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CDLI Literary 000760 (Debate between Hoe and Plough ) composite (P473753)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760 (Debate between Hoe and Plough ) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P473753 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
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| 1 | e {gesz}al-e {gesz}al-e {gesz}al-e sa la2-e | “Ha! The hoe, the hoe is tied to the knot! |
| 2 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}asal2-e zu2 {gesz}ma-nu-e | The hoe, the date palm, the manu tree |
| 3 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}szinig-e zu2 gesz-ab-ba-ke4 | The hoe, the šigû-wood, the tooth of the thornbush |
| 4 | {gesz}al-e zu2 2(disz)-e zu2 4(disz)-e | The hoe, two times, four times |
| 5 | {gesz}al-e dumu ukur3-ra sza3 {tug2}nig2-dara2 kar-re | The hoe, the son of the Ukur, the heart of the nigdara garment, the quay |
| 6 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na du14 ga-na nam-mi-gar | The hoe, the plow, he made a speech. |
| 7 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na a-da-min3 du11-ga | The hoe, the plow, the equalizer of battle |
| 8 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na gu3 am3-ma-de2-e | The hoe calls out in the plow |
| 9 | {gesz}apin i3-gid2-de3-en gid2-da-zu nam-gu10 | I want to ride a plow, what is your length? |
| 10 | i3-lagab-be2-en lagab-ba-zu nam-gu10 | I am a lagab-demon, your lagab is my fate. |
| 11 | a u3-ba-ni-ib-e3 nu-mu-e-da-an-usz2-en | You will not drink water with him, |
| 12 | sahar {gesz}dusu-e nu-mu-e-da-an-si-si | The dust of the šēdu-tree was not torn out |
| 13 | im nu-bara2-e-en szeg12 nu-du3-e-en | You are not clay, you are not brick. |
| 14 | usz ki nu-ga2-ga2-an e2 nu-du3-du3-en | You do not place blood on earth, you do not build a house. |
| 15 | e2-gar8 sumun-na ur2-bi nu-us2-en | I do not know the foundation of the old wall. |
| 16 | ur3 lu2 zi-da-ke4 e2 nu-um-ga2-ga2-an | The lap of the righteous man does not set up a house. |
| 17 | {gesz}apin sila dagal-la si nu-um-sa2-sa2-en | “The plow does not set the horns in the broad street, |
| 18 | {gesz}apin i3-gid2-de3-en gid2-da-zu nam-gu10 | I want to ride a plow, what is your length? |
| 19 | i3-lagab-be2-en lagab-ba-zu nam-gu10 | I am a lagab-demon, your lagab is my fate. |
| 20 | {gesz}apin-e {gesz}al-e gu3 am3-ma-de2-e | The plow calls out to the hoe |
| 21 | ge26-e {gesz}apin-e a2 gal-e dim2-ma szu gal-e kesz2-da | I, the plow, fashioned with great strength, bound with great hands |
| 22 | sag-tun3 mah a-a {d}en-lil2-la2-me-en | I am the supreme headdress of father Enlil |
| 23 | engar zi nam-lu2-ulu3-me-en | I am the true farmer of mankind. |
| 24 | ezem-gu10 iti szu-numun-a a-sza3-ga ak-da-bi | My festival, month: “Sowing,' it will be done in the field. |
| 25 | lugal-e gu4 im-ma-ab-gaz-e udu im-ma-ab-szar2-re | The king kills oxen and slaughters sheep. |
| 26 | kasz bur-ra-am3 mu-e-de2 | You pour beer into a bowl. |
| 27 | lugal-e a ur4-a mu-e-de6 | The king brought in fresh water. |
| 28 | {kusz}ub3 {kusz}a2-la2-e szeg11 szi-im-ma-gi4-gi4 | “Let him return the sandals and sandals to their places! |
| 28a | [...] x-na-DI-e-en | ... you should not ... |
| 29 | lugal-e a2-gu10 szu bi2-in-du8 | The king took hold of my arm. |
| 30 | gu4-gu10 {gesz}szudul-e si ba-ni-in-sa2 | My ox was placed on the yoke. |
| 31 | bara2-bara2 gal-gal za3-gu10-ta im-da-su8-su8-ge-esz | They stand with me at the great dais, my side. |
| 32 | kur-kur-re u6 du10-ge-esz mu-e | All the lands admire it. |
| 33 | ug3-e igi hul2-la mu-un-szi-bar-bar-re | The people look at him with joy. |
| 34 | ab-sin2 gub-ba-gu10 edin me-te-asz bi2-ib-gal2 | My furrows that stand in the steppe are set in order. |
| 35 | iszin-na a-sza3-ga gal2-la-gu10-usz | My Išina, who is in the field, |
| 36 | masz2-ansze lu-a {d}szakkan2-na im-szi-gam-e-de3-esz | they brought in the oxen and goats of Šakkan. |
| 37 | sze sze6-ga2 kin-ga2 gub-ba-gu10-usz | My barley in the morning, in the work, standing ready. |
| 37a | {uruda}bulug-gur10 nig2 kal-ga a-da-min3 mu-e | The mighty copper kettledrum he drew up. |
| 37b | x x gur10 sze ba-ur4-a-ta | ... after the barley was sown. |
| 38 | {dug}szakir3 {lu2}sipa-da du10 gar-ra-am3 | The šakir-vessel of the shepherd is good. |
| 39 | zar-masz-gu10 a-gar3-ra sal-la-a-bi | My zarmaš-birds, the salted ones of the meadows, |
| 40 | udu {d}dumu-zi-da du10 gar-ra-am3 | The sheep of Dumuzi are good. |
| 41 | du6-gu10 edin-na du8-du8-a-bi | Its mounds in the steppe, |
| 42 | hur-sag sig7-ga hi-li gur3-ru-am3 | The green mountain range is full of allure. |
| 43 | guru7-du6 guru7-masz-a {d}en-lil2-ra gu2 mu-un-na-ab-gur-re | The silos and silos were turned away for Enlil. |
| 44 | ziz2 gig-bi gu2 mu-un-na-ra-dub-dub-be2 | Its bitter emmer heaps up for him. |
| 45 | arah4 nam-lu2-ulu3-ka sze mi-ni-ib2-si-si-en | In the granary of humanity he makes the barley plentiful. |
| 46 | nu-siki nu-mu-un-su {lu2}ki-gul-la | The nusiki priestess, the unemployed one, the destroyer of the enemy land |
| 47 | gi-gur{ur3}-ra szu um-ma-ab-ti-esz | they seized the reed mats. |
| 48 | an pad-pad-ra2-gu10 im-de5-de5-ge-ne | They are dividing up my scattered heavens |
| 49 | in-nu a-sza3-ga dub-dub-ba-gu10 | My ... of the field, |
| 50 | nam-lu2-ulu3 im-da-gid2-gid2-de3-en | Humanity, I will keep yelling at him. |
| 51 | masz2-ansze {d}szakkan2-na lu-a-bi a2 mu-da-an-e3 | and the donkeys of Šakkan he led away with his arms. |
| 52 | {gesz}al hul-bi buru3-da zu2 hul-bi bur12-ra | The hoe, whose evil is to be plundered, its evil teeth are to be gnawed |
| 53 | {gesz}al im-ma kin-ga2 la2-a | The hoe, the clay of my work, |
| 54 | {gesz}al a-sza3-ga sag-bi im gar-ra | The hoe of the field, its head set in clay |
| 55 | {gesz}al u3 {gesz}u3-szub-ba im-ma u4 zal-la lu2-ulu3 nu-luh-ha | The hoe and the shovel, when the daylight had passed, the man was not pacified |
| 56 | pu2 ba-al sur3 ba-al lu2 en3-{d}ur-ra ba-al | The wells are emptied, the drains are empty, the man of En-Ura is emptified |
| 57 | gesz szu ukur3-ra-ba szu nam-bara2-ga-ka nu-tum2-ma | The tree in its groves is not suitable for the hand of the šandabakku. |
| 58 | szu arad lu2-ka sag me-te-asz bi2-ib-gal2 | The hand of the slave of the man is present. |
| 59 | za-e ga2-ra in gig mu-e-dub2 | You have smeared me with pain, |
| 60 | ni2-zu ga2-da mu-da-ab-sa2-e-en | You set your mind to me. |
| 61 | edin-sze3 e3-gu10-da igi hu-mu-un-du8-a | May he look at my coming out to the steppe. |
| 61a | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na gur4?-ra-ni-sze3 nu-mu-un-x | The hoe, his plow, did not |
| 62 | {gesz}apin sur3 ba-al-ba-al in-sze3 mu-e-dub2 | The plow is surrounded by a cloud, it trembles. |
| 63 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na gu3 am3-ma-de2-e | The hoe calls out in the plow |
| 64 | {gesz}apin tur-ra-gu10 nam-gu10 bulug3-ga2-gu10 nam-gu10 pesz10-gal2-la-gu10 nam-gu10 | My small plow, my fate, my growing, my destiny, my “sheep-tailed"(?), my fate |
| 65 | ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ka dub-sag-zu ge26-e-me-en | I am the scribe of the place of Enlil. |
| 66 | e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka igi-sze3 ma-ra-ab-gub-be2-en | I will stand before you in the house of Enlil. |
| 67 | e i3-ak-en pa5 i3-ak-en | “Ha! I do, I do! |
| 68 | a-gar3-a-gar3-re a um-ma-si-si-in | After you sprinkle water in the meadows, |
| 69 | gesz-gi-gesz-gi-a a u3-mu-ni-in-de2-de2 | He pours water in the reed bed. |
| 70 | {gesz}dusu tur-gu10 mu-da-ab-ri | My small basket he brought with him. |
| 71 | i7 u3-mu-e-ku5 pa5 u3-mu-e-ku5 | The river Umu’e-kug is a canal that is irrigated. |
| 72 | i7 mah zi-ga-sze3 a um-ma-ni-ri | To the great river that rises he sprinkled water. |
| 73 | ambar-ra da um-da-ak-e | In the marshes he will kill me. |
| 74 | ge26-e {gesz}al nigin2-bi im-da-gub-be2-en | I stand with the hoe in its entirety. |
| 75 | {tu15}u18-lu {tu15}mir-ra nu-mu-un-si-il-si-il-le | The south wind did not cool down in the west |
| 76 | muszen-du3-e nunuz ib2-de5-de5-ge | The fowler gathers the flocks. |
| 77 | {lu2}szu-ku6-de3 ku6 mi-ni-ib-dab5-dab5-be2 | The fisherman seized the fish |
| 78 | ug3-e {gesz}har-muszen-na szu im-ma-an-ti | The people took hold of the har-bird |
| 79 | e-ne-esz2 he2-gal2-gu10 kur-kur-ra szu-bi he2-ni-ib-su3-su3 | They shall make my abundance surpass all the lands. |
| 80 | a-gar3-ta a um-ta-hasz-a-ta | After you have poured water into the marsh, |
| 81 | ki duru5 kin-ga2 ba-gal2-la-ta | from the place where the scepter of my work was present, |
| 82 | {gesz}apin igi-zu-sze3 a-sza3-ga ge26-e ma-an-e11-de3 | I want to bring the plow before you into the field |
| 83 | a-sza3 gal2 da13-da13 ge26-e ma-ra-ra-an-du8-e | I will open the field for you, I will let you in. |
| 84 | a2-ur2 e-ga ge26-e ma-ra-ra-an-ze2-en | I will give you the ... |
| 85 | u2-kul a-sza3-ga ge26-e ma-ra-ra-an-ga2-ga2-e-en | I will put you in charge of the harvest of the field for you. |
| 86 | {gesz}mud {gesz}i-ri9-na-bi a-sza3-ga ge26-e ma-ra-de5-de5-ge-en | Its mud and irina trees, I will bring it to you in the field. |
| 87 | a-sza3 kin a-ak us2-sa gar-ra-am3 | “The work of the field is done, the foundations are laid. |
| 88 | gu4-zu 6(disz)-am3 lu2-zu 4(disz)-am3 u3 za-e sza3 1(u) 1(disz)-kam-ma-bi-me-en | Your oxen are 6, your men are 4, and you are their 11th. |
| 89 | a2 sa-gi4-a GAN2-ta mi-ni-ib-kar-kar-re | The saggiŋ labor of the field is torn out. |
| 90 | ni2-zu ga2-a-da mu-da-ab-sa2-e | You set your mind to me. |
| 91 | bar-gu10-ta a-sza3-ga e3-de3-da-zu-ne | When you go out from my body to the field, |
| 92 | ab-sin2-zu dili-am3 igi x x-da-ab-sa6-ge | Your furrow is a single one ... |
| 93 | sag-zu kin-ga2 u3-mu-e-ni-ri-en | I want to bring your head to the work for you. |
| 94 | {gesz}i-ri8-na {gesz}kiszi16 u3-mu-e-ni-la2 | I planted a date palm in its orchard. |
| 95 | {gesz}zu2-zu mu-e-ku5 {gesz}zu2-zu u3-mu-e-du3 | You cut your limbs, you made your tendons strong. |
| 96 | {gesz}zu2-zu szu-zu-sze3 nu-im-mi-la2 | Your limbs were not brought to your hand. |
| 97 | engar-zu {gesz}apin-bi til-la mu-sze3 mi-ri-ib2-sa4-sa4 | Your farmer will call your plow “it is finished!" |
| 98 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 nagar ma-ra-hun-e lu2 ma-ra-ab-x | For the 2nd time the carpenter hired me, the man hired me. |
| 99 | e2 nam-gaszam-ke4 ma-ra-ab-ni10-ni10-e | The house of the power-of-magic is being made perfect for you. |
| 100 | tug2-du8 bar SZUL ma-ra-ra-an-ze2-en | I will give you a cloak, a protective spirit. |
| 101 | nig2-bar-sur-ra ma-ra-ra-an-e11-ne | they will bring him into a trap. |
| 102 | {kusz}bar-e11-da-bar-e11-da szu-mu-ra-an-kusz2-u3-ne | When you remove the sandals, |
| 103 | kusz nu-du10 sag-du-zu bi2-ib-gar | You have set your head on a sandal that is not good. |
| 104 | il2-la-zu tur-ra-am3 a-ra2-zu mah-am3 | Your raising is small, your supplication is supreme. |
| 105 | u4 za3-gu10 iti 1(u) 2(disz)-am3 | The day of my shoulder is 12 months. |
| 106 | u4 gub-ba-zu iti 4(disz)-am3 | your days of service are 4 months, |
| 107 | u4 sah6-zu iti 8(disz)-am3 | the days of your saḫŋzu-festival, 8 months |
| 108 | gub-ba-zu-gin7 2(disz)-am3 ba-du-un | like your stationed servants, you have built two of them. |
| 109 | {gesz}ma2-la2-za e2 i3-du3-du3-e-en | You have built a house on your boat |
| 110 | u3-mu-e-ni-ri-en szu-zu {gesz}dal-a u3-mu-e-ni-bur12 | Umunirīn, your hand is a dala instrument, umunibur |
| 111 | igi-zu dug gesztin-na-gin7 a im-ta-suh-en | Your eye is watered like a wine vessel. |
| 112 | {gesz}dal-ta kur-ra um-ta-ak-en | After you have smashed the mountain with a bolt, |
| 113 | i-bi2-gu10 e2-a mu-ni-in-sig7-sig7-en | My eyes gleam in the house. |
| 114 | {gesz}ninda2-zu me-am3 gurud-da-bi | Where is your bread made? |
| 115 | lu2 gurud-da-zu gu2-guru5 ba-ab-du11 | The one who is your guruda priest has smashed the guguru priest |
| 116 | {gesz}szu-kar2 sug-za3-ge4 gu7-a | a šukar tree eating at the edge of the marsh |
| 117 | ge26-e {gesz}al-me-en iri{ki}-a ga-an-ti | I am the hoe, I want to live in the city |
| 118 | lu2 nam-me dugud-da-me-en | I am a person whose fate is difficult. |
| 119 | arad lugal-a-ni-ir us2-sa-me-en | I am the servant of his king. |
| 120 | e2 lugal-a-ni-ir du3-du3-a-me-en | I am the builder of his king's house. |
| 121 | e2 tur3 gid2-da-me-en amasz dagal-la-me-en | I am the one who keeps the cattlepen alive, I am one who broadens the sheepfold. |
| 122 | im i3-bara2-en szeg12 i3-du3-du3-en | I will pour clay, I will build bricks. |
| 123 | usz ki i3-ga2-ga2-an e2 i3-du3-du3-en | I set the foundations on the earth, I build houses. |
| 124 | e2-gar8 sumun-na ur2-bi i3-us2-en | I sat down on the foundation of the old wall. |
| 125 | ur3 lu2 zi-da-ka e2 im-ma-ga2-ga2-an | In the lap of the righteous man he built a house. |
| 126 | {gesz}al-me-en sila dagal-la si im-ma-sa2-sa2-e-en | I am the hoe, I set the streets in order in a broad way. |
| 127 | iri{ki} u3-mu-nigin2 bad3 gi um-mi-du3 | In the city, he built a wall like a reed. |
| 128 | e2 dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ka pa e3 u3-ba-ni-ak | In the house of the great gods he made it appear resplendently. |
| 129 | im su4 im sig7 im dal-ha-mun-na mi2 um-ma-ni-in-du11 | He adorned it with a red-purple clay, a yellow-green clay, and a colorful clay. |
| 130 | iri{ki} e2-gal-la-ka i3-du3-e-en | I built the city of the palace. |
| 131 | ugula nu-banda3-e-ne dur2 i-im-ga2-ga2-ne | the foreman and the overseers will sit down. |
| 132 | im gig-bi du3-a im BU-bi dugud-da | Its bitter clay, its heavy clay, |
| 133 | e2 du3-du3-a-ga2 a2 sed4-bi-sze3 ni2 he2-em-szi-ib-te-en-te-en | In my built-up house, may he calm down with his cool arms. |
| 134 | gu2 izi-ka {gesz}al um-ma-zal-la za3 gu2 um-ma-ab-la2 | After the hoe has been smashed in the fire, after it has been plundered, |
| 135 | e-ne sug4-ga-ni nu-mu-e-szi-du-un | (Sum) She does not dwell in her dwelling place (Akk) The one who dwells in his dwelling place I do not dwell |
| 136 | mu-ni-ib-gu7-u3-ne mu-ni-ib-na8-na8-ne | When they eat, they libate. |
| 137 | addir-ra-ni mu-na-ab-szum2-mu-ne | they will give him his scepter. |
| 138 | gurusz-ra dam dumu-ni a2 mu-un-da-an-e3 | For the young man, his spouse and child came out at his side. |
| 139 | ma2-lah5-ra gir4 mu-na-du3-e esir2 mu-na-bil-bil | For the boatman, he built a sluice for him and carried it with rope for him. |
| 140 | {gesz}ma2-gur8 {gesz}ma2-gi4-lum u3-mu-na-du3 | I built for him a barge and a boat. |
| 141 | ma2-lah5-ra dam dumu-ni a2 mu-un-da-an-e3 | He brought out the arms of the boatman, his wife and child. |
| 142 | lugal-ra {gesz}kiri6 mu-un-na-ab-gub-be2-en | I stand for the king in the orchard. |
| 143 | {gesz}kiri6 u3-mu-un-nigin2 im-du3-a za3-bi u3-bi2-in-dab5 gu3 tesz2-a u3-bi2-in-se3-ge5 | The orchard that he had planted was irrigated, it was seized at its edge and it was shouted at each other. |
| 144 | ug3-e {gesz}al-e szu im-ma-an-ti-esz | The people took hold of the hoe |
| 145 | pu2-ba u3-mu-ba-al mu-gu2 um-mi-du3 | In its wells he poured out water, he built it. |
| 146 | {gesz}zi-ri2-gum u3-bi2-in-du3 mu2-sar-re si im-sa2-sa2-e-en | He built a ziggurat, he arranged the inscription there. |
| 147 | ge26-e-me-en mu2-sar-ra a bi2-ib2-se3-se3-ge-en | I am the one who makes the inscribed object resplendent. |
| 148 | {gesz}haszhur u3-mu-bulug3-ge26 nig2-sa-ha am3-e3 | The apple tree grows and spreads out a net. |
| 149 | nig2-sa-ha-bi e2 dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ka me-te-asz im-mi-ib-gal2 | Its ritual in the house of the great gods is appropriate. |
| 150 | nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4 dam dumu-ni a2 mu-un-da-an-e3 | The orchardist gave orders to his wife and child. |
| 151 | i7-da gesz-kesz2-da um-mi-ak giri3 si um-mi-sa2 | In the river he made a boat, he set foot on the right. |
| 152 | ki-ba an-za-gar3 gu2-ba um-mi-du3 | At that place, I built the tower on its bank. |
| 153 | lu2 a-sza3-ga u4 ba-an-da-zal-la | The one who spent the day in the field, |
| 154 | gurusz a-sza3-ga ge6 ba-an-da-sa2-a | The young man in the field has been placed with him for the night |
| 155 | an-za-gar3-ba um-mi-e11-de3 | In order to reach the horizon, |
| 156 | lu2-bi iri{ki} du3-a-ni zi-ni ba-szi-in-tum3 | This man took away his life from his built city. |
| 157 | {kusz}ummu u3-mu-dim2 a mu-na-de2-e | He fashioned a scepter for him and poured water for him. |
| 158 | zi-ni sza3-ba mu-na-ga2-ga2-an | he will put his life in it for him. |
| 159 | {gesz}apin sur3 ba-al-ba-al in-sze3 mu-e-dub2 | The plow is surrounded by a cloud, it trembles. |
| 160 | edin bar-rim4 ki a nu-gal2-la | The outer steppe, a place without water, |
| 161 | a du10-ga-bi u3-mu-ba-al | I will pour out sweet water for you. |
| 162 | lu2 enmen tuku gu2 pu2-ga2-sze3 zi-ni ba-szi-in-tum3 | The one who has enmen, he brought his life to the bank of the well. |
| 163 | i3-ne-esz2 lu2-u3-ra a-na na-an-du11 | Now, what should I say to the man? |
| 164 | lu2 lu2-u3-ra dili a-na na-an-tah | “Do not turn a single man into another man! |
| 165 | sipa-de3 u8 sila4-a-ni edin me-te-asz bi2-ib-gal2 | The shepherd puts his ewe and lamb in a suitable steppe. |
| 166 | u4 an-ne2 sag2 ba-ab-du11-ga-ta | after the storm that An had smashed, |
| 167 | ki-en-gi a gig ba-ab-du11-ga-ta | After Sumer was soaked in bitter water, |
| 168 | e2 du3 i7-da szu mu-ni-in-la2-a-ba | When he had completed the built house in the river, |
| 169 | {d}en-lil2-le ma-da sag-ki ba-da-gid2-da-a-ba | When Enlil had sworn by the land |
| 170 | buru14 {d}en-lil2-le mu-un-su-a-ta | after the harvest which Enlil had brought in, |
| 171 | mah {d}en-lil2-le mu-un-ak-a-ta | After Enlil had performed the great rituals, |
| 172 | {d}en-lil2-le szu nu-me-en-dag | Enlil did not abandon him. |
| 173 | {gesz}al zu2 dili bar-rim4-sze3 ba-an-szum2 | He gave the hoe, the single tooth, to the outside. |
| 174 | me-en-de3 en-te-en buru14-gin7 mu-e-la2 | How long will you be confined like a harvest? |
| 175 | szu e2-me-esz en-te-na-ke4 mu-na-kar-kar-re-en-de3-en | We will take the hand of the en priestess for him in the temple. |
| 176 | {gesz}al-e a2 la2-e garadinx(|GAD&GAD.NIG2&NIG2|) mu-un-la2 | The hoe slashed its arms and carried off the garadin weapon. |
| 177 | {gesz}har-muszen-na a2 la2-e gi-gur{ur3}-ra mu-un-la2 | The har-bird stretched its wings over the reed screen. |
| 178 | gurusz sag-dili {lu2}ki-gul-la a2 mu-un-da-an-e3 | The single male worker, the destroyer of the enemy, came out. |
| 178a | an pad-pad-ra2 im-de5-de5-ge-ne | They were making heavens tremble. |
| 179 | u4-bi-a u4-de3 gu3 he2-eb-be2 | At that time, the storm roared. |
| 180 | {na4}kin2 ma-nu2 {gesz}naga4 ma-du7-du7 | he laid out a stela for me, he decorated it with stone. |
| 181 | gesz-gan-na-ta tu10 mu-un-ak-e | From the threshing floor he blows the wind. |
| 182 | {gesz}ag4-sur {gi}ma-an-sim-bi a-da-min3 mu-da-ak | The scepter and the reed basket he smashed. |
| 183 | lu2 sumur-ra-sze3 a-na-am3 ab-ak | „Was mache ich für einen großen Mann? |
| 184 | {d}ezina2 gu2-zu a-na-asz mu-ni-in-szub | Ezina, why have you abandoned your neck? |
| 185 | sze sze6-ga2 a-na-asz mu bi2-ib-su-su-un | Why do they divide the years between my barley and my grain? |
| 186 | {d}en-lil2-le {gesz}al gu3 am3-ma-de2-e | Enlil calls out with his hoe |
| 187 | {gesz}al mah-bi nam-ba-e-de3-sumur-re-de3-en | Do not raise the great hoe! |
| 188 | mah-bi gu2-zu nam-ba-e-de3-szub-ba | Do not abandon this magnificent thing! |
| 189 | {gesz}al-e {d}nisaba ugula-a-ni na-nam {d}nisaba nu-banda3-a-ni na-nam | The hoe is Nisaba's overseer, indeed, Niisaba his overseer is indeed. |
| 190 | dub-sar-e kin szu-mu-un-il2 kin szu-mu-un-il2 | The scribe raises his hands, raises arms. |
| 191 | {gesz}al-e 5(disz) gin2 {gesz}al-e 1(u) gin2 nig2-ka9 ha-ra-ab-ak | The hoe is 5 shekels, the hoe (is) 10 (shekels) of account. May it be done for you. |
| 192 | {gesz}al-e 1/3(disz) ma-na {gesz}al-e 1/2(disz) ma-na nig2-ka9 ha-ra-ab-ak | The hoe is 1/3 mana, the hoe 1/2 mana. The accounts shall be made for you. |
| 193 | geme2-gin7 gub-ba esz2-gar3 i3-ga2-ga2-an | he will set up an ešŋar agreement for it. |
| 194 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na a-da-min3 du11-ga | The hoe, the plow, the equalizer of battle |
| 195 | {gesz}al-e {gesz}apin-na dirig-ga-ba | When the hoe was above the plow |
| 196 | {d}nisaba za3-mi2 | Nisaba, praise! |
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