ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ḪI׊E (BIR)
Values: bir, dubur, giriš

The temple hymns (c.4.80.1), line c4801.330
e2diškur-raigi-zu-še3ḫe2-ĝal2a-ga-zu-še3giri17-zal
e2iškurigiḫe2-ĝal2a-gagiri17-zal
house(hold)Iškur (DN)eyeplentyrear (chamber)joy
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Paragraph t4801.p68 (line(s) 328-345) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
O house inspiring terror like a great lion, making as clear as day the decisions for those on the high plain, house of Iškur, at your front is abundance, at your rear is celebration. Your foundation is a horned bull, a lion. Holy staff, teat of heaven with rain for fine barley, the pilasters of your house are a wild bull with outspread horns, your ……, foundation and wall rising high, ……, thick cloud, …… snake, …… moonlight, …… Iškur, a sweeping flood, …… a storm and seven raging winds, ……, blowing raging winds, …… running from the ……, splits the …… hillside, diorite, stones and ……. (2 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary)
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