ETCSLglossingSignSign name: GUM (KUM)
Values: gum, kum, nag̃a4, qum
The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.52
<sup>jic</sup>alhul-biburu<sub>3</sub>-dazu<sub>2</sub>hul-bibur<sub>12</sub>-ra
alhulburu3zu2hulbur12
hoeto be badto penetratetoothto be badto tear out
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Paragraph t531.p6 (line(s) 52-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Hoe, digging miserably, weeding miserably with your teeth; Hoe, burrowing in the mud; Hoe, putting its head in the mud of the fields, spending your days with the brick-moulds in mud with nobody cleaning you, digging wells, digging ditches, digging ……!"
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