ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ŠIM
Values: bappir2, lunga, mud5, šem, šembi2, šim, šembizid
The farmer's instructions (c.5.6.3), line c563.52
tukum-biše-numuna-tur-ranu-ub-suḫur
tukum-biše-numuna-tur3suḫur
ifgrain seedhollow (of furrow)to insert
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Paragraph t563.p9 (line(s) 46-54) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Make eight furrows per nindan (6 m) of width; the barley will lodge in more closely spaced furrows. When you have to work the field with the seeder-plough, keep your eye on your man who drops the seed. The grain should fall two fingers deep. You should put one giĝ of seed per nindan (approx. 3 ml per m). If the barley seed is not being inserted in the hollow of the furrow, change the wedge of your plough share. If the bindings become loose, tighten them.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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