ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: UD.MA₂.AB×ḪA.ŠIR (UD.MA₂.NINA.ŠIR)
Values: sirara₂

The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.53

in	ku₆-e	a-na	mu-ni-ib-dub₂-ba	šag₄-še₃	nu-mu-un-gid₂-de₃
IN	KU₆-E	A-NA	MU-NI-IB-DUB₂-BA	šAG₄-šE₃	NU-MU-UN-GID₂-DE₃
in	ku₆	a-na	dub₂	šag₄	gid₂
abuse	fish	what(ever)	to tremble	heart	to be long

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Paragraph t535.p6 (line(s) 51-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Thus Fish insulted Bird on that day. But Bird, with multicoloured plumage and multicoloured face, was convinced of its own beauty, and did not take to heart the insults Fish had cast at it. As if it was a nursemaid singing a lullaby, it paid no attention to the speech, despite the ugly words that were being uttered. { Then Bird answered Fish: } { (1 ms. has instead:) It …… insulted Fish; …… said ……: }

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary