ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: EN.ME.LI
Values: ensi

An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.107
dumuu<sub>3</sub>-tu-ud-da-zunam-saj-ce<sub>3</sub>he<sub>2</sub>-ni-sar
dumutudnam-sajsar
childto give birtheminenceto write
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Paragraph t552.p16 (line(s) 104-112) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"May your descendants be happy, ……. May ……. May the protective gods and goddesses …… your ……. May the children you begot be written down for privilege (?). May your daughters have divine favour. May your wife stay well, may your kin multiply. May prosperity and well-being (?) surround them day in day out. May good beer never cease in your libation tube. May the { invocation } { (1 ms. has instead:) incantation } of your house be forever the { invocation } { (1 ms. has instead:) incantation } of your god."
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