ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: SAL.UŠ.DI (MUNUS.UŠ.DI)
Values: mussa

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.30

ud	mu₇-mu₇-gin₇	ab-šid-en-na-a	ba-an-gi₄-bi	a-ra-ab-ḫa-za-an
UD	MU₇-MU₇-GIN₇	AB-šID-EN-NA-A	BA-AN-GI₄-BI	A-RA-AB-ḫA-ZA-AN
ud	mu₇-mu₇	šid	ba-an-gi₄	ḫa-za
day(light)	incantation	to count	response	to hold

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Paragraph t513.p7 (line(s) 29-35) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The learned scribe humbly answered his supervisor: "I shall give you a response to what you have just recited like a magic spell, and a rebuttal to your charming ditty delivered in a bellow. Do not make me out to be an ignoramus -- I will answer you once and for all! You opened my eyes like a puppy's and you made me into a human being. But why do you go on outlining rules for me as if I were a shirker? Anyone hearing your words would feel insulted!"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary