ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LUḪ
Values: ḫuluḫ, luḫ, sukkal

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.91

iri-ni	niĝin<sub>6</sub><sup>ki</sup>-še<sub>3</sub>	ma<sub>2</sub>	mu-ni-ri	kar	niĝin<sub>6</sub><sup>ki</sup>-na-ke<sub>4</sub>	ma<sub>2</sub>	bi<sub>2</sub>-us<sub>2</sub>
iri	niĝin₆	ma₂	ri	kar	niĝin₆	ma₂	us₂
town	Niĝin (SN)	boat	to direct	quay	Niĝin (SN)	boat	to be adjacent

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Paragraph t217.p12 (line(s) 90-100) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He stepped aboard his boat, directed it towards her city Niĝin, mooring it at the quay of Niĝin. The ruler raised his head high in the courtyard of the goddess from Sirara. He offered bread, poured cold water and went to Nanše to pray to her: "Nanše, mighty lady, lady of most precious (?) powers, lady who like Enlil determine fates, my Nanše, what you say is trustworthy and takes precedence. You are the interpreter of dreams among the gods, you are the lady of all the lands. Mother, my matter today is a dream:"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary