ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: IM
Values: did, em, enegir, im, iškur, karkara, ni₂, tum₉

An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.11

dub-gin₇	bar-gin₇	ni₂-ĝal₂-la	RI	ib₂-gurud-da	mu-un-la₂
DUB-GIN₇	BAR-GIN₇	NI₂-ĝAL₂-LA	RI	IB₂-NUNTENU.KI-DA	MU-UN-LA₂
dub	bar	ni₂-ĝal₂	RI	gurud	la₂
tablet	outside	awe-inspiring	RI	to throw down	to hang

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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