ETCSLglossingSignSign name: I.A (IA)
Values: ia
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.77
si-ŠIR3ĝiššu-kar2gal-galdu7-du7-dam
si-ŠIR3šu-kar2galdu7
fretimplementto be bigto be perfect
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Paragraph t24203.p19 (line(s) 75-101) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Since I am also pleasure-loving and a devotee of singing, I can perform tigi, adab and great malgatum compositions. When fixing the frets of the great lutes, I know how to raise and lower them. I am adept enough to play perfectly all the seven instruments. …… balbale on the flute; …… their divergent strings; …… the sa-eš instrument …… (4 lines fragmentary or unclear) a performing musician …… (1 line unclear) I also have a solidly based knowledge of ……. …… praying in a melodious voice, capering joyfully to the sound of the holy balaĝ drum (1 line unclear) …… in song, for my sister Ĝeštin-ana, my own mother Ninsumun …… in wisdom …… (6 lines missing)
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