ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NE
Values: bar7, be7, bi2, bil, de3, du17, gibil4, izi, kum2, lam2, lem4, li9, ne, ni5, pel, pil, saḫarx, šeg̃6
An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (c.5.5.3), line c553.30
ḫal-ḫal-bisipadak-a-bizag-lamu-un-na-ak-e
ḫa-lasipadakzag-laak
sharehornto break (into bits)to domeaning unknownto do
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Paragraph t553.p4 (line(s) 27-38) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Because …… was brought to an end at his side, he rises in greatness and favour, uttering a lament for her. For her mother who bore her, the bright light turned to darkness, …… for her. He makes their shares (?), their ……, into a …… for her. Their souls have come forth before her, their evil bodies are torn apart. Their ……, workers and kin are ……, their …… are ……. (1 line unclear)they did not stand ……. Their nursemaids were ……. The …… fled (?). Like angry men, stones …… sick (?), the light from above …… did not increase from her city.
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