Chapter 32
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<li>The meanings of <em>ḫu</em><em>ṣaba </em>includes ‘a twig’ and ‘wood chip’. In a transferred sense, it can mean something of little value, as KAL 1 (18, 76 Vs. II 6–7) has translated it.</li>
</ul>DIŠMINinaÉNAḫu-ṣa-baanaKÁÈENÉ(indent)mim-maú-ḫal-laqDIŠMIN(EME.DIR)inaÉNAḫu-ṣa-baanaKÁÈENÉmim-maú-ḫal-laqšummaMIN(ṣurāru)inabītamēliḫuṣabaanabābiušēṣibēlbītimimmauḫallaqthe master of the house will lose something.If ditto (= a lizard) takes a small piece of wood out of a man's house to the gateWenn dito eine Kleinigkeit aus dem Haus eines Mannes zum Tor herausbringt: Der Herr des Hauses / wird etwas verlieren.