ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GU₂×NUN (USAN)
Values: sub₃, usan

The lament for Unug (c.2.2.5), line c225.E.D.18

gu₃-bi	mir-mir-ra-am₃	izi	bar₇-a	kur-re	sud-sud-u₃-dam
gu₃	mir	izi	bar₇	kur	sud
voice	to rage	fire	to burn	(mountain) land	to be distant

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Paragraph t225.p15 (line(s) 11-20) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He ……, stretched forth his hand and induced terror in the land. Enlil struck out with great ferocity. He announced: "A deluge dashing the hoe on the ground shall be invoked. At its front war shall be a …… axe, at its rear it shall be a ……. Its overgrown hair shall be a harrow, its back shall be flames. Its countenance shall be a malevolent storm that enshrouds heaven and earth. The glint of its eyes shall be lightning that flashes far like the Anzud bird. Its mouth shall rage -- a blazing fire that extends as far as the nether world. Its tongue shall be an inferno, raining embers, that sunders the Land. Its arms shall be the majestic Anzud bird that nothing can escape when it spreads wide its talons."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary