ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: MA2.KASKAL.IGIgunu (SUR9 and MA2.KASKAL.SIG7)
Values: sur9
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.11
supiriĝsapiriĝ-ĝa2ḫe2-ma-ab-tum2
SUPIRIĝSAPIRIĝ-ĝA2ḫE2-MA-AB-TUM2
supiriĝsapiriĝde6
fleshlionsinewlionto carry
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Paragraph t24203.p15 (line(s) 1-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Lion, feline …… (5 lines fragmentary or unclear) May its glory cover the cities, and its battle-cry smother the foreign lands! May the people be terrified at its roaring, as at a storm in the heavens! I am Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer! May he bring me the muscles of a lion, the sinews of a lion! May he receive (?) my spear! (3 lines unclear)The black-headed will look on in amazement, and …… in my city.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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