ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSignSign name: GIŠ.NEšešig.GA.MES (GIŠ.BIL2.GA.MES)
Values: gilgameš2

Letter from Išbi-Erra to Ibbi-Suen about the purchase of grain (c.3.1.17), line c3117.13
lugal-ĝu10600ĝišma2-gur8ma2120gur-ta-am3ḫe2-em-du8-e
lugal600ma2-gur8ma2120gurdu8
king600processional boatboat120capacity measureto spread
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Paragraph t3117.p4 (line(s) 13-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Let my lord repair 600 { barges } { (2 mss. have instead:) boats } of 120 gur draught each; 72 solid boats, 20 ……, 30 ……, placing (?) 50 …… and 60 (?) boat doors on the boats (?), may he also …… all the boats.
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