Proverbs: from Nibru

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 6 - Proverb collections · 368 sections

v10.B.2
[…] LA2 ? […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v10.B.3
[…] ⌈?-ta⌉ […]
(2 lines fragmentary)
v10.B.4
[…] X X […]
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Ni 4338 + 4340 (Alster 1997 pp. 294-295)
v11.1
[…] ⌈?-?⌉-[…]
(1 line fragmentary)
v11.2
[…]-ni igi u3-bi2-in-⌈du8⌉
…… when his …… looks around, who …… child? …… without …… raise …….
v11.3
[…]-na genna a-ba i3-in-X [(X)]
v11.4
[…] ⌈MU⌉ A nu-me-[a]
v11.5
[…] mu-un-il2-en-e-[še]
v11.6
[…] ? dur2-ru šu-ni ma-an-[X (X)]
…… sit …… his hands for me. I will ……. How can I ……? …… make it strong for you …… make it strong …… (1 line fragmentary)
v11.7
[…] X-mu-de3-en a-na-gin7-nam ?-⌈?⌉-[…]
v11.8
[…] ⌈mu⌉-ra-ab-kal-[la-ge X]
v11.9
[… mu-ra]-ab-kal-la-ge [X X]
v11.10
[…] X MU NE-NE X […]
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Ni 4122 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
v12.1
? NE […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v12.2
aḫ uš7 saḫar nu-[gi4-a]
To spit without covering it up with dust, to kiss with the tongue at midday without providing shade, (1 line unclear) are abominations to the god …….
v12.3
! ak an-⌈bar7⌉ [an-dul3 nu-ĝa2-ĝa2]
v12.4
gu2 urin gal-la […]
v12.5
[(X)] niĝ2-gig {d}[…]
v12.6
[…] X MA2 PAD X […]
(4 lines fragmentary)
v12.7
[…] ĜAR X […]
v12.8
[…] X NI […]
v12.9
[…] X MI […]
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Ni 4300 (Alster 1997 p. 294)
v13.A.1
[…] ⌈?⌉ X IN X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v13.A.2
[…] ⌈?⌉ X-e […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v13.A.3
[…] X X UD NE X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v13.A.4
[nam-tar-ĝu10 gu3-nam] ama-ĝu10 mu-da-[kur2]
My fate is her voice: my mother can change it. (2 lines fragmentary)
v13.A.5
[…] X X X X […]
v13.A.6
[…] X ba-an-X […]
v13.A.7
[…] X ZA GA DU ma-⌈?⌉-[…]
(1 line fragmentary)
v13.A.8
[…] X X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
v13.B.1
[…]-⌈?⌉-? […]
(1 line fragmentary)
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Ni 5327 (Alster 1997 pp. 296-297)
v14.1
u5-munu4{mušen} […]
The …… bird …… town square …….
v14.2
tilla2 […]
v14.3
u5-munu4{mušen} GI […]
The …… bird …… may it …… my …… (2 lines fragmentary)
v14.4
X-ĝu10 ?-X […]
v14.5
⌈KA ?⌉ du3 […]
v14.6
⌈?-? ? DUG⌉ X […]
v14.7
[(X)] u5-munu4{mušen} […]
The …… bird …… (2 lines fragmentary)
v14.8
? ? am3-[…]
v14.9
[X X] X […]
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Ni 4099 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
v15.1
[…] X TUG2 ⌈TAR-TAR⌉ X X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) …… the workers …… young men …….
v15.2
[…] aĝ2 erin2-bi ĝuruš X […]
v15.3
[…] X ĜA2 ME MA2 X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v15.4
[…] X-bi X-⌈e⌉ […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v15.5
[…] KA GAM X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v15.6
[…] X-bi ZUM ? […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v15.7
[…] za-e X […]
…… you …….
v15.8
[…] za-a-[…]
…… yours.
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N 3059 (Alster 1997 p. 430)
v16.1
[…] ⌈?⌉ X ? lu2 na-me ?-ub-?
…… no-one has …….
v16.2
[…] X ab-dab5-be2
(1 line fragmentary)
v16.3
[…] ⌈dam⌉ teš2-tuku ? zu-a
…… a modest wife …….
v16.4
[… ga]-⌈?⌉-al ba-an-du3-e
…… he will cause a fight …… (1 line fragmentary)
v16.5
[…] ab-kud-⌈de3⌉
v16.6
[…] i-ni-in-[X (X)]
(2 lines fragmentary)
v16.7
[…] X IN [X X]
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N 5225 (Alster 1997 pp. 291-292)
v17.1
X al-ur11-ru gur nu-um-da-X-X-e
…… ploughing …… not …… a gur.
v17.2
lu2-tur-re ga-ba-al mu-ni-in-du3-uš-a
Let great men stir up the conflict for lesser men to fight out.
v17.3
lu2 gu-la du14 ḫa-ra-ni-ib-mu2-mu2
v17.4
lu2-tur-re ama-ni ki an-aĝ2
The little fellow loves his mother; an older brother …… an older brother. The man in charge of the offerings (?) …… a proper (?) offering.
v17.5
šeš-gal šeš-⌈gal⌉ […]-⌈?⌉
v17.6
lu2 ?-ke4 nesaĝ ĝen-na-? [X X]
v17.7
⌈LUL KU⌉ [X X X X] X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
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Ni 9829 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
v18.1
[…] X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v18.2
[…] X X […]
(6 lines fragmentary)
v18.3
[…] ⌈nam⌉ am3-mi-ni-[…]
v18.4
[…] X kur2-ra […]
v18.5
[…] X AN NI X […]
v18.6
[…] X mu-⌈?⌉-[…]
v18.7
[…] X […]
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Ni 5271 (Alster 1997 p. 296)
v19.1
[…] X ⌈?⌉ X […] X tum3-tum3
(1 line fragmentary)
v19.2
[…] X-ni am3-zur-re
(1 line fragmentary)
v19.3
[…] ⌈ur5⌉ in-da-ur5
…… that smells, really smells.
v19.4
[…] ? kisim gu-du-ka
…… smells, cheese of the anus.
v19.5
[…] ⌈?⌉ ur5-ra tud-da
……, one born into debt (?).
v19.6
[…] izi-ka nu2
…… who sleeps …… of the fire.
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N 7577 + N 7578 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 10)
v20.1
[…] X X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v20.2
[…] X šu nu-u2-X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v20.3
[…] ⌈?⌉ diĝir-ĝa2 ba-X […]
…… my god's heart …… (1 line fragmentary)
v20.4
[…] DIM-DIM ⌈?⌉ […]
v20.5
[…] X X NE šu ZI […]
(1 line fragmentary)
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Ni 3981 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
v21.1
⌈?⌉-re nam-til3-ni [(X) i3]-⌈?⌉-tud
Prayer has given birth to his life.
v21.2
⌈me-a⌉ [X X] X-ze2-en
Where …… you ……. Where …… you ……. The son of the just man lies hungry.
v21.3
me-a igi X X X-en
v21.4
dumu lu2 niĝ2-si-sa2 u2-šim-e ba-nu2
v21.5
ZA X X [X] ⌈?⌉ […] X
(1 line fragmentary)
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CBS 12666 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 3)
v22.1
[…] X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
v22.2
[…] X EN X […]
(2 lines fragmentary) …… died.

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