ETCSLglossing | Sign name: GUM (KUM) Values: gum, kum, nag̃a4, qum |
ušum | lu<sub>2</sub>-še<sub>3</sub> | šu | ib<sub>2</sub>-ĝar-ra-am<sub>3</sub> |
ušum | lu2 | šu | ĝar |
type of snake | person | hand | to place |
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 |
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