ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: ZU.AB
Values: abzu

The lament for Urim (c.2.2.2), line c222.M.310
e2ur5-ramu-lutuš-bituš-tuš-agu3e-ne-eĝ3nu-dirig-ĝen
e2ur5lu2 (ES: mu-lu)tuštušgu3inim (ES: e-ne-eĝ3)dirig
house(hold)financial obligationpersonto sitto sitvoicewordto be superior
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Paragraph t222.p52 (line(s) 310-320) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"I am one who, sitting in a debtors prison among its inmates, can make no extravagant claims. In that place I approached him for the sake of his city -- I weep bitterly. I approached the lord for the sake of his house -- I weep bitterly. I approached him for the sake of his destroyed house -- I weep bitterly. I approached him for the sake of his destroyed city -- I weep bitterly. Woe is me, I shall say "Fate of my city, bitter is the fate of my city". I the queen shall say "O my destroyed house, bitter is the fate of my house". O my brick-built Urim which has been flooded, which has been washed away, O my good house, my city which has been reduced to ruin mounds, in the debris of your destroyed righteous house, I shall lie down alongside you. Like a fallen bull, I will never rise up from your wall (?)."
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