ETCSLglossingSignSign name: BU/BU.AB (SIRSIR)
Values: sirsir
Proverbs: collection 2 + 6 (c.6.1.02), line c6102.A.2.54.89
dub-sarpe-el-la2lu2-mu7-mu7-ma-kam
dub-sarpe-ellu2-mu7-mu7
scribeto defileincantation priest
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(cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 267 ll. 5-7)A disgraced scribe becomes an incantation priest. A disgraced singer becomes a flute-player. A disgraced lamentation priest becomes a piper. A disgraced merchant becomes a con-man. A disgraced carpenter becomes a man of the spindle. A disgraced smith becomes a man of the sickle. A disgraced mason becomes a hod-carrier.
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Sumerian scribe

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