ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GISAL
Values: g̃isal
Letter from Aba-indasa to Šulgi about his neglect (c.3.1.21), line c3121.16
ĝiš-gin7ĝištir-ĝa2mu-un-du3-nammu-dur7-reim-gam-e
ĝištirdu3mu-dur7gam
treeforestto erectdirtto bow down
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Paragraph t3121.p5 (line(s) 16-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
But like a tree planted in riverine thickets, I am bowed down in dirt. They have bound a rope around my hands, on my chair where they have tied me. In my city, where I would wear clean clothes, I am clothed instead in mourning dress. When I wash away clods of soil, dust still gets into my eyes.
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