ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: GIŠ.KUŠU2
Values: umma

The death of Gilgameš (c.1.8.1.3), line c1813.1.A.14
ki-nu2u3-u8-a-u8ba-nu2ḫurnu-mu-e-da-an-zi-zi
ki-nu2u5-anu2ḫurzig3
sleeping quartersoothing expressionto lie downeverto rise
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…… hero …… has lain down and is never to rise again. …… has lain down and is never to rise again. He of well-proportioned limbs …… has lain down and is never to rise again. …… has lain down and is never to rise again. He who …… wickedness has lain down and is never to rise again. The young man …… has lain down and is never to rise again. He who was perfect in …… and feats of strength has lain down and is never to rise again. …… has lain down and is never to rise again. The lord of Kulaba has lain down and is never to rise again. He who spoke most wisely has lain down and is never to rise again. The plunderer (?) of many countries has lain down and is never to rise again. He who climbed the mountains has lain down and is never to rise again. He has lain down on his death-bed and is never to rise again. He has lain down on a couch of sighs and is never to rise again.
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