ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: RA
Values: ra

Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household (c.3.3.01), line c3301.8

inim-zu	im	an-ta	šeĝ₃-ĝe₂₆-gin₇	šid	nu-tuku-tuku-dam	šid	nu-du₃-du₃-dam	šid	nu-da₁₃-da₁₃-dam
INIM-ZU	IM	AN-TA	šEĝ₃-ĝE₂₆-GIN₇	šID	NU-TUKU-TUKU-DAM	šID	NU-DU₃-DU₃-DAM	šID	NU-DA₁₃-DA₁₃-DAM
inim	im	an	šeĝ₃	šid	tuku	šid	du₃	šid	taka₄
word	rain(storm)	heaven	to rain	to count	to have	to count	to erect	to count	to leave behind

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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:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary