ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LAGAB×KUL (ESIR₂ and LAGAB×NUMUN)
Values: esir₂

Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household (c.3.3.01), line c3301.7

dug₄-ga-zu	inim	diĝir-ra-gin₇	ḫur	nu-gi₄-gi₄-dam	kur-kur	nu-gi₄-...
DUG₄-GA-ZU	INIM	DIĝIR-RA-GIN₇	ḫUR	NU-GI₄-GI₄-DAM	KUR-KUR	NU-GI₄-...
dug₄	inim	diĝir	ḫur	gi₄	kur	gi₄
to say	word	deity	ever	to return	(mountain) land	to return

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Paragraph t3301.p3 (line(s) 6-9) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

You are fashioned like the son of An. As with the words of a god, { what you say is irrevocable } { (1 ms. has instead:) all the foreign lands cannot answer (?) your words }. Your words, like rain pouring from the skies, { are uncountable } { (1 ms. has instead:) are uncheckable } { (1 other ms. has instead:) are uncontrollable (?) }: this is what Ur-saga, your servant, says:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary