Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta: A Sumerian Epic Tale of Iraq and Iran

a-na abzu an-na Anshan Apsû arattaki brought carnelian complex context courtyard of Aratta Dilmun DÙG Dumuzi dust e-ne-ra dug mu-na-ab en-aratta en-arattaki-ke en-e en-me-er-kár-dumu-ªutu-ke Enki Enlil Enmerkar epic tale Erech Eridu Falkenstein fighting-man gaba-ri ganunnu garment giparru giš gold grain guess guškin heaped herald journeying highland holy Inanna hu-mu-un hur-gim implications of line inim inserts Ishkur joyous foot ki-ke kin-gi kin-gi-a king la-ba-an-dug land lapis lazuli let him place lord of Aratta lord of Kullab lugal lugal-mu Lugalbanda mà-e me-a mountains nam-me Nidaba nu-gál-àm Nudimmud omits perhaps Photographs by Reuben plate poem preterit pure rendering Reuben Goldberg reverse obverse šà say unto scepter šè seems shrine silver speak unto spoken stones storehouse šu-dag submit to Erech Sumer Sumerian tablet túg u-ba ù-na-dè-daḥ ù-na-dug uncertain unuki variant verb verbal form word word-wise