ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSignSign name: GIŠ.NE.MES.GA
Values: gilgamešx
The poem of early rulers (c.5.2.5), line c525.19
...il2-laudšag4ḫul2-laXniĝ2-me-ĝarmu36000-am3in-ak
...il2udšag4ḫul2Xniĝ2-me-ĝarmu36000ak
...to raiseday(light)heartto be happyXsilenceyear36000to do
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Paragraph t525.p2 (line(s) 17-21) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
…… is like the twinkling of an eye. Who would consider …… without cheerfulness to be superior to death? 36,000 years of silence …… just one day of happiness. Having been given …… the gods, life was sought for ……. …… the share of mankind, …… live in the house of the young men.
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