ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: ANŠE
Values: anše

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.16

niĝ<sub>2</sub>-zu-a-ni	pa	nu-um-e<sub>3</sub>	ka-ga<sub>14</sub>-ni	ba-an-la<sub>2</sub>
niĝ₂-zu	pa	e₃	ka	la₂
knowledge	branch	to go out or in	mouth	to hang

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Paragraph t513.p4 (line(s) 16-20) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"He did not vaunt his knowledge: his words were modest. If he had vaunted his knowledge, people would have frowned. Do not waste time, do not rest at night -- get on with that work! Do not reject the pleasurable company of a mentor or his assistant: once you have come into contact with such great brains, you will make your own words more worthy."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary