ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ŠEN
Values: dur10, šen

The lament for Unug (c.2.2.5), line c225.E.H.86
maš-gana2-maš-gana2ba-bir-birunugkidili-biba-du3(...)
maš-gana2birunugdilidu3(...)
settlementto scatterUnug (SN)singleto erect(...)
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Paragraph t225.p27 (line(s) 78-88) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Unug! They seized your wharf and your borders and ……. At Unug shouts rang out, screams reverberated, its captured men ……. The noise reached to the south. The south was destroyed and ……. The impact forced its way to the uplands. The uplands were struck and ……. To the right and left no people moved about, no habitations were built. There was no …… and the mobilisation of troops did not ……. …… rose up to heaven. Heaven perished and its strength did not ……. …… upon the earth. The earth was scattered, and it did not ……. All the settlements were dispersed -- Unug stood all alone. It was a bull, it was a champion, it was immense with pride, but it …… to the weapons. All night and even until midday battle was waged, and afterwards it did not …….
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