ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KI.SU.LU.EŠ₂.GAR (KI.SU.LU.ŠE₃.NIG₂)
Values: ugnim

The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.6

lu₂	du	kaskal-la	ḫar-ra-an-na	silim-ma-ĝu₁₀	en₃	al-tar-tar-re	nu-tar-tar-re
lu₂	ĝen	kaskal	ḫar-ra-an	silim	en₃	tar	tar
person	to go	(high)way	route	to be healthy	noun part of multiword verb	to cut	to cut
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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