ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NEšešig (BIL2)
Values: bil2, gibil, pel2
The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.24
mušen-elu2kadra-ke4kadrana-ak-e
MUšEN-ELU2GAR.ŠA3.A (NIG2.ŠA3.A)-KE4GAR.ŠA3.A (NIG2.ŠA3.A)NA-AK-E
mušenlu2kadrakadraak
birdpersongreeting giftgreeting giftto do
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Paragraph t592.p3 (line(s) 22-25) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
On that day, beside the reedbeds, someone sitting on the bank prays: "Let me snatch away the heron's eggs, let me take them away ……, so that the gift-bringing bird will not be able to make a gift, so that the gift-bringing heron will not be able make a gift!"
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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