ETCSLglossingSignSign name: MES
Values: kišib, meš3

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.A.42
Xkuggana2kug-ga2za-gin3a-šag4-gera-ra-da
Xkuggana2kug2za-gin3a-šag4ra
Xshiningfieldshiningropelapis lazulifieldto beat
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Paragraph t24203.p5 (line(s) 35-49) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
In the house of wise knowledge of the Land, I, Šulgi, king of Sumer, set a good example. My hand guides the holy reed stylus correctly. (4 lines unclear)…… the fields in the holy …… and the holy agricultural land with a lapis-lazuli measuring line, bringing in plentiful harvests, …… top-quality flax, top-quality barley. I am greatly expert in assigning work with the pickaxe and the brick-mould, in drawing plans, in laying foundations, and in writing cuneiform inscriptions on pedestals; I can make things absolutely clear on tablets of lapis lazuli. I also have a solidly based knowledge of the intelligent implementation of the counting, accounting and planning of the Land.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary

Sumerian scribe

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