ETCSLglossingSignSign name: IG
Values: eg, ek, g̃al2, ig, ik, iq
Inana's descent to the nether world (c.1.4.1), line c141.384
kugdinana-ke4mu-ud-na-nier2gigi3-še8-še8
kuginananitalam (ES: mu-ud-na)er2gigšeš2
shiningInana (DN)spousetearto be illto weep
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Paragraph t141.p60 (line(s) 384-393) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Holy Inana wept bitterly for her husband. (4 lines fragmentary)She tore at her hair like esparto grass, she ripped it out like esparto grass." You wives who lie in your men's embrace, where is my precious husband? You children who lie in your men's embrace, where is my precious child? Where is my man? Where ……? Where is my man? Where ……?"
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