ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ŠEN
Values: dur10, šen

The death of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma A) (c.2.4.1.1), line c2411.1.86
ur-dnammanidbakur-ra-ke4ĝišim-ma-ab-tag-ge
UR-DIĝIR-NAMMAPAD.AN.MUŠ3KUR-RA-KE4ĝIšIM-MA-AB-TAG-GE
ur-nammanidbakurĝištag
Ur-Namma (RN)(food) offering(mountain) landtreeto touch
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Paragraph t2411.p7 (line(s) 76-87) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
He presented gifts to the seven chief porters of the nether world. As the famous kings who had died and the dead išib priests, lumaḫ priests, and nindiĝir priestesses, all chosen by extispicy, announced the king's coming to the people, a tumult arose in the nether world. As they announced Ur-Namma's coming to the people, a tumult arose in the nether world. The king slaughtered numerous bulls and sheep, Ur-Namma seated the people at a huge banquet. The food of the nether world is bitter, the water of the nether world is brackish. The trustworthy shepherd knew well the rites of the nether world, so the king presented the offerings of the nether world, Ur-Namma presented the offerings of the nether world: as many faultless bulls, faultless kids, and fattened sheep as could be brought.
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