ETCSLglossingSignSign name: AL
Values: al
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.267
muš-ḫuš-gin7kisumur-rabi2-du3
MUš-HI.GIR3 (HUŠ)-GIN7KISUMUR-RABI2-DU3
muš-ḫuškisumurdu3
type of serpentplaceto be angryto erect
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Paragraph t217.p34 (line(s) 266-270) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Like a fierce snake, I built E-ḫuš, my fierce place, in a dread location. When my heart gets angry at a land that rebels against me -- unutterable idea (?) -- it will produce venom for me like a snake that dribbles poison."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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