ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: UD.GIŠ%GIŠ.NUN (UD.KIB.NUN)
Values: buranun, buranuna, zimbir

The building of Ninjirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.1237

gud-gin<sub>7</sub>	saj	il<sub>2</sub>-la	mu-ku<sub>4</sub>-ku<sub>4</sub>
gud	saj	il₂	kur₉
bull	head	to raise	to enter

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Paragraph t217.p135 (line(s) 1232-1247) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Like Utu, he rose on the horizon for the city. He wound (?) a turban (?) on his head. He made himself known by the eyes of holy An. He entered the shrine of E-ninnu with raised head like a bull and sacrificed there faultless oxen and kids. He set bowls in the open air and filled them full with wine. Ucumgal-kalama was accompanied by tigi drums, and ala drums roared for him like a storm. The ruler stepped onto the outer wall (?) and his city looked up to him in admiration. Gudea ……. (6 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary