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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: BA
Values: ba, be₄

A hymn to Enki (?) for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan X) (c.2.5.4.24), line c25424.26

ama	a-a-bi-gin₇	mu-ne-dug₄	uĝ₃	gu₇	naĝ	sug₄-sug₄-bi-me-en
ama	a-a	dug₄	uĝ₃	gu₇	naĝ	sug₄
mother	father	to say	people	to eat	to drink	to be full

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Paragraph t25424.p4 (line(s) 24-41) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

For the settled people, you are their lord and father. For the ……, you are their shepherd who seeks out food for them. You speak to them as if you were their father and mother; you satiate the people with food and drink. You give advice, you set your mind to work, …… skilful labour. You have opened up your house of instructions and surpassing wisdom. Everything you have created ……. …… full of great awesomeness, a place clad in fearsome radiance. …… mound ……, where the primeval lords dwell. (1 line unclear) …… Father Enlil ……. …… wisdom ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… your most precious divine plans ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… ingenuity ……. …… destiny ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 21 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary