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Sign name: GA₂×GAR (GALGA and GA₂×NIG₂)
Values: g̃alga

The Keš temple hymn (c.4.80.2), line c4802.I.119

tigi	nun	dug₃-ge	mu-na-du₁₂-a	niĝ₂	dug₃-ge	si	ba-ni-in-sa₂
tigi	nun	dug₃	du₁₂	niĝ₂	dug₃	si	sa₂
type of instrument and composition	prince	to be good	to perform (music)	thing	to be good	horn	to equal
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Paragraph t4802.p20 (line(s) 116-126) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The bull's horn is made to growl; the drumsticks are made to thud. The singer { cries out } { (1 ms. has instead:) declaims } to the ala drum; { the grand sweet tigi is played for him } { (some mss. have instead:) the sweet tigi is well tuned }. The house is built; its nobility is good! The house Keš is built; its nobility is good! Its lady has taken a seat in its ……. Ninḫursaĝa, its lady, has taken her seat in its ……. Will anyone else bring forth something as great as Keš? Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Ašgi? Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintur?

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary