ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: TUM
Values: dum, eb₂, ib₂, tum

The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.51

ga-ra-an	ḫe₂-me-du	gu₂	me-er-me-er-re-da	gu₂	me-er-me-re-de₃	du₇
GA-RA-AN	ḫE₂-ME-DU	GU₂	ME-ER-ME-ER-RE-DA	GU₂	ME-ER-ME-RE-DE₃	DU₇
ga-ra-an	ĝen	gu₂	mar	gu₂	mar	du₇
bunch (of fruit)	to go	neck	to flourish	neck	to flourish	to be perfect

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Paragraph t551.p6 (line(s) 47-52) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Let me give you a fifth description of my mother: My mother is a palm-tree, with the sweetest fragrance. She is a chariot of juniper wood, a sedan chair of boxwood. She is { a fine cloth } { (1 ms. has instead:) a good …… } perfumed with refined oil. She is a bunch of grapes, a garland (?) { growing luxuriantly } { (1 ms. has instead:) perfect in luxuriant growth }. { She } { (1 ms. has instead:) My mother } is a phial made from an ostrich egg, { overflowing } { (1 ms. has instead:) full } with { finest } { (1 ms. has instead:) perfumed } oil. { (1 ms. adds:) She is a fair woman, accompanied by a protective goddess ……. She is a woman who will show you compassion like (?) Aruru, …… born ……. }

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary