Proverbs: collection 12
- A.1
lugal […]
(4 lines fragmentary)
- A.2
šu […]
- A.3
lu2 X […]
- A.4
igi eridug{ki} MA X X […]
- A.5
lugal-e SAR igi silaĝ-ĝe26 [X (X)]
The master …… kneading dough …… does not eat.
- A.6
nu-me-X nu-gu7-e-[še]
- A.7
lugal-e X […] X ⌈arad-da-ni⌉
The master …… his servant …….
- A.8
lugal-e mu-un-⌈zu⌉
The master knows. The steward does not know.
- A.9
aĝrig-e nu-mu-un-⌈zu⌉
- A.10
lugal-e da ḫa-ra-⌈nu2⌉ u3 nin-e muš3-me-zu ḫe2-eb-ra
May the master sleep at your side, and may the mistress slap your face.
- A.11
lugal e2-e-ke4 DIM2-zu
The lord of the house, your ……; ……, a restraint.
- A.12
DIM2-e {ĝiš}rab3-am3
- A.13
lugal e2-e u3 nin e2-e-ke4 {ĝiš}za-na mi-ni-ib-tag-ge-ne
The lord and lady of the house touch the figurine.
- A.14
esaĝ2-e šu bi2-ib-de5-de5
The granary collects.
- A.15
niĝ2 e3 2(MAN)-na-ne-ne-ka
Outgoings are a matter for both, and now I also am one of them.
- A.16
⌈ĝe26⌉-e in-ga-me-en-na-e-še
- A.17
lu2 u2-gu de2-a u2-gu de2-a lu2 kiĝ2-kiĝ2-da-aš u2-gu i-ni-in-de2 [… u2-gu …] nu-un-de2 [… u2-gu …] ⌈mu⌉-<na>-an-de2
The man who is always losing things loses them for the man who has to look for them …… doesn't lose things, has lost …… for him .
- A.18
⌈?⌉ ? ĝiš-?-bi DE2-a-ka
(2 lines unclear)
- A.19
lu2 usu-? e2-a-na-ka
- A.20
lu2 niĝ2 ḫab2-e ?-ni al-tur-tur
A man despises (?) something that stinks: its …… increases.
- A.21
X-bi ab-gu-ul
- A.22
lu2 tug2-ga-ni u2-gu an-de2
A man lost his clothes: Let me run away …….
- A.23
⌈ga⌉-[X]-X-⌈da⌉-kar A […-e-še]
- A.24
[…] MU
(2 lines fragmentary) …… let me …….
- A.25
[…] ⌈? ?⌉-nam-ma-ab
- A.26
[…] ⌈?⌉ ga-⌈ba-ni⌉-ib-DI-e-še
- A.27
[…]-a
(2 lines fragmentary)
- A.28
[…] X
- A.29
[…]-⌈ta⌉ inim-ba KA tam-ma bur3-re sir5-re nu-gur
(1 line unclear) my well-wisher …… my malefactor.
- A.30
sag9-ga-ĝu10 lu2 ḫul dim2-ma-ĝu10
- A.31
[X] kin-kin-ne ma2 iri! sa2 ib2-dug4
…… seeking …… the boat reached the city.
- A.32
[X] ⌈kin⌉-kin-⌈ne⌉ […] ⌈mu⌉-un-ši-? […] {na4}za-gin3-na mu-un-pad3
…… seeking …… sent back (?) …… revealed …… lapis lazuli …… .
- A.33
[…] zu2 keše2 ak-a-?
…… in order to make an agreement with …… his fool …… I will tell him …… (2 lines fragmentary)
- A.34
[…] ⌈lu2⌉-?-ma-ni
- A.35
[…] an-na-ab-be2-en
- A.36
[…] X-am3
- A.37
[…]-⌈ib⌉-DI-e-še
- A.38
[…] ⌈?⌉-tuku-a
…… not having …… (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- A.39
[…] X [X X]
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- B.1
X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- B.2
lugal-ĝu10 ḫul2-la-zu an-⌈gu-lu-X⌉
My master, your joy …… very great, and your weeping …… very great.
- B.3
! er2 pad3-da-zu an-gu-lu-⌈X⌉
- B.4
lugal-be2-ne bi2-in-kur2-ru-uš
Their masters have changed. They are dressed in mourning (?) clothes.
- B.5
tug2-ku-ru-um am3-mur10-re-eš
- B.6
lu2 tug2 bir7-bir7-ra na-ab-be2-a
Thus says the man whose clothes are torn: Precious things are strong.
- B.7
kal-kal-la al-kal-la-ge-e-še
- B.8
lu2 an il2-la še10 nu-ub-dur2-re
A man who can lift the heavens -- and he does not fart.
- B.9
lu2 gi duru5 ak-gin7 lu2-lu2-u3-ra
A man who behaves like a damp reed towards his fellow men does not tell the truth either.
- B.10
niĝ2-gen6-na inim nu-mu-un-da-ab-bal-e
- B.11
lu2 {gi}pe-el X-e
A man …… humiliated …… reed. The man puts it in a well.
- B.12
lu2 ?-a a-ab-sig10-ge
- B.13
lu2 gud X zuḫ-a
A man who stole (?) …… cattle (1 line unclear)
- B.14
?-e si mu-un-X-e-še
- B.15
lu2 dug3 dab5-ba {d}nin-tur5-re
The man whose knees are paralysed has not prayed devoutly to Nintur.
- B.16
inim-ma nu-[mu]-⌈na⌉-an-sig10-e-še
- B.17
lu2 ḫa-la X […] X-ba-ni-ta
(2 lines fragmentary)
- B.18
BA X […] X NE
- B.19
kug-zu da-[…] X ⌈A ?⌉
The wise man …… (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
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- C.1
X […] lu2-inim ⌈KA⌉ […]
…… a witness (?) ……. The slanderer speaks …….
- C.2
inim sig !-⌈gu7⌉ ? […] mu-ni-ib-be2
- C.3
lu2 na-me ŠUL dug4 X […]
No-one …… when he …… his understanding, …… the master to the ……. Come! …… your …… and I will …… the oath.
- C.4
ĝeštug2-ga-ni u3-⌈bi2⌉-[…]
- C.5
lugal ŠUL-še3 an-na-⌈?⌉-[…]
- C.6
ĝa2-nu ŠUL-zu u2 […]
- C.7
nam-erim2 ga-bi2-[…]
- C.8
lu2 še lum-lum er2 al-še8-še8
He whose barley sprouts weeps. He who is pouring out water cannot converse.
- C.9
lu2 a de2-a ka-bi nu-ba-e
- C.10
lu2 {kuš}a2-ĝa2-la2-ni nu-keše2-da gu5-li-ni-da šag4 bi2-in-dab5
A man who didn't tie up his leather sack made his friend angry.
- C.11
lu2 si sa2-ra {na4}kinkin(ḪAR) id2-da mu-na-ab-dirig-dirig
Even a millstone will float in the river for a righteous man.
- C.12
lu2 niĝ2-tuku u2 […]-⌈bi ḫe2-gu7⌉-e
Let the wealthy man eat ……. Let the poor man eat milla flour.
- C.13
ukur3 zid2-?-bi ḫe2-⌈gu7⌉-[e]
- C.14
lu2 mun til-la […] al-us2-⌈? ?⌉ […]
The man whose salt is finished …….
- C.15
lu2 šag4 X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- C.16
lu2 […]
(1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- D.1
UD […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- D.2
? […] X a-na-am3 […]
- D.3
lu2 en-nu-uĝ3 X […] a-šag4 […]
…… man …… guard …… field …… the lot …….
- D.4
ĝiš gub-ba-še3 AD […]
- D.5
? ?⌈asal2⌉ [(X)]
A wild ram …… a poplar ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- D.6
[X X] X […]
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- E.1
[…] ?
(6 lines fragmentary)
- E.2
[…]-bi ? bi2-[X]-gen6
- E.3
[X]-gin7-nam mu-?-en-[X]-en-e-še
- E.4
[X] X NE ⌈an⌉-gu-lu-uš
- E.5
[X] lu2-a la-ba-ĝal2-le-eš
- E.6
[…] X X-?-e
- F.1
[…] X ⌈a mu-ni⌉-?-am3
(1 line fragmentary)
- F.2
[…] X [X (X)] ⌈ne3⌉ nu-tuku-a
…… powerless …….
- F.3
[X] TI-a šu bar-ra lu2 sig10-ge5 ak ba-?-ab-[X]
…… released …… the man who plots …….
- F.4
[X] ⌈?⌉-ni-še3 keše2-keše2-da
…… bound to his wife …… his penis seeks a litre …….
- F.5
ĝiš3-a-ni sila3 GI ab-kiĝ2-kiĝ2-e
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