ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: DUN₃ (TUN₃)
Values: du₅, tun₃

The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.A.89

ud-ba	urud	niĝ₂	kalag-ga	kiĝ₂	a₂	gal-gal-a-na
ud	urud	niĝ₂	kalag	kiĝ₂	a₂	gal
day(light)	copper	thing	to be strong	work	arm	to be big

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Paragraph t536.p3 (line(s) 81-90) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Enlil …… called for his minister Nuska: "My minister, Nuska!" (Nuska answered:) "Always at your service!" (Enlil replied:) "Strong Copper …… the throne and serves -- let him sit in his ……." He had barely finished speaking thus to him, when Nuska and the minister's retinue went together to …… and said to Strong Copper "Come in!" Then Strong Copper clasped against his chest the labours of his huge arms, the abundance of heaven and earth, as an offering and a gift.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary