ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NUN/NUN (NIR)
Values: nir, ri₅, šer₇, tir_x

An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (c.5.5.3), line c553.53

UL	X	A	IGI-ju<sub>10</sub>	sud-aj<sub>2</sub>	kal-la-ju<sub>10</sub>	me-am<sub>3</sub>	ga-mu-ri-in-pad<sub>3</sub>
UL	X	A	IGI	sud	kal	me-a	pad₃
UL	X	A	IGI	to be distant	to be rare	where	to find

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Paragraph t553.p6 (line(s) 47-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He wears their ……, he weeps for her: "O where is ……? I would call upon you! Where are Meme and the alluring protective spirits? I would call upon you! Where is the ……, the ……, the gracious words? I would call upon you! Where are my …… weapon and gloriously fashioned quiver? I would call upon you! Where is that which brightens the …… face, my noble counsel? I would call upon you! Where is my ……, my precious brilliance? I would call upon you! Where are my sweet songs which make the heart rejoice? I would call upon you! Where are my …… weapon and golden quiver which brightens the spirit? I would call upon you! Where are my dancing, hand-waving, and frolicking (?)? I would call upon you!"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary