ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: U.GAN (ŠAGAN)
Values: šag̃an

The heron and the turtle (c.5.9.2), line c592.A.79
i3-buru3ki-a...saĝan-še3mu-...
buru3ki...saĝan...
to penetrateplace...headheaven...
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Paragraph t592.p10 (line(s) 79-89) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
{ It dug in the ground, …… its head upwards ……. } { (1 ms. has instead:) The heron ……, ……. } She (the heron) { (1 ms. adds:) entered the house and } cried out to King Enki: "My king, you gave me the wide reedbeds, and I laid eggs there. I laid eggs in the wide reedbeds of Tutub. I laid eggs in the marshes of Kiritaba. I laid eggs in the adara thickets of Akšak. I laid eggs in Enki's interconnecting (?) lagoons. I laid eggs in the smaller lagoon, the lagoon of Eridug. I laid eggs in Enki's barbar reeds. I laid eggs in the little zi reeds of Urim. I laid eggs in Urim, where cows and calves abound."
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