mouse quoted Sumerian Proverbs by Edmund I. Gordon
If food is left over, the mongoose consume it; If it leaves any food for me, the stranger consumes it.
that fuckin mongoose
If food is left over, the mongoose consume it; If it leaves any food for me, the stranger consumes it.
that fuckin mongoose
@mouse 664 pages.
wow.
I didn't think we had that writing from Sumer that wasn't Gilgamesh or Accounting documents.
@meena@scholar.social well, it's like 80% appendices and glossaries, but we do have a fair amount of Sumerian writing!