ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GI%GI (GIL)
Values: gel, gi16, gib, gil, gilim

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi O) (c.2.4.2.15), line c24215.A.84
lugalki-en-gi-rane3mu-un-gub-me-en3
LUGALKI-EN-GI-RANE3MU-UN-GUB-ME-EN3
lugalki-en-gine3gub
kingSumer (GN)strengthto stand
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Paragraph t24215.p7 (line(s) 61-84) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Thus he eulogised him who was born …… in Kulaba. (1 line unclear) Gilgameš, lord of Kulaba, seed of lordship, righteous hero …… (5 lines fragmentary or unclear) (approx. 4 lines missing)(Gilgameš continues speaking:) "Like ……, falsely (?) ……, you trampled underfoot ……, …… as if in a mighty clamp. You gathered its …… like swallows rising into the air. You entered with them into the presence of Enlil in the shrine of Nibru. Even those …… who escaped from the ……, wail bitterly ……. …… a copper (?) statue fashioned (?) in Urim, …… the seven gods, stationed beside, wielding battle-axes. Fearsome (?) hero ……, king of Sumer, you stand firm in your strength (?)."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary

Sumerian scribe

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