Heraclitus in Sumerian

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John. L. Hayes. (2000) A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts p.193 Undena Publications.

til - This sign has several readings and meanings in Sumerian. In its reading as til, it is equated with Akkadian gamāru, laqātu, and qatû. The CAD glosses qatû as "1. to come to an end, to be used up, 2. to perish, 3. to become completed, finished, settled". In the causative stem, šuqtû is glossed as "to bring to an end." 

The word til meaning "to live" has occurred several times, notably in the formula nam-til3-la-ni-še3 ["for his life"]. It is curious that the words "to live" and "to come to an end" are homophones, both being pronounced /til/. They are, however, written differently: "to live" is written by the til3 sign, , and "to come to an end" by the til-sign, . [...] As discussed under Phonology, the existence of such apparent homphones as til and til3  has led numerous scholars to suggest that Sumerian was a tonal language.

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βιός· τῷ τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος ἔργον δὲ θάνατος 

Heraclitus DK B48

Bow [biós] - the name is life [bíos], yet the work is death.