ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ŠE.ḪU (UZ)
Values: us, uz

The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.B.29

kug	a-gar₅	LUL-LUL-na	a₂	kiĝ₂	nu-suku_x-ra₂
KUG	A-GAR₅	LUL-LUL-NA	A₂	KIĝ₂	NU-&OSLASH;-RA₂
kug	a-gar₅	LUL-LUL	a₂	kiĝ₂	sukud
precious metal	lead	to shine?	arm	to seek	to 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)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary