ETCSLglossingSignSign name: TIR
Values: ezina3, ter, tir

The lament for Sumer and Urim (c.2.2.3), line c223.C.179
ki-nu-nir-ša3kiirinam-dumu-gir15-ra-ka-nikar-kar-re-de3ba-ab-dug4
ki-nir-šairinam-dumu-gir15kardug4
Kinirša (SN)towncitizenshipto fleeto say
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Paragraph t223.p23 (line(s) 174-184) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Bau, as if she were human, also reached the end of her time: "Woe is me! Enlil has handed over the city to the storm. He has handed it over to the storm that destroys cities. He has handed it over to the storm that destroys houses." Dumuzid-abzu was full of fear in the house of Kinirša. Kinirša, the city to which she belongs, was ordered to be plundered. The city of Nanše, Niĝin, was delivered to the foreigners. Sirara, her beloved dwelling, was handed over to the evil ones." Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house," she cried bitterly. Its sacred Ĝipar of en priesthood was defiled. Its en priest was snatched from the Ĝipar and carried off to enemy territory.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary

Sumerian scribe

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