ETCSLglossingSignSign name: KA
Values: du11, dug4, ga14, giri17, gu3, inim, ka, kir4, pi4, su11, šudx, zu2, zuḫ
The debate between Winter and Summer (c.5.3.3), line c533.9
e2-me-ešan-naniĝ2-keše2ak-de3
E2-ME-EšAN-NANIĝ2-KEšE2AK-DE3
e2-me-ešanniĝ2-keše2ak
summerheavenbandto do
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Paragraph t533.p1 (line(s) 1-11) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
An lifted his head in pride and brought forth a good day. He laid plans for …… and spread the population wide. Enlil set his foot upon the earth like a great bull. Enlil, the king of all lands, set his mind to increasing the good day of abundance, to making the …… night resplendent in celebration, to making flax grow, to making barley proliferate, to guaranteeing the spring floods at the quay, to making …… lengthen (?) their days in abundance, to making Summer close the sluices of heaven, and to making Winter guarantee plentiful water at the quay.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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