ETCSLglossingSignSign name: AB
Values: ab, aba, ap, eš3, iri12, is3

The lament for Eridug (c.2.2.6), line c226.1.A.A.6
eridugki-gatug2-gin7ba-e-dulgada-gin7ba-e-bur2
eridugtug2dulgadabur2
Eridug (SN)garmentto cover (together)linen (fibre)to release
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Paragraph t226.p1 (line(s) 1-10) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
(4 lines missing) The roaring storm covered it like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet. It covered Eridug like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet. In the city, the furious storm resounded ……. In Eridug, the furious storm resounded ……. Its voice was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people ……. Eridug was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people …….
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary

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