ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: BI
Values: be₂, bi, biz, kaš, pe₂, pi₂

An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (c.5.5.3), line c553.56

gu₄-ud-gu₄-ud	šu	il₂-il₂-i	ma-li-li-bi-ĝu₁₀	me-am₃	ga-mu-ri-in-pad₃
GU₄-UD-GU₄-UD	ŠU	IL₂-IL₂-I	MA-LI-LI-BI-ĝU₁₀	ME-AM₃	GA-MU-RI-IN-PAD₃
gu₄-ud	šu	il₂	ma-li-li-bi	me-a	pad₃
to jump on	hand	to raise	frolicking?	where	to find

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Paragraph t553.p6 (line(s) 47-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He wears their ……, he weeps for her: "O where is ……? I would call upon you! Where are Meme and the alluring protective spirits? I would call upon you! Where is the ……, the ……, the gracious words? I would call upon you! Where are my …… weapon and gloriously fashioned quiver? I would call upon you! Where is that which brightens the …… face, my noble counsel? I would call upon you! Where is my ……, my precious brilliance? I would call upon you! Where are my sweet songs which make the heart rejoice? I would call upon you! Where are my …… weapon and golden quiver which brightens the spirit? I would call upon you! Where are my dancing, hand-waving, and frolicking (?)? I would call upon you!"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary