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Sign name: NUNUZ.AB₂×LA (LAḪTAN)
Values: laḫtan

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.17

tukum-bi	nij<sub>2</sub>-zu-a-ni	pa	ba-an-e<sub>3</sub>	igi	mu-un-suh-suh-u<sub>3</sub>-ne
tukum-bi	nij₂-zu	pa	e₃	igi	suh
if	knowledge	branch	to go out or in	eye	to tear out

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Paragraph t513.p4 (line(s) 16-20) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"He did not vaunt his knowledge: his words were modest. If he had vaunted his knowledge, people would have frowned. Do not waste time, do not rest at night -- get on with that work! Do not reject the pleasurable company of a mentor or his assistant: once you have come into contact with such great brains, you will make your own words more worthy."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary