ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: A.AN
Values: am3, emx, šeg̃3
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi A) (c.2.4.2.01), line c24201.87
an-ne2agazidmaḫkug-sig17kug-zig3kugsaĝ-ĝa2ḫe2-em-mi-in-gen6
AN-NE2AGAZIDMAḫKUG-SIG17KUG-ZIG3KUGSAĝ-ĝA2ḫE2-EM-MI-IN-GEN6
anagazidmaḫkug-sig17kug-sig17kugsaĝgen6
An (DN)crownrightto be majesticgoldgoldprecious metalheadto be firm
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Paragraph t24201.p12 (line(s) 84-87) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Truly I am not boasting! Wherever I look to, there I go; wherever my heart desires, I reach. { (1 ms. adds at least 10 lines:) By the life of my father holy Lugalbanda, and Nanna the king of heaven and earth, I swear that the words written on my tablet are ……. (at least 4 lines missing or unclear) …… since the days of yore, since ………, no king of Sumer as great as I has existed for the people. } An placed a { legitimate and lofty } { (some mss. have:) golden } { (1 ms. has:) good silver } { (1 ms. has:) silver } crown firmly on my head.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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