ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: NAM.SAL.TUG2 (NAM.NIN and NAM.MUNUS.TUG2)
Values: pala3
Proverbs: collection 1 (c.6.1.01), line c6101.A.1.38.48
aib2-ta-de2ki-in-duba-ab-naĝ
ade2ki-in-dunaĝ
waterto pour(stretch of) earthto drink
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Paragraph t6101.p38 (line(s) 47-50) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Bread is served but it is not used for wiping. Water is poured out, and then drunk by the ground. In the nether world, the most honoured place, since it is water and food, it is called a water libation.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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