ETCSLglossingSignSign name: DUN3 (TUN3)
Values: du5, tun3
The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.7
u3-na-a-dug4silim-ma-ĝu10šu-ni-še3ĝar-i3
IGI.DIB (U3)-NA-A-DUG4SILIM-MA-ĝU10ŠU-NI-šE3ĝAR-I3
u3-na-a-dug4silimšuĝar
letterto be healthyhandto place
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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
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