ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GIŠ.DUN₃gunu.MAŠ (GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ)
Values: gilgameš

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

^den-lil₂-mas-su	dimma	ad	gi₄	sag₉	za	ka	lal₃	inim	gun₃-gun₃-ra	u₃-na-a-dug₄
DIĝIR-EN-LIL₂-MAS-SU	KA.HI	AD	GI₄	SAG₉	ZA	KA	LAL₃	INIM	GUN₃-GUN₃-RA	IGI.DIB (U₃)-NA-A-DUG₄
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:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary