ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: MUŠ₃.EREN
Values: šušin

The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.76

eštub^ku₆-e	gi-zi	di₄-di₄-la₂	zag	im-ma-ni-ib-tag
eštub	gi-zi	di₄-di₄	zag	tag
type of carp	type of reed	to be small	side	to touch

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Paragraph t592.p9 (line(s) 72-78) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"A second time, may the gift-bringing bird not be able to make a gift, may the gift-bringing heron not be able to make a gift!" It (the turtle) catches fish; it collects eggs and crushes them. It crushes the suḫur carp in the { honey plants } { (1 ms. has instead:) reedbeds }. It crushes the eštub carp in the little zi reeds. It crushes toads in the ligiligi grass. It crushes fish spawn, its offspring, its family.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary