Proverbs: collection 21
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[…] X-en
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- A.6
[…]-ta-e3
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[…] um-ma-tag
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nu-X X […]
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NI […]
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[X]-⌈?⌉ nu-mu-da-zu ⌈?⌉ […]
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lugal-e en3 nu-tar-ra-⌈ni⌉ […]
The king …… not having questioned …….
- B.6
šaḫ2 niga ab-šum-[u3-de3] u3-bi2-[…]
When a fattened pig is about to be slaughtered ……, one says Let me replace what I am about to eat.
- B.7
niĝ2 i3-gu7-a-ĝu10 ⌈ga⌉-[ab-sug6-e-še]
- B.8
{šaḫ2}ze2-eḫ [tur-e] šu al-gu4-ud-[…]
As the piglet snuffles around, it says ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)
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- C.1
[e2]-⌈gi4-a gal4-la⌉ [lu2-kam]
A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
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mussa-⌈tur UŠ⌉ [X X]
A fiancée …… I …… to the house. May I …….
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ĝe26 e2-e X X (X)
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X ⌈?-ba⌉-X […]
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dur2 šaḫ2 ⌈ḫe2-gu7-e⌉
May …… eat the ham of a pig! …… pig …….
- C.6
[X] šaḫ2 […]
- C.7
kaš ga-⌈ze2-ze2-?⌉ ušur nu-kal-⌈e⌉
I would make the beer sweet but my neighbour would not appreciate it.
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- C.21
⌈gi4⌉-in ud šu2-šu2-⌈ru⌉ ĝi6 MAŠ-a-gin7 an-na-di-⌈di⌉-[(X)]
The slave girl roams around when it grows dark as if it were midnight.
- C.22
gi4-in-na an-ba pa nu-um-e3 ga-⌈ša⌉-[an-a-ni] […]
The litter was not apparent to the slave girl. To her mistress …….
- C.23
ud šu2-šu2-ru šag4 ḫul2-la e2-gi4-a-⌈kam⌉
Dusk means joy for a daughter-in-law.
- C.24
nu-mu-un-na-kal geme2 ? […]
It was of value to her. She is the slave girl of a …….
- C.25
gi4-in-gi4-in-e balaĝ ba-ra-⌈e3⌉
The slave girls did not take out the balaĝ drum. Inana …… in the village (?).
- C.26
ga-ša-an-an-na e-duru2-bi mu-X [X]
- C.27
geme2 e2-gal-la ⌈za⌉-ra dug4-[dug4]
The slave girl from the palace offers advice (?) continually.
- C.28
⌈arad⌉ e2-gal-la ga-til3-bi [gu7-gu7]
The slave from the palace eats the ex-voto offering .
- C.29
KU-KU-a-ĝu10-ne gal4-la-ĝu10 ?-aĝ2-gi4-in-e ma-an-ga
If I ……, my vagina brings me slavery. Will anyone take my vagina then?
- C.30
[gal4]-?-ĝu10 ? ba-an-tuku
- C.31
um{mušen} al-saḫ6 gu-du-? am3-?
The …… bird flees, running away from its own behind.
- C.32
ḫe2-kud na-ab-⌈dug4⌉ ĝa2-ra in-na-LAGAB-u3
You should cut it, she said …… to me. It is a slave girl's princess!
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egir2 gi4-in-na-ka
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sipad X X X X […]
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gala-e {ĝiš}ma2-gur še gur ⌈?⌉-[…]
A lamentation singer …… not …… a gur weight of barley …… barge …….
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gala-e a-šag4 lu2-u3-ka še zuḫ-zuḫ-de3 i3-ĝen
A lamentation priest went into a man's field to steal the barley. The owner of the field caught him. My beautiful head got confused! It is totally bewildered. Just let me straighten it out, let me …… my senses! Let me go free!
- D.4
lugal a-šag4-ga-ke4 ba-an-dab5
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saĝ an-sag9-ga-ĝu10 bi2-suḫ bi2-bir-⌈bir⌉ [(X)]
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si ga-ba-ab-sa2 umuš-ĝu10 ga-ba-da-ab-X […]
- D.7
ga-ba-ĝen-e-[še]
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a-šag4 u3-mu-un gu5-li gala-ke4 na-⌈an⌉-[…]
A field, whose owner, a friend of a lamentation priest, …… (1 line fragmentary)
- D.9
[X] ⌈na⌉-an-kiĝ2-kiĝ2 KA X (X) bi2-ib-X-? X ze2-e bulug-⌈ga⌉ […]
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[…] ⌈KU⌉ na-ab-⌈be2⌉-a
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[…] ⌈SI⌉ UD mu-un-na-MU
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[…]-e-še
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[…]-⌈ta⌉-bi-še3
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[…] ⌈mu⌉-na-ni-gi-gi
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[…] X nu-nu2 X
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[…] ĝiri3 X
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[…] še
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[…] ⌈MU⌉-ni-X
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[…] ⌈?⌉
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[…] X
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[…] X X […]
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[…] X X […]
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[…] X X […]
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[…] X […]
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