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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GAL.BUR₂
Values: ušumgal

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.79

gal-an-zu	ĝiš-gu₃-di	7-na	šu	gal	du₇-a-me-en₃
GAL-AN-ZU	ĝIš-GU₃-DI	7-NA	ŠU	GAL	DU₇-A-ME-EN₃
gal-an-zu	ĝiš-gu₃-di	7	šu	gal	du₇
wise	musical instrument	7	hand	to be big	to 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)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary