ETCSLglossingSignSign name: BU
Values: bu, bur12, dur7, gid2, kim3, pu, sir2, su13, sud4, tur8
Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household (c.3.3.01), line c3301.7
dug4-ga-zuinimdiĝir-ra-gin7ḫurnu-gi4-gi4-damkur-kurnu-gi4-...
dug4inimdiĝirḫurgi4kurgi4
to sayworddeityeverto return(mountain) landto return
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Paragraph t3301.p3 (line(s) 6-9) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
You are fashioned like the son of An. As with the words of a god, { what you say is irrevocable } { (1 ms. has instead:) all the foreign lands cannot answer (?) your words }. Your words, like rain pouring from the skies, { are uncountable } { (1 ms. has instead:) are uncheckable } { (1 other ms. has instead:) are uncontrollable (?) }: this is what Ur-saga, your servant, says:
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