ETCSLglossingSignSign name: LAM
Values: ešx, lam
Dumuzid and Ĝeštin-ana (c.1.4.1.1), line c1411.68
mu-ni-in-niĝin2-niĝin2-ne-ešmu-ni-in-dab5-be2-de3-eš
MU-NI-IN-NIĝIN2-NIĝIN2-NE-EšMU-NI-IN-DAB5-BE2-DE3-Eš
niĝin2dab5
to go aroundto seize
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Paragraph t1411.p7 (line(s) 65-73) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The small demons said to the big demons: "Come on, let's go to the holy sheepfold!" There at the holy sheepfold they caught Dumuzid. They went hither and thither until they caught him. They searched for him until he was seen. The axe was wielded against the lad who had no family. They sharpened their daggers, they smashed his hut. His sister wandered about the city like a bird because of her brother: "My brother, let me take the great misfortune, come, let me ……."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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