ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: AK×ERIN₂ (ME₃)
Values: me₃

Letter from Lugal-nesaĝe to Enlil-massu (c.3.3.09), line c3309.8

^mlugal-nesaĝ-e	nu-eš₃	^den-lil₂-la₂	lu₂	zu₂	li₉	lugal-la
DIš-LUGAL-NISAG-E	NU-Eš₃	DIĝIR-EN-LIL₂-LA₂	LU₂	ZU₂	LI₉	LUGAL-LA
lugal-nesaĝ-e	nu-eš₃	en-lil₂	lu₂	zu₂	li₉	lugal
Lugal-nesaĝe (PN)	type of priest	Enlil (DN)	person	tooth	verb part of multiword verb	king
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Say this to Enlil-massu who { enhances } { (1 ms. has instead:) pronounces } advice and counsel, the mellifluous mouth which makes speech persuasive. Repeat it to the son who serves his god and respects his father and mother. { Say it a third time } { (1 ms. has instead:) Repeat it } to my protective guardian and propitious spirit -- the precious powers -- whose form and stature are pleasing, honour to the scribal craft, { hero among the administrators and ornament of the palace } { (1 Urim ms. has instead:) hero among the administrators } { (2 mss. have instead:) ornament of the palace and hero among the administrators } who reinstates decrees and greatly pleases the heart of his king. This is what Lugal-nesaĝe, the nueš priest of Enlil and person who brings laughter to the king, son of { Enlil-alsag } { (1 Urim ms. has instead:) Zuzu }, the scholar of Nibru and your father, says:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary