ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ZAtenu (AD4)
Values: ad4
The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.2
nibrukiga-e-gi4inim-bidug4-ba-ab
nibrugi4inimdug4
Nibru (SN)to returnwordto say
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Paragraph t551.p1 (line(s) 1-8) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Royal courier, start the journey! I want to send you to Nibru -- deliver this message! You are going on a long journey. My mother { is worried, she cannot sleep } { (1 ms. has instead:) is too (?) …… to sleep }. Although the way to { her } { (1 ms. has instead:) the closed } woman's domain is blocked, deliver my letter of greeting into her hands, { as she keeps asking } { (1 ms. has instead:) and then she will not keep asking } the { travellers } { (1 ms. has instead:) wayfarers } about my well-being. Then my mother will be delighted, and will treat you most kindly (?) for it.
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