ETCSLglossing | Sign name: PIRIG Values: ne3, niskum, pirig̃ |
gal5-la2 | gal-gal | gi | dub-ba-an-na-gin7 | zag-ga-na | ba-an-dab5-be-eš |
gal5-la2 | gal | gi | dub-ba-an | zag | dab5 |
type of demon | to be big | reed | fence | side | to seize |
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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