ETCSLglossing | Sign name: UD×U+U+Ugunu (MURU2 and ITIgunu) Values: murub4 |
lu2 | kiĝ2 | ak-bi | lu2 | gud-apin | la2 | a-šag4-ga | ud | mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e |
lu2 | kiĝ2 | ak | lu2 | gud-apin | la2 | a-šag4 | ud | zal |
person | work | to do | person | plough ox | to hang | field | day(light) | to pass |
The men (?) started irrigation work (?) on the watercourses, { …… the watercourses …… } { (1 ms. has instead:) and dug and cleaned them out thoroughly }. These bandits and brigands applied their hoes to levelling the desert completely. As for their men and their women { (1 ms. adds:) …… the road (?) …… }: the man among them goes wherever he pleases, { the woman among them } { (1 ms. has instead:) the woman }, holding a spindle and hair clasp in her hand, { goes (?) } { (1 ms. has instead:) …… } { (1 other ms. has instead:) going } the way of her choice. In the vastness of the desert { they set up } { (1 ms. has instead:) they knock up } animal pens, and { after setting up their tents and camps } { (1 ms. has instead:) they lie in (?) green meadows in their (?) tents and camps }, their workers and agricultural labourers spend the day together on the fields. |
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