ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KASKAL.KUR (ILLAT)
Values: illat

The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.61

igira₂	gi	du₃-a-ni	mu-na-an-bu-bu
KI.SAG.SAL (KI.SAG.MUNUS)	GI	DU₃-A-NI	MU-NA-AN-BU-BU
igira₂	gi	du₃	bur₁₂
heron	reed	to erect	to tear out

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Paragraph t592.p7 (line(s) 60-66) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The turtle, the trapper of birds, the setter of nets, overthrew the heron's construction of reeds for her, turned her nest upside down, and tipped her children into the water. The turtle scratched the dark-eyed bird's forehead with its claws, so that her breast was covered in blood from it. { (1 ms. adds 1 line:) …… in the dust. }

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary