ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LAGAB.LAGAB (NIGIN)
Values: kilib₃, nig̃in

The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.119

agargara	tur-tur-bi	teš₂-bi	bi₂-in-ĝar-ĝar	zar-re-eš	mu-un-du₈-du₈
AGARGARA	TUR-TUR-BI	TEš₂-BI	BI₂-IN-ĝAR-ĝAR	LAGAB&TIMES;SUM (ZAR)-RE-Eš	MU-UN-DU₈-DU₈
agargara	tur	teš₂	ĝar	zar	du₈
fish spawn	to be small	unity	to place	sheaf	to spread

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Paragraph t535.p13 (line(s) 116-121) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Bird sought for Fish, searching the marshes. Bird peered into the deep water for Fish, watching closely. Extending its claws, it just snatched from the water Fish's tiny fish-spawn, gathering them all together and piling them up in a heap. Thus Bird took its revenge and …… its heart. Again Bird replied to Fish:

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