ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NUN.ME.TAG
Values: gašam

The debate between Copper and Silver (c.5.3.6), line c536.D.54

^ĝišsumun-gi₄	X	X	ki	ḫi-ḫi	mu-X	saĝ-gag	ba-ra-da-an-sar-sar
ĝIš-SUMUN-GI₄	X	X	KI	ḫI-ḫI	MU-X	SAĝ-GAG	BA-RA-DA-AN-SAR-SAR
sumun-gi₄	X	X	ki	ḫi	X	saĝ-gag	sar
type of tool	X	X	place	to mix up	X	(cuneiform) wedge	to write

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Paragraph t536.p19 (line(s) 52-59) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Silver answered Strong Copper: "You do not give blades to the …… wooden hoe that breaks the …… ground. The wooden …… tool mixes the clay (?) ……; wedges are not written by you. The wooden shovels pile up the sheaves -- match your measuring devices to the measuring stick! Just approach the cargo boat that …… the canal banks, just keep knocking on the great door of the house at night! The coppersmith wrestles with stones and with beads -- they are too hard and he has to stop because of you. Work away with your tines at the dirt by the oven instead!"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary