ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: MES
Values: kišib, meš₃

The debate between Grain and Sheep (c.5.3.2), line c532.181

a-a	<sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub>	<sup>d</sup>u<sub>8</sub>	<sup>d</sup>ezina<sub>2</sub>-bi	nin<sub>9</sub>	ḫe<sub>2</sub>-me-eš
a-a	en-lil₂	u₈	ezina₂	nin₉	me
father	Enlil (DN)	U (DN)	Ezina (DN)	sister	to be

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Paragraph t532.p19 (line(s) 180-191) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Then Enki spoke to Enlil: "Father Enlil, Sheep and Grain should be sisters! They should stand together! Of their threefold metal …… shall not cease. But of the two, Grain shall be the greater. Let Sheep fall on her knees before Grain. Let her kiss the feet of ……. From sunrise till sunset, may the name of Grain be praised. People should submit to the yoke of Grain. Whoever has silver, whoever has jewels, whoever has cattle, whoever has sheep shall take a seat at the gate of whoever has grain, and pass his time there."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary