ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: IGI.EŠ₂ (LIBIR)
Values: libir

Letter from Lugal-nesaĝe to Enlil-massu (c.3.3.09), line c3309.9

dumu	^den-lil₂-al-sag₉	zu-zu	um-mi-a	nibru^ki-a	ad-da-zu	na-ab-be₂-a
dumu	en-lil₂-al-sag₉	zu-zu	um-mi-a	nibru	ad-da	dug₄
child	Enlil-alsag (PN)	Zuzu (PN)	scholar	Nibru (SN)	father	to say

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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