ETCSLglossing | Sign name: LAGARgunu/LAGARgunu.ŠE Values: part of compound |
za-lam-ĝar | maš-gana2-bi | ki | um-mi-ĝar-ĝar | za-lam-ĝar | maš-gana2-bi-ta | u2-sal | mu-un-nu2-nu2 |
za-lam-ĝar | maš-gana2 | ki | ĝar | za-lam-ĝar | maš-gana2 | u2-sal | nu2 |
tent | settlement | place | to place | tent | settlement | meadow | to lie down |
The men (?) started irrigation work (?) on the watercourses, { …… the watercourses …… } { (1 ms. has instead:) and dug and cleaned them out thoroughly }. These bandits and brigands applied their hoes to levelling the desert completely. As for their men and their women { (1 ms. adds:) …… the road (?) …… }: the man among them goes wherever he pleases, { the woman among them } { (1 ms. has instead:) the woman }, holding a spindle and hair clasp in her hand, { goes (?) } { (1 ms. has instead:) …… } { (1 other ms. has instead:) going } the way of her choice. In the vastness of the desert { they set up } { (1 ms. has instead:) they knock up } animal pens, and { after setting up their tents and camps } { (1 ms. has instead:) they lie in (?) green meadows in their (?) tents and camps }, their workers and agricultural labourers spend the day together on the fields. |
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