ETCSLglossing | Sign name: NUN.LAGAR×SAL (ŠILAM) Values: arḫuš2, immal2, šilam |
su8-ba | ddumu-zid-de3 | šag4 | kug-ga | na-an-tum4 |
sipad (ES: su8-ba) | dumu-zid | šag4 | kug | de6 |
shepherd | Dumuzid (DN) | heart | shining | to carry |
It was in the days of abundance, it was in the nights of plenty; it was in the months of luxuriance, it was in the years of rejoicing. In those days the shepherd, the shepherd Dumuzid decided in his holy heart to make his heart joyful, to go to the cattle-pen, to brighten its mood, to make the holy sheepfold shine like the day. He of decision and resolve spoke to the queen of heaven, the queen of earth. Ama-ušumgal-ana addressed words to her: |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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