ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: DU.DU
Values: laḫ5
Šulgi and Ninlil's barge: a tigi (?) to Ninlil (Šulgi R) (c.2.4.2.18), line c24218.B.80
šag4X...kur-ra-am3azaltum3-tum3-da
šag4X...kurazalde6
heartX...(mountain) landwaterto passto carry
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Paragraph t24218.p9 (line(s) 71-81) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Then light shines up at the edge of the Land as Utu rises refulgently. As the barge is travelling upstream, it …… radiates (?) and creaks (?). …… in the Ninmutum, the canal of the year of abundance ……. As the carp make their bellies (?) sparkle, Enlil rejoices. As the mušu fish play noisily there, Ninlil rejoices. As the …… fish ……, Enki rejoices. As the suḫurmaš fish dart about, Nanna rejoices. The Anuna gods rejoice at ……. …… lifts its head in the Euphrates; it ……. In the midst of …… ever-flowing water is carried. In joyous Nibru, he moors the holy barge at the quay.
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