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Sign name: GU%GU (SUḪ₃)
Values: saḫ₄, suḫ₃

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.14

UR-bi	U₂	GU₂	NA	ki	ḫe₂-em-ši-ni-šub
UR-BI	U₂	GU₂	NA	KI	ḫE₂-EM-šI-NI-šUB
UR	U₂	GU₂	NA	ki	šub
UR	U₂	GU₂	NA	place	to fall

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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