ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: AB₂×ŠA₃ (LIBIŠ)
Values: lipiš, šem₃, ub₃

The song of the hoe (c.5.5.4), line c554.15

zu₂-bi	gud-si-AŠ	bad₃	gal	ed₂-de₃-dam	saĝ	gal	u₃-tud-da
ZU₂-BI	GUD-SI-AŠ	BAD₃	GAL	ED₂-DE₃-DAM	SAĝ	GAL	IGI.DIB (U₃)-TUD-DA
zu₂	gud-si-AŠ	bad₃	gal	e₃	saĝ	gal	tud
tooth	battering ram	wall	to be big	to go out or in	head	to be big	to give birth

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Paragraph t554.p2 (line(s) 8-17) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

He did this with the help of the hoe (al) -- and so daylight broke forth (aled). By distributing (altare) the shares of duty he established daily tasks, and for the hoe (al) and the carrying-basket wages were even established. Then Enlil praised his hoe (al), his hoe (al) wrought in gold, its top inlaid with lapis lazuli, his hoe (al) whose blade was tied on with a cord, which was adorned with silver and gold, his hoe (al), the edge of whose point (?) was a plough of lapis lazuli, whose blade was like a battering ram { standing up to a great (gal) wall } { (1 ms. has instead:) born for a great (gal) person (?) }. The lord evaluated the hoe (al), determined its future destiny and placed a holy crown on its head …….

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary