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Sign name: ḪI×AŠ (SUR₃)
Values: sur₃

The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother (c.5.5.1), line c551.4

ama-ĝu<sub>10</sub>	mud-am<sub>3</sub>	u<sub>3</sub>	nu-mu-ni-ku-ku	u<sub>3</sub>	DU-da	u<sub>3</sub>	ku-ku-ba
ama	mud	u₃	ku	u₃	DU	u₃	ku
mother	to be nervous	sleep	to lay down	and	DU	sleep	to lay down

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Paragraph t551.p1 (line(s) 1-8) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Royal courier, start the journey! I want to send you to Nibru -- deliver this message! You are going on a long journey. My mother { is worried, she cannot sleep } { (1 ms. has instead:) is too (?) …… to sleep }. Although the way to { her } { (1 ms. has instead:) the closed } woman's domain is blocked, deliver my letter of greeting into her hands, { as she keeps asking } { (1 ms. has instead:) and then she will not keep asking } the { travellers } { (1 ms. has instead:) wayfarers } about my well-being. Then my mother will be delighted, and will treat you most kindly (?) for it.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary