ETCSLglossing | Sign name: TAG׊U Values: tibir2 |
ḫul-da | id2-da | ma2 | ḫe2-en-da-su |
IGI.UR (HUL)-DA | A.LAGAB×HAL (A.ENGUR)-DA | MA2 | ḫE2-EN-DA-SU |
ḫul | id2 | ma2 | su |
to be bad | watercourse | boat | to sink |
When you bring a slave girl from the hills, she brings both good and evil with her. The good is in the hands; the evil is in the heart. The heart does not let go of the good; but the heart cannot let go of the evil either. As if it were a watery place, the heart does not abandon the good. Evil is a storeroom ……. { (1 ms. adds:) (2 lines unclear) } May the boat with the evil sink in the river! May his waterskin split in the desert! |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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