ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ḪUB2
Values: ḫub2, tu11
Proverbs: collection 8 (c.6.1.08), line c6108.A.8.a2.2
šaḫ2lu2-šaḫ2-šum-mami-ni-ib-šum-e
šAḫ2LU2-šAḫ2-šUM-MAMI-NI-IB-šUM-E
šaḫ2lu2-šaḫ2-šumšum
pigpig butcherto slaughter
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Paragraph t6108.p2 (line(s) 2-5) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
A pig which was about to be slaughtered by the pig-butcher squealed. (The butcher said:) "Your ancestors and forebears walked this road, and now you too are walking it, so why (?) are you squealing?"
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
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