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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: PIRIG
Values: ne₃, niskum, pirig̃

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.25

lu₂	niĝ₂	nu-tuku	maš₂	gur-ra-na	gaba-na	i-im-tab
lu₂	niĝ₂	tuku	maš₂	gur	gaba	tab
person	thing	to have	(kid) goat	to turn	chest	to be parallel

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Paragraph t513.p5 (line(s) 21-26) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"And another thing: you will never return to your blinkered vision; that would be greatly to demean due deference, the decency of mankind. Worthy plants calm the heart, and sins are absolved. An empty-handed man's gifts are respected as such. Even a poor man clutches a kid to his chest as he kneels. You should defer to the powers that be and …… -- that will calm you."

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