ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: A₂.MUŠ₃gunu (A₂.MUŠ₂)
Values: aškud

Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.A.51

mušen	^na₄gug-ta	gug	^na₄za-gin₃-ta	za-gin₃
MUšEN	NA₄-ZA.GUL (GUG)-TA	ZA.GUL (GUG)	NA₄-ZA-GIN₃-TA	ZA-GIN₃
mušen	gug	gug	za-gin₃	za-gin₃
bird	cornelian	cornelian	lapis lazuli	lapis lazuli

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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