ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ḪI×NUN (AḪ)
Values: a’, aḫ, eḫ, iḫ, uḫ, umun3
Inana's descent to the nether world (c.1.4.1), line c141.117
ja<sub>2</sub>-nu<sup>d</sup>ne-tii<sub>3</sub>-du<sub>8</sub>galkur-ra-ju<sub>10</sub>
jenne-et-tii3-du8galkur
to goNeti (DN)doorkeeperto be big(mountain) land
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Paragraph t141.p21 (line(s) 114-122) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
When she heard this, Ereckigala slapped the side of her thigh. She bit her lip and took the words to heart. She said to Neti, her chief doorman: "Come Neti, my chief doorman of the underworld, don't neglect the instructions I will give you. Let the seven gates of the underworld be bolted. Then let each door of the palace Ganzer be opened separately. As for her, after she has entered, and crouched down and had her clothes removed, they will be carried away."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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