ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: UŠ.DAM
Values: nitalam2
The building of Ninjirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7), line c217.543
mac-acui<sub>3</sub>-gid<sub>2</sub>mac-a-nii<sub>3</sub>-sag<sub>9</sub>
mac2cugid2mac2sag9
(kid) goathandto be long(kid) goatto be good
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Paragraph t217.p66 (line(s) 543-550) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
He performed extispicy on a kid and his omen was favourable. He cast grain on to …… and its appearance was right. Gudea lay down for a dream oracle, and while he was sleeping a message came to him: in the vision he saw his master's house already built, the E-ninnu separating heaven and earth. This made him extremely happy.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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