ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NAM
Values: bir5, nam, sim, sin2
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi A) (c.2.4.2.01), line c24201.37
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AR2-ĝU10KALAM-MAAK-AK-DE3BARAG2-BARAG2-E-DE3
ar2kalamakbarag2
praisethe Landto doto spread out
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So that my name should be established for distant days and never fall into oblivion, so that my praise should be { uttered } { (1 ms.:) spread } throughout the Land, and my glory should be proclaimed in the foreign lands, I, the fast runner, summoned my strength and, to prove my speed, my heart prompted me to make a return journey from Nibru to brick-built Urim as if it were only the distance of a double-hour.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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