ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GI%GI (GIL)
Values: gel, gi16, gib, gil, gilim
The death of Gilgameš (c.1.8.1.3), line c1813.3.F.134
dug4-ga-niinimdnin-ĝiš-zid-dadumu-zid-da-ke4ba-e-dugud
DUG4-GA-NIINIMDIĝIR-NIN-ĝIš-ZID-DADUMU-ZID-DA-KE4BA-E-DUGUD
dug4inimnin-ĝiš-zid-dadumu-ziddugud
to saywordNinĝišzida (DN)Dumuzid (DN)to be heavy
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Paragraph t1813.p35 (line(s) 131-134) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
(Another god speaks:) "Let Gilgameš as a ghost, below among the dead, be the governor of the nether world. Let him be pre-eminent among the ghosts, so that he will pass judgments and render verdicts, and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninĝišzida and Dumuzid."
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