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Sign name: GI.NA.AB.U.GUD (GI.NA.AB.UL)
Values: šutum

A hymn to Enki (?) for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan X) (c.2.5.4.24), line c25424.29

niĝ₂-nam	u₃-tud-zu	šu	ta-ḫab₂	dug₄-ga-bi
NIĝ₂-NAM	IGI.DIB (U₃)-TUD-ZU	ŠU	TA-ḫAB₂	DUG₄-GA-BI
niĝ₂-nam	tud	šu	ta-ḫab₂	dug₄
anything	to give birth	hand	to thicken?	to say

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Paragraph t25424.p4 (line(s) 24-41) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

For the settled people, you are their lord and father. For the ……, you are their shepherd who seeks out food for them. You speak to them as if you were their father and mother; you satiate the people with food and drink. You give advice, you set your mind to work, …… skilful labour. You have opened up your house of instructions and surpassing wisdom. Everything you have created ……. …… full of great awesomeness, a place clad in fearsome radiance. …… mound ……, where the primeval lords dwell. (1 line unclear) …… Father Enlil ……. …… wisdom ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… your most precious divine plans ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… ingenuity ……. …… destiny ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 21 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary