ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ŠE
Values: niga, še

An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.3

ab-ba	uru<sub>2</sub><sup>ki</sup>-a	tuc-a-ra	tur<sub>5</sub>-ra	gaba	ba-ri
ab-ba	iri (ES: uru₂)	tuc	tur₅	gaba	ri
father	town	to sit	to be ill	chest	to direct

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Paragraph t552.p2 (line(s) 3-8) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The city-dwelling father was stricken with illness. He, precious brilliance found in a distant mountain (?), was stricken with illness. He, attractive in ……, a man who made words pleasing, was stricken with illness. He who had a tall figure, and altogether was powerful, was stricken with illness. He, wise in divine plans and an ornament of the assembly, was stricken with illness. He who was a man of truth, god-fearing, was stricken with illness.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary