ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSignSign name: KI.E.NE.DI
Values: ešemen
Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.A.49
dḫa-ia3mušenen-nu-uĝ3-ĝa2udmi-ni-ib2-zal-zal-e
DIĝIR-ḫA-IA3-MUšENEN-NU-Uĝ3-ĝA2UDMI-NI-IB2-ZAL-ZAL-E
ḫa-ia3en-nu-uĝ3udzal
peacockguardday(light)to pass
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Paragraph t4143.p9 (line(s) 49-53) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The peacock spends the day keeping watch. The holy bird, the peacock, spends the day calling 'ḫaya'. A bird red from cornelian, blue from lapis lazuli, white (?) from chalcedony (?), with all kinds of gold, and leather inlaid with gold -- may the coppersmith fashion the peacock for you thus.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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