ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KA₂.GAL
Values: abul, abula

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.1092

nunuz-bi	e₂-DI-a	ĝal₂-la-da
nunuz	e₂-DI	ĝal₂
egg	nest?	to be (located)

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Paragraph t217.p124 (line(s) 1088-1099) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

With his divine duties, namely to administer the open country, the pleasant place; to give directions concerning the Gu-edina, the pleasant open country; to make its birds propagate (?); to have them lay their eggs in nests (?); to have them rear their young; to see that the multiplication of the beasts of Ninĝirsu's beloved countryside does not diminish, Gudea introduced Dim-gal-abzu, the herald of Gu-edina, to Lord Ninĝirsu.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary