ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GI4
Values: ge4, gi4, qi4
The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.730
e<sub>2</sub>-agag&#x011D;i&#x0161;-ur<sub>3</sub>kugmu-sig<sub>9</sub>-ge<sub>4</sub>-ne
e2gagĝiš-ur3kugsig9
house(hold)peg(roof)beamshiningto put
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Paragraph t217.p85 (line(s) 730-737) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The shining roof-beam nails hammered into the house are dragons gripping a victim. The shining ropes attached to the doors are holy Niraḫ parting the abzu. Its …… is pure like Keš and Aratta, its …… is a fierce lion keeping an eye on the Land; nobody going alone can pass in front of it.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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