ETCSLglossing | Sign name: NUNtenu Values: agargara, garx |
su | diĝir-re-e-ne | eš3-bi | ze2-me-en |
SU | DIĝIR-RE-E-NE | Eš3-BI | ZE2-ME-EN |
su | diĝir | eš3 | za |
flesh | deity | shrine | you (sg.) |
In his anger the Date Palm answered him. He addressed his brother the Tamarisk: "You say: "If people build daises for me and beautify them too, they certainly do not swear by the gods before clay (?)." -- You may be the body of the gods in their shrines and people may name with a good name the daises of the gods, but it is silver that can pride itself as the overlay of the gods. ……, describe your beauty!" (unknown no. of lines missing) |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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