ETCSLglossingSignSign name: I.A (IA)
Values: ia
A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.12
ĝiš-gid2-da-ĝu10šuḫa-ba-ab-ti
ĝIš-GID2-DA-ĝU10ŠUḫA-BA-AB-TI
ĝiš-gid2-dašute
type of spear?handto approach
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Paragraph t24203.p15 (line(s) 1-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Lion, feline …… (5 lines fragmentary or unclear) May its glory cover the cities, and its battle-cry smother the foreign lands! May the people be terrified at its roaring, as at a storm in the heavens! I am Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer! May he bring me the muscles of a lion, the sinews of a lion! May he receive (?) my spear! (3 lines unclear)The black-headed will look on in amazement, and …… in my city.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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