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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LIŠ
Values: dilim₂

The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.5

ama₅-a-ni	ama₅	saĝ	gi₄-a	ka-ĝiri₃	al-gib-ba
AMA₅-A-NI	AMA₅	SAĝ	GI₄-A	KA-ĝIRI₃	AL-GIB-BA
e₂-mi₂	e₂-mi₂	saĝ	gi₄	ka-ĝiri₃	gib
woman's estate	woman's estate	head	to return	path	to lie across (obstructively)

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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.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary