416 B
416 B
a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself
The scraping scratches the skin to lessen the itch.
sat down in the middle of ashes
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. Alternate translation: "sat on the trash heap" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism and rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction)