ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: EGIR
Values: eg̃er

The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.57

ĝiš	šu	ukur₃-ra-ba	šu	nam-barag-ga-ka	nu-tum₂-ma
ĝIš	ŠU	LAL&TIMES;LAL.DU (LAL₂.DU)-RA-BA	ŠU	NAM-BARAG-GA-KA	NU-TUM₂-MA
ĝiš	šu	ukur₃	šu	nam-barag	tum₂
tree	hand	to be poor	hand	authority	to be suitable

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Paragraph t531.p7 (line(s) 57-62) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Wood of the poor man's hand, not fit for the hands of high-ranking persons, the hand of a man's slave is the only adornment of your head. You deliver deep insults to me. You compare yourself to me. When I go out to the plain, everyone looks on but { (2 mss. add 1 line:) the Hoe does not …… the Plough, and } insultingly you call me "Plough, the digger of ditches"."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary