ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NAM
Values: bir5, nam, sim, sin2
The lament for Urim (c.2.2.2), line c222.I.192
šikabar7-bar7-re-dasaḫarim-da-tab-tabuĝ3-ešeam3-ša4
šikabar7saḫartab2uĝ3šeša4
(pot)sherdto burnearthto burnpeoplegroanverb part of multiword verb
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Paragraph t222.p34 (line(s) 192-196) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
The scorching potsherds made the dust glow (?) -- the people groan. He swept the winds over the black-headed people -- the people groan. Sumer was overturned by a snare -- the people groan. It attacked (?) the Land and devoured it completely. Tears cannot influence the bitter storm -- the people groan.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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