ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: SAL.LAGAR (MUNUS.LAGAR)
Values: murub2

Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world (c.1.8.1.4), line c1814.1.16
den-kikur-še3ba-u5-a-ba
en-kikuru5
Enki (DN)(mountain) landto ride
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Paragraph t1814.p1 (line(s) 1-26) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
In those days, in those distant days, in those nights, in those remote nights, in those years, in those distant years; in days of yore, when the necessary things had been brought into manifest existence, in days of yore, when the necessary things had been for the first time properly cared for, when bread had been tasted for the first time in the shrines of the Land, when the ovens of the Land had been made to work, when the heavens had been separated from the earth, when the earth had been delimited from the heavens, when the fame of mankind had been established, when An had taken the heavens for himself, when Enlil had taken the earth for himself, when the nether world had been given to Ereškigala as a gift; when he set sail, when he set sail, when the father set sail for the nether world, when Enki set sail for the nether world -- against the king a storm of small hailstones arose, against Enki a storm of large hailstones arose. The small ones were light hammers, the large ones were like stones from catapults (?). The keel of Enki's little boat was trembling as if it were being butted by turtles, the waves at the bow of the boat rose to devour the king like wolves and the waves at the stern of the boat were attacking Enki like a lion.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary

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