Proverbs: from Nibru
- v22.3
[…] ⌈UG⌉ X […]
- v22.4
[…] ba-an-ug5 […]
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N 1905 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)
- v23.1
[…]-⌈?-?⌉-[…]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v23.2
[…] ?-e gul-? X
(1 line fragmentary)
- v23.3
[…] X-e ba-an-de6
(1 line fragmentary) plotted …….
- v23.4
[…] šag4 ba-an-de6
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N 3884 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 7)
- v24.1
[…] kar2
(1 line fragmentary)
- v24.2
[…]-⌈GA⌉-GA
(1 line fragmentary)
- v24.3
[…] lil2-la2
(2 lines fragmentary)
- v24.4
[…]-⌈sa4⌉-a-me-en
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CBS 14213 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v25.1
a2 aĝ2-ĝa2 1(DIŠ)-am3 mu-e-[X]
You …… a single instruction: Let me please your heart, let me …… my strength!
- v25.2
šag4-zu ga-bi2-ib-dug3
- v25.3
nam-a2-ĝal2-ĝu10 ga-⌈e⌉-[X]
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IM 58660 = 3N-T 731 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
- v26.1
nu-mu-un-su dam-eĝer-ra-ni na-ab-be2-a
Thus speaks a widow, a man's junior wife: What can widows become? They cannot be principal wives!
- v26.2
a-na nu-mu-un-su-a-me-eš
- v26.3
⌈dam⌉ nitalam in-nu
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N 4909 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 9)
- v27.1
[(X)] X X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
- v27.2
⌈lu2⌉ niĝ2 gur-ra-⌈ka⌉ […]
(1 line unclear) (1 line fragmentary)
- v27.3
KA-na am3-[…]
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N 5569 (Veldhuis 2000c p. 395)
- v28.1
sig9-ga-ar nam-ba-?-na-kur2 […]
Do not be hostile to the weakling; do not cry for the strong one. To the craftsman his arm …….
- v28.2
kalag-ga-ar nam-ba-an-⌈še8-še8⌉
- v28.3
gašam-še3 a2-ni X
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CBS 3811 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
- v29.1
gud sa ab-kud-kud
The ox has broken its sinews and is lying in its yoke.
- v29.2
{ĝiš}šudul-a nu2-nu2
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CBS 5971 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)
- v30.1
[…] X X-e
(1 line fragmentary) …… drinking …….
- v30.2
[…] X in-?
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CBS 7968 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
- v31.1
mu {d}gu-la nin-ĝa2-! šub-ba
I prostrate myself for the sake of Gula, my lady, but in my own eyes I don't have a place to stand.
- v31.2
ĝe26-e igi-ĝa2 ki-gub-ba nu-tuku-a
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IM 58400 = 3N-T 242 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v32.1
e2 lu2-ka {im}šu-rin-na na-an-sar-re
Don't cause the oven in a man's house to smoke. The smoke will ruin (?) the bread.
- v32.2
ninda-bi i3-bi2 ⌈TAR⌉
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N 6194 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v33.1
ĝen za-e dumu-me-e-ke4
Come, you are our son, even from when you did not exist!
- v33.2
za-e nu-me-en-na-ta
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UM 55-21-38 = 2N-T 172 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
- v34.1
an-na ba-an-DU
It went up to heaven, it rose to heaven.
- v34.2
an-na ba-an-zig3
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UM 55-21-278 = 3N-T 179 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
- v35.1
ka5-a zu2 bi2-in-sud2-sud2
The fox gnashed its teeth and shook its head.
- v35.2
saĝ nam-mi-bul-bul
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3N-T 232 + 244 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v36.1
pa5 {ĝiš}kiri6-ke4 a na-an-tum3
The ditches of the garden should not flow with water, or there will be vermin.
- v36.2
niĝ2-ki i3-ĝal2
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CBS 6551 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
- v37.1
gud-ĝu10 ga mu-ra-ab-tum2-tum2-e
Is my ox to provide milk for you?
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CBS 7867 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
- v38.1
⌈lu2⌉ še-ĝiš-i3 gu7-a-gin7 [bid3]-⌈da⌉-ni an-dur2
Like a man who eats sesame oil, his anus farts.
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CBS 11372 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v39.1
⌈dug4⌉-ga-dug4-ga šag4 lu2-ulu3-kam ĝal2-la
Talking endlessly is what humankind has most on its mind.
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N 2182 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 5)
- v40.1
[X]-bi RI saĝ MU NI X […]
(1 line fragmentary)
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N 5925 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v41.1
ninda-ni šaḫ2-ta šu ur3 am3-me
He wipes his bread on the pig.
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UM 29-16-394 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
- v42.1
lugal iri šag4-ge ⌈pad3-da⌉ ḫe2-til3
May the king live in his favourite city.
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3N-T 161 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
- v43.1
me-zu nu-mu-zu
Your role in life is unknown.
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3N-T 772 = TIM 10/1 132 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
- v44.1
gud si gal-gal-zu ma-ra-an-gi4-gi4-de3
Your ox with its large horns will always return to you.
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