ETCSLglossingSignSign name: A2
Values: a2, ed, et, id, it, iṭ, te8
Enki and Ninmaḫ (c.1.1.2), line c112.108
lu2su-baĝiš3nu-ĝargal4-lanu-ĝar-ranammi-ni-tarnindami-ni-in-šum2
LU2SU-BAĝIš3NU-ĝARGAL4-LANU-ĝAR-RANAMMI-NI-TARNINDAMI-NI-IN-šUM2
lu2suĝiš3ĝargal4-laĝarnamtarnindašum2
personfleshpenisto placefemale genitalsto placedestinyto cutbreadto give
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Paragraph t112.p15 (line(s) 102-110) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Enki answered Ninmaḫ: "I decreed a fate for the first man with the weak hands, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man who turned back (?) the light, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man with broken, paralysed feet, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man who could not hold back his urine, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the woman who could not give birth, I gave her bread. I decreed the fate for the one with neither penis nor vagina on its body, I gave it bread. My sister, ……." (2 lines fragmentary)
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