ETCSLglossingSignSign name: KID
Values: ge2, gi2, ke4, kid, lil2

Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta (c.1.8.2.3), line c1823.15
šeg12kul-aba4ki-ke4kugki-in-dar-ra-gin7pae3ak-am3
šeg12kul-abakugki-in-darpae3ak
brick(work)Kulaba (SN)precious metalcrevicebranchto go out or into do
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City, majestic bull bearing vigour and great awesome splendour, Kulaba, ……, breast of the storm, where destiny is determined; Unug, great mountain, in the midst of ……. There the evening meal of the great abode of An was set. In those days of yore, when the destinies were determined, the great princes allowed Unug Kulaba's E-ana to lift its head high. Plenty, and carp floods, and the rain which brings forth dappled barley were then increased in Unug Kulaba. Before the land of Dilmun yet existed, the E-ana of Unug Kulaba was well founded, and the holy ĝipar of Inana in brick-built Kulaba shone forth like the silver in the lode. Before …… carried ……, before ……, before …… carried ……, before the commerce was practised; before gold, silver, copper, tin, blocks of lapis lazuli, and mountain stones were brought down together from their mountains, before …… bathed for the festival, ……, …… time passed. (2 lines missing)
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