ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: BI.DIN
Values: kurun

Letter from Aba-indasa to Šulgi about his neglect (c.3.1.21), line c3121.18

iri-ĝa₂	tug₂	dan₆-na-a	mu-ni-mur₁₀-ra	tug₂-mu-dur₇-ra	ba-an-mur₁₀
IRI-ĝA₂	TUG₂	UŠ&TIMES;TAK₄ (UŠ&TIMES;KID₂)-NA-A	MU-NI-MUR₁₀-RA	TUG₂-MU-DUR₇-RA	BA-AN-MUR₁₀
iri	tug₂	dan₃	mur₁₀	tug₂-mu-dur₇-ra	mur₁₀
town	garment	to be clean	to dress	dirty textile	to dress

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Paragraph t3121.p5 (line(s) 16-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

But like a tree planted in riverine thickets, I am bowed down in dirt. They have bound a rope around my hands, on my chair where they have tied me. In my city, where I would wear clean clothes, I am clothed instead in mourning dress. When I wash away clods of soil, dust still gets into my eyes.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary