ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GIR3×LU+IGI
Values: lulim
The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.162
lu2enmentukugu2pu2-ĝa2-še3zi-niba-ši-in-tum3
lu2enmen2tukugu2pu2zide6
personthirstto haveneck(water) holelife (breath)to carry
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Paragraph t531.p22 (line(s) 159-162) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Insultingly you call me "Plough, the digger of ditches". But when I have dug out the fresh water for the plain and dry land where no water is, those who have thirst refresh themselves at my well-head."
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