ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: NU11.BUR.LA
Values: lagaš

Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.E.16
ti-ri2-damušenĝiš-gi-ati-ri2-daba-e-sa4
TI-RI2-DA-MUšENĝIš-GI-ATI-RI2-DABA-E-SA4
ti-ri2-daĝiš-giti-ri2-dasa4
type of birdreedbedbird-cryto call
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Paragraph t4143.p15 (line(s) 1-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The heron (?) ……. The girgid bird ……. The dur bird ……. (1 line fragmentary)The dar bird …… guard ……. The dar bird …… 'tikutikumae'. The …… bird …… in the marshes. The adardara bird …… the swallow ……. The …… bird, when the net is suspended ……. The …… bird …… marshes ……. The šu-ur bird …… its extended wings and its head. The sleep bird spends its time crying 'dilibipila'. The shepherd bird cries 'uludig uludig'. The shepherd bird is brightly coloured like the durdar bird, and has a crest on its head. The nu-erimla bird does not live in windows or reed huts. The tirida bird calls the name 'tirida' in the reedbeds.
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