ETCSLglossingSignSignSignSign name: A.MUŠ3.DI
Values: sed5
The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.17
tukum-biniĝ2-zu-a-nipaba-an-e3igimu-un-suḫ-suḫ-u3-ne
tukum-biniĝ2-zupae3igisuḫ
ifknowledgebranchto go out or ineyeto tear out
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Paragraph t513.p4 (line(s) 16-20) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"He did not vaunt his knowledge: his words were modest. If he had vaunted his knowledge, people would have frowned. Do not waste time, do not rest at night -- get on with that work! Do not reject the pleasurable company of a mentor or his assistant: once you have come into contact with such great brains, you will make your own words more worthy."
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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