ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KA×BALAG
Values: šeg₁₁

The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.72

2-kam-ma-še₃	mušen	lu₂	kadra	kadra-a	na-ak-e
2-KAM-MA-šE₃	MUšEN	LU₂	GAR.ŠA₃.A (NIG₂.ŠA₃.A)	GAR.ŠA₃.A (NIG₂.ŠA₃.A)-A	NA-AK-E
2-kam-ma	mušen	lu₂	kadra	kadra	ak
2nd	bird	person	greeting gift	greeting gift	to do

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Paragraph t592.p9 (line(s) 72-78) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"A second time, may the gift-bringing bird not be able to make a gift, may the gift-bringing heron not be able to make a gift!" It (the turtle) catches fish; it collects eggs and crushes them. It crushes the suḫur carp in the { honey plants } { (1 ms. has instead:) reedbeds }. It crushes the eštub carp in the little zi reeds. It crushes toads in the ligiligi grass. It crushes fish spawn, its offspring, its family.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary