ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ZUM
Values: ḫaš4, rig2, sum2, zum

Enmerkar and En-suḫgir-ana (c.1.8.2.4), line c1824.A.220
tur3amašniĝ2-gig-bibi2-aki3gaba-e-ni-kalbi2-in-la2...X-niim-ši-im-la2...gaud5-daba-an-kal
tur3amašniĝ2-gigaki3gakalla2...Xla2...gaud5kal
animal stallsheepfoldabominationto dofatty substancemilkto be rareto hang...Xto hang...milk(nanny) goatto be rare
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Paragraph t1824.p17 (line(s) 206-221) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
On that day the animal pen and the byre were turned into a house of silence; they were dealt a disaster. The cow-herd dropped his staff from his hand: he was shocked. The shepherd hung the crook at his side and wept bitterly. The shepherd boy did not enter (?) the byre and animal pen, but took another way; the milk carrier did not sing loudly, but took another road. The cow-herd and shepherd of Nisaba, sons born of the same mother, were brought up in the animal pen and byre. The name of the first one was Maš-gula, the name of the second one was Ur-edina. At the great gate, facing sunrise, the place marvelled at by the land, both of them crouched in the debris and appealed to Utu for help: "The sorcerer from Aratta entered the animal pen. He made the milk scarce, so the young calves could not get any. { In the animal pen and the byre he caused distress; he made the butter and milk scarce } { (1 ms. has instead:) …… diminished ……, …… he made the milk of the goat scarce }. He threw its ……, …… was dealt a disaster."
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