ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NE
Values: bar7, be7, bi2, bil, de3, du17, gibil4, izi, kum2, lam2, lem4, li9, ne, ni5, pel, pil, saḫarx, šeg̃6
An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (c.5.5.3), line c553.1
udhuldab<sub>5</sub>-be<sub>2</sub>-da-naki-sikil-raba-...
udhuldab5ki-sikil...
day(light)to be badto seizeyoung woman...
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Paragraph t553.p1 (line(s) 1-9) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
An evil day …… upon the maiden in her ……. Upon the fair woman, the well-favoured maiden, the evil eye ……. Upon the fledgling overstepping its nest, a net has ……. The fecund mother, the mother of children, is …… by a snare. The yellow cow, the loud-voiced wild cow, …… like a gakkul vessel. Nawirtum, the loud-voiced wild cow, …… like a gakkul vessel. She who never said "I am sick" was not cared for. She who did not …… did not …… the divine place. Like their resting-place, their hurled …… was not …….
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