ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ZA.DUN₃gunu (ZA.GIN₂)
Values: nir₂

Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.C.9

kiši₆-bar^mušen	gada	ḫa-ad-e	du₇-a	kar-ra	ĝal₂-la-am₃
KIšI₆-BAR-MUšEN	GAD	ḫA-AD-E	DU₇-A	TE.A (KAR)-RA	ĝAL₂-LA-AM₃
kiši₆-bar	gada	ḫa-ad	du₇	kar	ĝal₂
egret?	linen (fibre)	to shine	to be perfect	quay	to be (located)

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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