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409 B
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9 lines
409 B
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# a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself
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The scraping scratches the skin to lessen the itch.
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# sat down in the middle of ashes
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This probably refers to a place where trash and garbage were dumped and perhaps burned. Sitting in such a place was a sign of deep mourning. AT: "sat on the trash heap" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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