ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GIŠ
Values: g̃iš, is, iš6, iz
Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version A) (c.1.8.1.5), line c1815.A
maš2su4-amaš2babbar...maš2šag4tamMA-an-DIB
maš2su4maš2babbar...maš2šag4tamDIB
(kid) goatto be red(kid) goatwhite...(kid) goatheartto be cleanDIB
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Gilgameš { prepared } { (2 mss. have instead:) took hold of } a white kid. { He clasped a brown kid, a sacrificial animal, close to his breast. } { (1 ms. has instead:) He …… a brown kid. } In his hand he held a holy staff before his nose, as he addressed Utu of heaven:
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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