ETCSLglossingSignSign name: APIN
Values: absin3, apin, engar, ur11, uš8
Proverbs: collection 19 (c.6.1.19), line c6119.C.19.c7.13
damdim4-malu2-kamdumu-nitaḫĝissulu2-kam
damdim4lu2dumu-nitaḫĝissulu2
spouseto checkpersonson(protective) shadeperson
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Paragraph t6119.p15 (line(s) 12-14) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
(cf. 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.23.18, 6.1.24.8)A man's waterskin is his life. A man's sandals are his eyes. A man's wife is his supervisor (?). A man's son is his protective shade. A man's daughter is his eager servant (?). A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
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