ETCSLglossingSignSign name: KA×SA (SU6)
Values: sun4
The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.75
akkilĝar-ra-ĝa2niĝ2ku7-ku7-da-bi
GAD.TAK4.SI (AKKIL AND GAD.KID2.SI)ĝAR-RA-ĝA2NIĝ2KU7-KU7-DA-BI
akkilĝarniĝ2ku7-ku7
cryto placethingto be sweet
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Paragraph t535.p8 (line(s) 70-79) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"But I am the beautiful and clever Bird! Fine artistry went into my adornment. But no skill has been expended on your holy shaping! Strutting about in the royal palace is my glory; my warbling is considered a decoration in the courtyard. The sound I produce, in all its sweetness, is a delight for the person of Šulgi, son of Enlil. Fruits and produce of gardens and orchards are the enormous daily offerings due to me. Groats, flour, malt, hulled barley and emmer (?) are sweet things to my mouth. How do you not recognise my superiority from this? Bow your neck to the ground!"
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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