ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: BA
Values: ba, be₄

Letter from X to the god Nanna (c.3.3.22), line c3322.8

nam-en-na	šu	du<sub>7</sub>	aga	zid	gur<sub>3</sub>-ru-me-en
nam-en	šu	du₇	aga	zid	guru₃
high (priestly) office	hand	to be perfect	crown	right	to bear

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Paragraph t3322.p2 (line(s) 8-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

You who are perfect in lordship and wear the legitimate headdress, the one with gleaming appearance and noble countenance, holy form endowed lavishly with beauty: your greatness covers all countries. Your fearsome radiance overwhelms the holy sky. Your great awesomeness is imbued with terror. …… is pre-eminent in the Land. You are indeed glorious from east to west. From the interior of heaven …… has given you ……, and entrusted you with the heavens. You are the king of heaven and earth; it is you who decide their fate.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary