ETCSLglossing | Sign name: ŠEŠ.AB Values: urim5 |
ĝiš-gu<sub>2</sub> | gu<sub>2</sub>-ĝu<sub>10</sub> | im-mi-ĝar | za-e | gu<sub>3</sub> | bi-ra-ra |
ĝiš-gu2 | gu2 | ĝar | za | gu3 | ra |
neck stock | neck | to place | you (sg.) | voice | to beat |
"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 |
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