ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: ŠU.PAP.PAP (ŠU.BULUG3)
Values: g̃ešpu2
Šulgi and Ninlil's barge: a tigi (?) to Ninlil (Šulgi R) (c.2.4.2.18), line c24218.A.34
eš2ma2gid2-zu-u3dniraḫdar-akalam-mala2-a-me-en3
eš2ma2gid2niraḫdarkalamla2
ropeboatto be longNiraḫ (DN)to splitthe Landto hang
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Paragraph t24218.p4 (line(s) 32-39) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Your rudder is a large kiĝ fish in the broad waters at the mouth of the Kisala canal. Your …… are a bison, inspiring terror on the great earth. Your tow-rope is the gliding Niraḫ extended over the land. Your mooring pole is the heavenly bond, which ……. Your longside beams are a warrior striking straight against another warrior. Your prow is Nanna …… fair sky. Your stern is Utu …… at the horizon. Your canopy (?) is …….
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