ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GAN₂tenu (KAR₂)
Values: guru₆, kar₂

The song of the ploughing oxen: an ululumama to Ninurta (c.5.5.5), line c555.124

^ĝišapin	kug-zu	^ĝišdal-a	la₂-a-ba	^ĝišdal-ta	um-ta-si-ig
ĝIš-APIN	KUG-ZU	ĝIš-DAL-A	LA₂-A-BA	ĝIš-DAL-TA	UM-TA-SI-IG
apin	kug	dal	la₂	dal	sig₉
plough	shining	(cross)beam	to hang	(cross)beam	to put

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Paragraph t555.p8 (line(s) 119-142) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

ellu mallu! The harrow, the comb of my field, must be fitted with large teeth to harrow the holy field. The mattock must dig the edges. Remove the stumps! The mattock must dig the edges. Once you have taken down from the beam your holy plough which was hanging from a beam, a skilled carpenter must tighten its bonds. …… its side boards. (12 lines missing or fragmentary)…… noises. …… the measuring reed in his right hand. Enkimdu, he of dykes and canals ……, should …… for you in …….

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary