ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GABA
Values: du8, duḫ, gab, gaba
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi D) (c.2.4.2.04), line c24204.192
u3-munUGdul4-bi-aXALKA×XULḫa-mu-u3-ak-ke4
u3-munUGdulXALKA×XULak
bloodUGto cover (together)XALKA×XULto do
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Paragraph t24204.p12 (line(s) 190-196) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"My …… battle-axe sheds the blood of the people like water. My double-edged axe weapon …… in their …… blood, which covers the ……, spilled on the hills like the contents of a broken wine jug. I …… the people in their meadows; the blood …… like water in their wadis; the blood …… into the cracks of the earth."
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