ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: KI.BI.GAR (KI.BI.NIG₂)
Values: g̃išbum, g̃išbun

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.4

um-mi-a	lu<sub>2</sub>-ta	kiĝ<sub>2</sub>-ĝa<sub>2</sub>-am<sub>3</sub>	a<sub>2</sub>	aĝ<sub>2</sub>-ĝa<sub>2</sub>	ĝiš	bi<sub>2</sub>-in-ĝar
um-mi-a	lu₂	kiĝ₂	a₂	aĝ₂	ĝiš	ĝar
scholar	person	work	arm	to measure	tree	to place

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Paragraph t513.p2 (line(s) 3-8) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Like you, I was once a youth and had a mentor. The teacher assigned a task to me -- it was man's work. Like a springing reed, I leapt up and put myself to work. I did not depart from my teacher's instructions, and I did not start doing things on my own initiative. My mentor was delighted with my work on the assignment. He rejoiced that I was humble before him and he spoke in my favour."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary