ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GIR3×GAN2tenu (GIR3×KAR2)
Values: gir16, giri16, girid2

An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (c.5.5.3), line c553.6
mna-wi-ir-tumšilambar-šu-ĝal2gakkul-gin7bi2-in-X
DIš-NA-WI-IR-TUMšILAMBAR-ŠU-ĝAL2U.DIM׊E (GAKKUL AND U.MUN)-GIN7BI2-IN-X
na-wi-ir-tumšilambar-šu-ĝal2gakkulX
Nawirtum (PN)cowloud-voiced?fermenting vatX
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Paragraph t553.p1 (line(s) 1-9) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
An evil day …… upon the maiden in her ……. Upon the fair woman, the well-favoured maiden, the evil eye ……. Upon the fledgling overstepping its nest, a net has ……. The fecund mother, the mother of children, is …… by a snare. The yellow cow, the loud-voiced wild cow, …… like a gakkul vessel. Nawirtum, the loud-voiced wild cow, …… like a gakkul vessel. She who never said "I am sick" was not cared for. She who did not …… did not …… the divine place. Like their resting-place, their hurled …… was not …….
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