ETCSLglossingSignSignSign name: TE.AB
Values: unu6
The debate between Hoe and Plough (c.5.3.1), line c531.56
pu<sub>2</sub>ba-alsur<sub>3</sub>ba-allu<sub>2</sub>en<sub>3</sub>-dur-raba-al
pu2ba-alsur3ba-allu2en3-durba-al
(water) holeto digditchto digpersonnavelto dig
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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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