ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: DUN₃gunugunu (MIR)
Values: aga, mir, nig̃ir

The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.17

^ĝišapin	sila	daĝal-la	si	nu-um-sa₂-sa₂-en
ĝIš-APIN	SILA	DAĝAL-LA	SI	NU-UM-SA₂-SA₂-EN
apin	sila	daĝal	si	sa₂
plough	street	to be wide	horn	to equal
			=

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Paragraph t531.p2 (line(s) 7-19) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The Hoe having engaged in a dispute with the Plough, the Hoe addressed the Plough: "Plough, you draw furrows -- what does your furrowing matter to me? You break clods -- what does your clod-breaking matter to me? When water overflows you cannot dam it up. You cannot fill baskets with earth. You cannot press (?) clay to make bricks. You cannot lay foundations or build a house. You cannot strengthen an old wall's base. You cannot put a roof on a good man's house. Plough, you cannot straighten the town squares. Plough, you draw furrows -- what does your furrowing matter to me? You make clods -- what does your clod-making matter to me?"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary