ETCSLglossingSignSign name: DU
Values: de6, du, gub, g̃en, im4, kux, kub, kurx, laḫ6, ra2, re6, ša4, tu3, tum2
Nanše and the birds (Nanše C) (c.4.14.3), line c4143.A.50
mušenkugdḫa-ia3mušendḫa-ia3mušenudmi-ni-ib2-zal-zal-e
mušenkugḫa-ia3ḫa-ia3udzal
birdshiningpeacockbird-cryday(light)to pass
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Paragraph t4143.p9 (line(s) 49-53) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The peacock spends the day keeping watch. The holy bird, the peacock, spends the day calling 'ḫaya'. A bird red from cornelian, blue from lapis lazuli, white (?) from chalcedony (?), with all kinds of gold, and leather inlaid with gold -- may the coppersmith fashion the peacock for you thus.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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