ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LIL
Values: lil, suku_x

An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.10

ka	u₃-ba-e-šu₂	ninda	nu-mu-un-šu₂-šu₂	šag₄-sug₄-ga	ba-an-nu₂
KA	IGI.DIB (U₃)-BA-E-šU₂	NINDA	NU-MU-UN-šU₂-šU₂	šAG₄-SUG₄-GA	BA-AN-NU₂
ka	šu₂	ninda	šu₂	šag₄-sug₄	nu₂
mouth	to cover	bread	to cover	emptiness	to lie down

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Paragraph t552.p3 (line(s) 9-15) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He, not eating, was stricken with illness and was languishing away (?). Having closed his mouth, he ate no food and lay famished. According to a tablet ……. The warrior, a wanderer (?), did not move a foot. From (?) his sick …… he was consumed with wailing for his children. Heart anguished, overcome by wailing, the scholar died a violent death in Nibru.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary