ETCSLglossingSignSign name: BAL
Values: bal
Proverbs: collection 5 (c.6.1.05), line c6105.D.5.55.3
ur-maḫ-eud5ḫu-nu-au3-mu-ni-in-dab5
ur-maḫud5ḫu-nudab5
lion(nanny) goatto be helplessto seize
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(cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 212) The lion had caught a helpless she-goat: "Let me go! I will give you my fellow ewe in return!" "If I am to let you go, tell me your name!" The she-goat answered the lion: "You do not know my name? 'I-am-cleverer-than-you' is my name!" When the lion came to the fold, { he } { (1 ms. has instead:) the lion } cried: "I release you!" She answered him from the other side: "You released me, but were you clever? As for the sheep, none live here!"
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