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Sign name: GA₂×TAK₄ (DAN₃ and GA₂×KID₂)
Values: dan₃

A praise poem of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma C) (c.2.4.1.3), line c2413.72

erin₂	silim-ma	kalam	šu-a	gi₄-gi₄	^den-lil₂-le	ma-ra-an-šum₂
erin₂	silim	kalam	šu	gi₄	en-lil₂	šum₂
group of people	to be healthy	the Land	hand	to return	Enlil (DN)	to give

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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