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Proverbs: collection 27

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 6 - Proverb collections · 35 sections

1. gap

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2. A.1

   X […]

   (3 lines fragmentary)

3. A.2

   ⌈ba⌉-[…]

4. A.3

   KA […]

5. A.4

   lu2-⌈zuḫ⌉ […] lu2 MUNUS X […]

   (2 lines fragmentary)

6. A.5

   ĝe26-e nu-X […]

7. A.6

   lu2 ? du3-da DI ĝiš X [X]

   (4 lines fragmentary)

8. A.7

   {d}en-ki X X (X) RI X [X X]

9. A.8

   X-bi DI A lu2 na-! ?-X [X X]

10. A.9

    ne-e [X (X)]

11. A.10

    lu2 AMAR ⌈DA⌉ DI-gin7 [(X)] ⌈lu2⌉ […]

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12. gap

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13. B.1

    šag4 niĝ2-tuku tur5-ra-am3 ⌈an-?⌉ […]

    The rich man's heart is sick, it is very sick indeed (?) -- the man with a troubled heart is sick, he is very sick indeed (?).

14. B.2

    šag4 dirig tur5-ra-am3 an-⌈tur5⌉ […]

15. B.3

    a-na-aš-am3 ur5-ur5-ra di4-di4-⌈la2⌉-[X]

    Why are the interest payments so small?

16. B.4

    gu2-un sig gu2 i3-il2-la i3-gu4-ud-gu4-ud-dam

    He who carries a light burden can dance.

17. B.5

    di-bi-ri inim mu-ni-in-ne-eš

    The conmen (?) are having their say.

18. B.6

    lu2 e2-a-ne-ne u2-gu de2-a erim3-bi an-gur-ru-uš

    People whose houses have been lost turn to their storehouses.

19. B.7

    gu7-u3-de3 al-dug3 gur-ru-da-bi ⌈al-gig⌉

    To eat is good. When it comes up again, it is bad.

20. B.8

    šag4 dirig-ga šag4 a-ab-gig

    A troubled (?) mind makes you sick.

21. B.9

    ki-ĝiš-ĝiš-la2-a u2 bur12-bur12-re

    On the battlefield plants are torn out.

22. B.10

    iri{ki} iri{ki} silim nu-ub-dug4 lu2 lu2-a ⌈silim⌉ ab-be2 nu-tag-ga lu2-ulu3 lu2-ulu3 silim bi2-tag-ga

    One city does not greet another, but one man greets another. One city does not salute another, but one person salutes another.

23. B.11

    [X] ⌈danna⌉-še3 ḫe2-en-šub ba-an-saḫ6!(ḪA) MAŠ danna-še3 ḫe2-em-gi

    Although he …… fled for …… miles, he returned after half a mile.

24. B.12

    [X (X)]-mi-pad3-da-bi lu2 bur2-ru-bi

    He who found …… was the one who revealed it.

25. B.13

    [X (X)]-⌈mi⌉-ed2-de3 X X ? X ni2 ba-te ba-saḫ6 [X X] ⌈?⌉-bi2-X-? […] ba-saḫ6!(ḪA)

    …… coming out …… afraid and fled. …… and fled.

26. B.14

    […] ⌈? ?-? X niĝ2-?⌉ X [X X (X)]

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27. gap

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28. B.17

    [X X (X)] X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary)

29. B.18

    [X] X MU lu2-⌈?⌉ X X ⌈um⌉-ur4-[ur4]

    …… reap …… for the man.

30. B.19

    [X] X-am3 nam-tag-ĝu10-e-[še]

    …… my sin ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

31. gap

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32. C.1

    [X X] X-gu7-da-ke4-eš

    Because they will eat ……, they seized …….

33. C.2

    […]-mi-dab5-be2-eš

34. C.3

    [X X X] X KIĜ2

    (2 lines fragmentary)

35. C.4

    […] X

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