ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: EN.NUNUZ.ZI.AN.ŠEŠ.KI
Values: zirru

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.17

tukum-bi	niĝ₂-zu-a-ni	pa	ba-an-e₃	igi	mu-un-suḫ-suḫ-u₃-ne
ŠU.GAR.TUR.LAL (ŠU.NIG₂.TUR.LAL)-BI	NIĝ₂-ZU-A-NI	PA	BA-AN-E₃	IGI	MU-UN-SUḫ-SUḫ-IGI.DIB (U₃)-NE
tukum-bi	niĝ₂-zu	pa	e₃	igi	suḫ
if	knowledge	branch	to go out or in	eye	to 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