ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NI
Values: be₃, dig, i₃, ia₃, le₂, li₂, lid₂, ne₂, ni, suš₂, zal, zar₂

The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.128

cag<sub>4</sub>	gur<sub>4</sub>-ra	ni<sub>2</sub>-bi	ak-a-ba	ni<sub>2</sub>-bi	mu-un-gul-gul
cag₄	gur₄	ni₂-bi	ak	ni₂-bi	gul
heart	to be thick	itself, themselves	to do	itself, themselves	to destroy

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Paragraph t535.p15 (line(s) 125-136) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"You are like a watchman living on the walls (?), ……! Fish, you kindled fire against me, you planted henbane. In your stupidity you caused devastation; you have spattered your hands with blood! Your arrogant heart will destroy itself by its own deeds! But I am Bird, flying in the heavens and walking on the earth. Wherever I travel to, I am there for the joy of its …… named. ……, O Fish, …… bestowed by the Great Princes (a name for the Igigi). I am of first-class seed, and my young are first-born young! …… went with uplifted head …… to the lustrous E-kur. …… until distant days. …… the numerous people say. How can you not recognise my pre-eminence? Bow your neck to the ground."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary