ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: ZA.DUN3gunugunu (ZA.MIR)
Values: nir7
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.733
dniraḫkugabzudar-a-am3
niraḫkugabzudar
Niraḫ (DN)shiningunderground waterto split
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The shining roof-beam nails hammered into the house are dragons gripping a victim. The shining ropes attached to the doors are holy Niraḫ parting the abzu. Its …… is pure like Keš and Aratta, its …… is a fierce lion keeping an eye on the Land; nobody going alone can pass in front of it.
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