ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NEšešig (BIL2)
Values: bil2, gibil, pel2
The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.106
uš2-ĝu10gaba-ĝa2a-eXim-mi-in-šu2-šu2
uš2gabaaXšu2
gorechestwaterXto cover
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Paragraph t592.p12 (line(s) 102-106) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"He turned my nest upside down, and tipped my children into the water. The turtle scratched my forehead -- me, the dark-eyed bird -- with its claws, so that my breast was covered with my blood { (1 ms. adds:) …… in the water }."
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