ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ZA
Values: sa₃, za

Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.C.8

MUNUS-MUNUS^mušen-e	ni₂-bi-še₃	er₂	im-ši-še₈-še₈
MUNUS-MUNUS	ni₂-bi	er₂	šeš₂
type of bird	itself, themselves	tear	to weep

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Paragraph t4143.p13 (line(s) 7-17) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The twittering birds flocking in the palace ……. The salsal bird cries in lament over itself. The egret (?), seemly in a …… linen garment, is present at the quayside. The heron (?) is brown, and clad in …… in the reedbeds. The …… bird catches azagur fish. The giri-ilu bird, dread of the people, …… its 'giri-ilu'. The stork …… picks up (?) …… like grass. The sa bird names …… its young ……. The dubdubu bird ……. The šegšeg bird sheds tears like a crying baby. The gubiguzaga bird …… like an angry man. (unknown no. of lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary