ETCSLglossingSignSign name: LU
Values: lu, lug, nu12, udu
A hymn to Nanše (Nanše A) (c.4.14.1), line c4141.12
ama5kalam-ma-kadugudmu-un-de-ĝal2mu-un-da-lu-lu
e2-mi2kalamdugudĝal2lu
woman's estatethe Landto be heavyto be (located)to be abundant
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Paragraph t4141.p2 (line(s) 10-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
She is beer mash (?), the mother is yeast (?), Nanše is the cause of great things: her presence makes the storehouses of the land { bulge } { (1 ms. has instead:) prosper } and makes the honey …… like resin in the storerooms. Because of her, there stand vessels with ever-flowing water; because of Nanše, the baskets containing the treasures of the Land cover the ground like the silt of the river. She is the lady of ……. (1 line unclear)Nanše is the lady who raises high the channels for the meadows and the irrigation ditches.
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