation and cultivation). I am the good shepherd whose sheep multiply greatly. I open the …… of the cattle-pens and sheepfolds. I am peerless. …… the pastures and watering-places of shepherds (?).

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary