ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LAGAB×GUD+GUD
Values: ganam₄, šurum, u₈

The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.58

šu	arad	lu₂-ka	saĝ	me-te-aš	bi₂-ib-ĝal₂
šu	arad	lu₂	saĝ	me-te	ĝal₂
hand	slave	person	head	(fitting) attribute	to be (located)

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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