Proverbs: from Nibru
- v4.A.6
[…] X X DI
(3 lines fragmentary)
- v4.A.7
[…]-bi
- v4.A.8
[…] ⌈?⌉
- v4.A.9
si-mu-⌈?⌉-[ru-um] [i3-dab5] bad3-bi [nu-un-gul]
He captured Simurrum but did not destroy its walls. He built E-ana but then abandoned it. He did not see mighty kingship. Thus Nanni was carried off to the nether world despondent. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- v4.A.10
e2-an-na [i3-du3] u3-mu-⌈un⌉-[šub]
- v4.A.11
nam-! [kalag-ga] igi nu-mu-ni-[du8]
- v4.A.12
ur5 na-an-⌈na⌉ [šag4 sig-ga] kur-ra ba-⌈ra⌉-[an-de6]
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- v4.B.1
X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v4.B.2
[X] ⌈GIM⌉ […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v4.B.3
[X X] GAN […]
- v4.B.4
A X KA […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v4.B.5
gabu2-ba im-[…]
- v4.B.6
ar2-ar2-e lu2 […]
…… someone …… the mounds.
- v4.B.7
a-na-aš-am3 saĝ X […]
Why ……? (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- v4.C.1
[…] SU
(3 lines fragmentary)
- v4.C.2
[…] X-SU-SU
- v4.C.3
[…] X
- head
Ni 13186 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
- v5.A.1
[…] X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v5.A.2
[…] X ? […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v5.A.3
[…]-? NA […]
- v5.A.4
[…] X IG […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v5.A.5
[…] maš2 šu […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v5.A.6
[…] X ! AM3 […]
- v5.A.7
[…] X šu ! […]
…… accept …… one-third …….
- v5.A.8
[…] 1/3 X […]
- v5.A.9
[…] X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
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- v5.B.1
[…] ⌈lu2⌉ nu-[…]
…… no-one …….
- v5.B.2
[…] ⌈lu2⌉ nu-me-en
…… you are not a man.
- v5.B.3
[…] ? X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v5.B.4
[…] X DU […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v5.B.5
[…] X X […]
- v5.B.6
[…] X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- head
Ni 9697 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
- v6.A.1
[…] DA ? [X]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v6.A.2
[…] GA ? nu-[X]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v6.A.3
[…] ⌈mu⌉-na-ab-?
…… seek out …….
- v6.A.4
[…] X gi4-gi4-da-ni
On his returning …….
- v6.A.5
[…]-gin7 e2-a-! ba-ra-an-gi
Like a …… he won't return to his house.
- v6.A.6
[…] ⌈?⌉ gaba-ĝal2
…… a strong man.
- v6.A.7
[…] X šu im-ma-ab-gur
…… he rolled ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- v6.B.1
[…] im-ma-an-kud [X X]
…… cut it …… you will be ill.
- v6.B.2
[…]-an-tur5-tur5-de3-en
- v6.B.3
[…] im-⌈?⌉
…… bought ……. …… dead …….
- v6.B.4
[…] X ?
- v6.B.5
[…] X ba-an-du8
…… open …… (1 line fragmentary)
- v6.B.6
[…] X
- head
Ni 9824 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
- v7.A.1
[me-bi na-ab-ta-ab-ḫa-lam]-me-en-⌈?⌉-[en]
You should not eradicate their place in the universe. You should not move the oxen from their places!
- v7.A.2
[gud-de3] ki-gub-bi na-⌈ab⌉-[ta-ab-kur2-ru]-de3-en-⌈ze2⌉-[en]
- v7.A.3
[gud] ⌈DU⌉-a ⌈{ĝiš}⌉tukul a-ab-⌈am3⌉
An ox is walking around (?); a mace is …….
- v7.A.4
[a-a] ⌈igi⌉ i-ni-bar nam-tar-ĝu10 ba-[dib-ba]
I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past.
- v7.A.5
[X X] X X A X X [X X]
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- gap
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- v7.B.1
[…] X-še3
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v7.B.2
[…]-⌈e⌉-a
- v7.B.3
[…]-⌈ke4⌉-eš
…… because of ……. …… because of …… I am finished. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- v7.B.4
[…]-X-ke4-eš
- v7.B.5
[ĝe26-e] ⌈?⌉-am3-til3-?
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- v7.C.1
e2-[{na4}kinkin(ḪAR)-na du14 ḫe2-en-ĝal2]
If there is a dispute at the mill, a slave girl reveals (?) what she has stolen.
- v7.C.2
geme2 [niĝ2 zuḫ-a]
- v7.C.3
⌈ḫe2⌉-[em-ma-ab-ed3-de3]
- head
Ni 9832 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
- v8.A.1
[…]-ba-ĝu10
…… my ……. Let there be ……. …… my heart.
- v8.A.2
[…] ⌈ḫe2⌉-a
- v8.A.3
[…] šag4-ĝu10
- v8.A.4
[…] X BU
(1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
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- v8.B.1
X […]
(4 lines fragmentary)
- v8.B.2
ĝiri3 […]
- v8.B.3
! IM […]
- v8.B.4
LUM TE X […]
- v8.B.5
šu-? ⌈bi2⌉-[…]
…… finger. You are forever pushing like a millstone torn out of its joint.
- v8.B.6
{na4}kinkin(ḪAR) ⌈bur12⌉-[ra-gin7]
- v8.B.7
⌈?⌉-[du7-du7-du7-de3-en]
- head
N 6119 (Alster 1997 p. 292) and N 4047 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 8)
- v9.1
[…] ⌈al⌉-gu7 X X
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- v9.2
[X] X A saĝ a-tar-zu nam-ĝu10
What is …… your mockery to me? …… whatever he will do …… to my accounts.
- v9.3
[(X)] niĝ2-kas7-ĝu10
- v9.4
[X X]-⌈?⌉-ak-e-še
- v9.5
ud-da-⌈tuš-a⌉ ga-na 1(DIŠ)-am3
Come on, clown! Just for once, say: …… my hips are heavier than 50 mana weight.
- v9.6
dug4-ga-ab šu tu-tu-ba a2-ba ib2-ĝu10
- v9.7
50 ma-na-am3 ab-gu-ul-e-še
- v9.8
ud-da-tuš-a ugu iri-ke4 a-tar i3-ak-e
A clown made fun of the city. They made fun of him and he wept.
- v9.9
ugu-ni a-tar mu-ni-ib-ak-e-eš
- v9.10
er2 i3-še8-še8
- head
Ni 3318 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
- v10.A.1
[…] X X [X (X)]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v10.A.2
[ka5-a šag4] ba-ab-⌈?⌉ [X]
The vixen quenched her thirst but still her motherly teats were dry. Each fox is even more …… than its mother.
- v10.A.3
[ubur] ama-bi ⌈ba-an-ḫad2⌉
- v10.A.4
[ka5-a ama]-bi X [(X)]
- v10.A.5
[…]-dirig
- v10.A.6
[ka5-a] ⌈ĝeštug2⌉-bi X […]
If the hearing of the fox ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- v10.B.1
[…] X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
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