ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: EN.ME.AD.KU₃ (EN.ME.AD.KUG)
Values: šennu

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.18

ud	na-ab-zal-e-en	ji<sub>6</sub>	na-ab-sed<sub>4</sub>-e-en	a<sub>2</sub>-bi-ce<sub>3</sub>	jen-na
ud	zal	ji₆	sed₄	a₂	jen
day(light)	to pass	night	to be cold	arm	to go

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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