ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: URU×GA (ŠAKIR₃)
Values: šakir₃

Letter from Lugal-nesaĝe to Enlil-massu (c.3.3.09), line c3309.1

<sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub>-mas-su	dimma	ad	gi<sub>4</sub>	sag<sub>9</sub>	za	ka	lal<sub>3</sub>	inim	gun<sub>3</sub>-gun<sub>3</sub>-ra	u<sub>3</sub>-na-a-dug<sub>4</sub>
en-lil₂-mas-su	dim₂-ma	ad	gi₄	sag₉	za	ka	lal₃	inim	gun₃	dug₄
Enlil-masssu (PN)	reasoning	voice	to return	to be good	to make noise	mouth	syrup	word	to be multicoloured	to say

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Say this to Enlil-massu who { enhances } { (1 ms. has instead:) pronounces } advice and counsel, the mellifluous mouth which makes speech persuasive. Repeat it to the son who serves his god and respects his father and mother. { Say it a third time } { (1 ms. has instead:) Repeat it } to my protective guardian and propitious spirit -- the precious powers -- whose form and stature are pleasing, honour to the scribal craft, { hero among the administrators and ornament of the palace } { (1 Urim ms. has instead:) hero among the administrators } { (2 mss. have instead:) ornament of the palace and hero among the administrators } who reinstates decrees and greatly pleases the heart of his king. This is what Lugal-nesaĝe, the nueš priest of Enlil and person who brings laughter to the king, son of { Enlil-alsag } { (1 Urim ms. has instead:) Zuzu }, the scholar of Nibru and your father, says:

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