ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: A₂.KAL
Values: usu

The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.2

nibru^ki	ga-e-gi₄	inim-bi	dug₄-ba-ab
EN.KID-KI	GA-E-GI₄	INIM-BI	DUG₄-BA-AB
nibru	gi₄	inim	dug₄
Nibru (SN)	to return	word	to say

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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.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary