ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: TE
Values: gal₅, te, teg̃₃, temen, ten

Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household (c.3.3.01), line c3301.8

inim-zu	im	an-ta	cej<sub>3</sub>-je<sub>26</sub>-gin<sub>7</sub>	cid	nu-tuku-tuku-dam	cid	nu-du<sub>3</sub>-du<sub>3</sub>-dam	cid	nu-da<sub>13</sub>-da<sub>13</sub>-dam
inim	im	an	cej₃	cid	tuku	cid	du₃	cid	taka₄
word	rain(storm)	heaven	to rain	to count	to have	to count	to erect	to count	to leave behind

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You are fashioned like the son of An. As with the words of a god, { what you say is irrevocable } { (1 ms. has instead:) all the foreign lands cannot answer (?) your words }. Your words, like rain pouring from the skies, { are uncountable } { (1 ms. has instead:) are uncheckable } { (1 other ms. has instead:) are uncontrollable (?) }: this is what Ur-saga, your servant, says:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary