ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GA2×GAR (GALGA and GA2×NIG2)
Values: g̃alga
An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.1
ab-bakire-a-še3dumu-ni-irkiĝ2bi2-in-gi4
AB-BAKIRE-A-šE3DUMU-NI-IRKIĝ2BI2-IN-GI4
ab-bakiredumukiĝ2gi4
fatherplacethatchildworkto return
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Paragraph t552.p1 (line(s) 1-2) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
A father sent a message to his son, to a far-off place; at that time the son, having gone to a distant place, was far away.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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