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Sign name: GIŠ.NE.MES.GA
Values: gilgameš_x

The Keš temple hymn (c.4.80.2), line c4802.I.121

e₂	keš₃^ki	al-du₃	giri₁₇-zal-bi	al-dug₃
E₂	ŠU₂.AN.HI&TIMES;GAD (KEŠ₃)-KI	AL-DU₃	GIRI₁₇-ZAL-BI	AL-DUG₃
e₂	keš₃	du₃	giri₁₇-zal	dug₃
house(hold)	Keš (SN)	to erect	joy	to be good

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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