ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NUN.ME.KA×GAN₂tenu (NUN.ME.PU₃)
Values: abgal₂

The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.23

igira₂^mušen	nunuz	ga-bur₁₂	ga-de₆	ab-e	X	BA	X	X-eš₂
KI.SAG.SAL (KI.SAG.MUNUS)-MUšEN	NUNUZ	GA-BUR₁₂	GA-DE₆	AB-E	X	BA	X	X-Eš₂
igira₂	nunuz	bur₁₂	de₆	ab	X	BA	X	X
heron	egg	to tear out	to carry	sea	X	BA	X	X

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Paragraph t592.p3 (line(s) 22-25) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

On that day, beside the reedbeds, someone sitting on the bank prays: "Let me snatch away the heron's eggs, let me take them away ……, so that the gift-bringing bird will not be able to make a gift, so that the gift-bringing heron will not be able make a gift!"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary