ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LUḪ
Values: ḫuluḫ, luḫ, sukkal

Ninĝišzida's journey to the nether world (c.1.7.3), line c173.32

ĝe₂₆-e	ama-ĝu₁₀	id₂-gin₇	mu-un-ba-al-la₂-aš	a-ĝu₁₀	ba-ra-mu-un-naĝ
ĝE₂₆-E	AMA-ĝU₁₀	A.LAGAB&TIMES;HAL (A.ENGUR)-GIN₇	MU-UN-BA-AL-LA₂-Aš	A-ĝU₁₀	BA-RA-MU-UN-NAĝ
ĝe₂₆	ama	id₂	ba-al	a	naĝ
I	mother	watercourse	to dig	water	to drink

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Paragraph t173.p7 (line(s) 29-37) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"The river of the nether world produces no water, no water is drunk from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } The fields of the nether world produce no grain, no flour is eaten from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } The sheep of the nether world produce no wool, no cloth is woven from it. { (1 ms. adds:) Why should you sail? } As for me, even if my mother digs as if for a canal, I shall not be able to drink the water meant for me. The waters of springtime will not be poured for me as they are for the tamarisks; I shall not sit in the shade intended for me. The dates I should bear like a date palm will not reveal (?) their beauty for me. I am a field threshed by my demon -- you would scream at it. He has put manacles on my hands -- you would scream at it. He has put a neck-stock on my neck -- you would scream at it."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary