ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: GIR₃×A+IGI (ALIM)
Values: alim

The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.62

<sup>ĝiš</sup>apin	sur<sub>3</sub>	ba-al-ba-al	in-še<sub>3</sub>	mu-e-dub<sub>2</sub>
apin	sur₃	ba-al	in	dub₂
plough	ditch	to dig	abuse	to tremble

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Paragraph t531.p7 (line(s) 57-62) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"Wood of the poor man's hand, not fit for the hands of high-ranking persons, the hand of a man's slave is the only adornment of your head. You deliver deep insults to me. You compare yourself to me. When I go out to the plain, everyone looks on but { (2 mss. add 1 line:) the Hoe does not …… the Plough, and } insultingly you call me "Plough, the digger of ditches"."

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