ETCSLglossingSignSign name: DAM
Values: dam
The lament for Nibru (c.2.2.4), line c224.C.65
nam-lu2-ulu3-bimaš2-anše-gin7šag4-bami-ni-ib-til-la-ašaka-na-aĝ2-ĝu10im-me
nam-lu2-ulu3maš2-anšešag4tilakalam (ES: ka-na-aĝ2)dug4
humanityanimalsheartto completesoothing expressionthe Landto say
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Paragraph t224.p10 (line(s) 62-67) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Because the sealings of the abundant materials stored in the temple have been broken open, they have placed the loads on the ground. Because the property in its well-tended storehouses has been sent back, it says "What will they weigh out for me now?"; because the enemies who do not know good from evil have cut off all good things, it sings a bitter dirge; because they have finished off its populace there like animals, it cries "Oh my Land!". Because they have piled up the young women, young men and their little children like heaps of grain, it cries "Woe!" for them. Because they have splashed their blood on the ground like a rain-storm, there is no restraint to its crying.
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