ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: SAL.KU (MUNUS.KU)
Values: nin₉

The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.55

inim-še₃	gu₂-ni	nu-mu-na-ab-šum₂-mu	gu₃	ḫul	mu-un-ta-an-e₃
INIM-šE₃	GU₂-NI	NU-MU-NA-AB-šUM₂-MU	GU₃	IGI.UR (HUL)	MU-UN-TA-AN-E₃
inim	gu₂	šum₂	gu₃	ḫul	e₃
word	neck	to give	voice	to be bad	to go out or in

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Paragraph t535.p6 (line(s) 51-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Thus Fish insulted Bird on that day. But Bird, with multicoloured plumage and multicoloured face, was convinced of its own beauty, and did not take to heart the insults Fish had cast at it. As if it was a nursemaid singing a lullaby, it paid no attention to the speech, despite the ugly words that were being uttered. { Then Bird answered Fish: } { (1 ms. has instead:) It …… insulted Fish; …… said ……: }

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary