ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GAL.URU×BAR (GAL.UKKIN)
Values: kingal

The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.B.28

urud	niĝ₂	kalag-ga	kug-ra	mu-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄
URUD	NIĝ₂	KALAG-GA	KUG-RA	MU-NA-NI-IB₂-GI₄-GI₄
urud	niĝ₂	kalag	kug	gi₄
copper	thing	to be strong	precious metal	to return

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Paragraph t536.p9 (line(s) 28-34) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Strong Copper answered Silver: "Silver, to make lead shine (?) is not an important achievement. Restitution according to the tablets does not do the work of Copper. A hand without a wrist cannot (?) work. A weak neck carries nothing, does not …… a thing to a load. A heart ……, mankind ……. No one …… a boat with bitumen …… in the river." (unknown no. of lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary