ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: MUŠ₃×A
Values: part of compound

Dumuzid and Enkimdu (c.4.08.33), line c40833.58

engar-ra	ga	nunuz-te-a-ĝu₁₀	ga-mu-na-ši-ib-šum₂
engar	ga	nunuz-te	šum₂
farmer	milk	qualification of dairy product	to give

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Paragraph t40833.p7 (line(s) 55-64) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Let him give me his best filtered beer, and I will give the farmer my curds (?). Let him give me his best bread, and I will give the farmer my …… milk for it. Let him give me his little beans, and I will give the farmer my small cheeses for them. { (1 ms. adds 2 lines:) Let him give me his large beans, and I will give the farmer my big cheeses for them. } After letting him eat and letting him drink, I will even leave extra butter for him, and I will leave extra milk for him. In what is the farmer superior to me?"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary