ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GUR
Values: gur
The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.B.29
kuga-gar5LUL-LUL-naa2kiĝ2nu-sukux-ra2
kuga-gar5LUL-LULa2kiĝ2sukud
precious metalleadto shine?armto seekto be high
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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)
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