ETCSLglossing | Sign name: ḪI×BAD (KAM) Values: kam, tu7, utul2 |
lu2 | igi-na | sukkal | nu-me-a | ĝišĝidru | šu | bi2-in-du8 |
lu2 | igi | sukkal | me | ĝidru | šu | du8 |
person | eye | minister | to be | sceptre | hand | to spread |
So when Inana left the underworld, the one in front of her, though not a minister, held a sceptre in his hand; the one behind her, though not an escort, carried a mace at his hip, while the small demons, like a reed enclosure, and the big demons, like the reeds of a fence, restrained her on all sides. |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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