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Sign name: ḪI×ŠE (BIR)
Values: bir, dubur, giriš

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.212

<sup>d</sup>nin-ĝir<sub>2</sub>-su	e<sub>2</sub>-zu	ma-ra-du<sub>3</sub>-e
nin-ĝir₂-su	e₂	du₃
Ninĝirsu (DN)	house(hold)	to erect

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Paragraph t217.p26 (line(s) 207-216) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He rose to his master in public and prayed to him; he went to him in the Ubšu-unkena and saluted him: "My master Ninĝirsu, lord who has turned back the fierce waters, true lord, semen ejaculated by the Great Mountain, noble young hero who has no opponent! Ninĝirsu, I am going to build up your house for you, but I lack an ominous sign. Warrior, you asked for perfection, but, son of Enlil, Lord Ninĝirsu, you did not let me know your will as to how to achieve it."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary