ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KA.ḪI
Values: dimma

The song of the hoe (c.5.5.4), line c554.4

an	ki-ta	ba₉-re₆-de₃	saĝ	na-an-ga-ma-an-šum₂
AN	KI-TA	BA₉-RE₆-DE₃	SAĝ	NA-AN-GA-MA-AN-šUM₂
an	ki	bad	saĝ	šum₂
heaven	place	to open	head	to give

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Paragraph t554.p1 (line(s) 1-7) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Not only did the lord make the world appear in its correct form -- the lord who never changes the destinies which he determines: Enlil, who will make the human seed of the Land come { forth } { (3 mss. have instead:) up } from the { earth } { (2 other mss. have instead:) chamber } -- and not only did he hasten to separate heaven from earth, and hasten to separate earth from heaven, but, in order to make it possible for humans to grow in { 'Where Flesh Came Forth' } { (2 mss. have instead:) 'Where Flesh Grew' } (the name of a cosmic location), he first { suspended } { (2 mss. have instead:) raised } the axis of the world at Dur-an-ki.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary