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Sign name: AN
Values: am₆, an, dig̃ir, il₃, nagga_x

A balbale to Nanše (Nanše B) (c.4.14.2), line c4142.B.3

ku₆	izi	ab-šag₄-ga	na-mu-un-zalag-ge	me	...
ku₆	izi	ab-šag₄	zalag	me	...
fish	fire	centre of sea	to be shining	essence	...

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Paragraph t4142.p2 (line(s) 1-12) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

A fish is held in her hand as a staff ……. Fishes are put on her feet as sandals ……. Fishes light up the interior of the sea like fires ……. Fishes play on instruments for her like (?) sur priests. Fishes call out loudly for her like (?) oxen. She has fish wrapped around her body as a regal garment. The runner-fish (kaškaš) hastens (kaš) to her. The gurgur fish makes the sea surge up (gurgur) for her. The flash-fish (ĝir) makes the sea sparkle (ĝir) for her. She heaps up fish spawn so that …… fish will grow for her in the sea. Fishes fly around for her like swallows.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary