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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: NAM
Values: bir₅, nam, sim, sin₂

Dumuzid and Enkimdu (c.4.08.33), line c40833.55

ḫa-ḫa-la	sig<sub>5</sub>-ni	ḫa-ma-ab-šum<sub>2</sub>-mu
ḫa-ḫa-la	sig₅	šum₂
type of comestible	to be fine	to give

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Paragraph t40833.p7 (line(s) 55-64) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Let him give me his best filtered beer, and I will give the farmer my curds (?). Let him give me his best bread, and I will give the farmer my …… milk for it. Let him give me his little beans, and I will give the farmer my small cheeses for them. { (1 ms. adds 2 lines:) Let him give me his large beans, and I will give the farmer my big cheeses for them. } After letting him eat and letting him drink, I will even leave extra butter for him, and I will leave extra milk for him. In what is the farmer superior to me?"

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary