ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: SAL.UR (NIG and MUNUS.UR)
Values: nig

The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.B.34

ma₂	esir₂	a-na	id₂-de₃	lu₂	nu-mu-...
MA₂	LAGAB&TIMES;KUL (ESIR₂ AND LAGAB&TIMES;NUMUN)	A-NA	A.LAGAB&TIMES;HAL (A.ENGUR)-DE₃	LU₂	NU-MU-...
ma₂	esir₂	a-na	id₂	lu₂	...
boat	bitumen	what(ever)	watercourse	person	...

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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