ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GAN₂tenu (KAR₂)
Values: guru₆, kar₂

The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.13

X	X	^den-ki-ke₄	ambar-ambar-ra	zu₂	bi₂-in-keše₂	gi	sumun	gi	ḫenbur₂	bi₂-in-mu₂
X	X	en-ki	ambar	zu₂	keše₂	gi	sumun	gi	ḫenbur	mu₂
X	X	Enki (DN)	marsh	tooth	to bind	reed	to be old	reed	shoot	to grow

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Paragraph t535.p2 (line(s) 13-21) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

…… Enki knit together the marshlands, making young and old reeds grow there; he made birds and fish live in the pools and lagoons ……; he gave …… all kinds of living creatures as their sustenance, …… placed them in charge of this abundance of the gods. When Nudimmud, august prince, the lord of broad wisdom, had fashioned ……, he filled the reedbeds and marshes with fish and birds, indicated to them their positions and instructed them in their divine rules.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary