Proverbs: from Urim

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 6 - Proverb collections · 673 sections

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v45.1
ur-gir15-re i3-udu-am3 ḫe2-⌈eb2⌉-X-[(X)]
The dog which …… sheep-fat -- dog is indeed its name.
v45.2
ur-gir15-re mu-bi-[im]
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v46.1
ur sag9-ga ur-tur-še3 in-kur9
A dog which is played with turns into a puppy.
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v47.1
⌈ur⌉ mu2-da gu3 ba-an-de2
He cried out like a rabid dog; its reward was having its skin flayed.
v47.2
[kug] ⌈kuš⌉ du3-bi [ba]-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
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v48.1
ur mu2-da-gin7 id2-da gid2-da-bi a šu al-ak-en-e-še
You behave like a rabid dog stretching into the river (?), guzzling water.
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v49.1
ur-gir15-re ga-ba-al nam-mu-du3-en
Don't start a fight with a dog. Will that dog not bite you?
v49.2
zu2 nu-mu-ra-ab-kud-de3
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v50.1
ur-gir15 zu2 ub-ra-ra
When a dog snarls, throw a morsel into his mouth.
v50.2
ninda pax(PAD)-ra2 ka-ga14-ni-⌈še3⌉
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v51.1
⌈ḫal⌉-la ur-⌈gir15⌉-ra-ka
It is a dog's lot to collect bones.
v51.2
⌈ĝiri3⌉-pax(PAD)-ra2 al-de5-de5-ga
v51.3
ur-gir15-re kaš-de2-a-še3 al-du-<un>
A dog was going to a party. After he had seen the bones, he went away. Where I am going, I will be eating more than this, he said.
v51.4
ĝiri3-pax(PAD)-ra2 igi mu-ni-in-du8 ba-ĝen
v51.5
ki al-du-na-am3 dirig ne-en-⌈na⌉-am3 ⌈al⌉-gu7-[e-en]-⌈e⌉-še
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v52.1
nig tu-ud-da-gin7 erin2 zu2 kud-kud-de3
Biting the workmen like a whelping bitch.
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v53.1
ur ?-še3 na-⌈ab⌉-[be2-a]
Thus speaks the dog to the pups: You are mottled, you jump around -- you are my dear children.
v53.2
al-gun3-gun3-nu al-?-?-[ud]
v53.3
dumu-ĝu10 ki aĝ2-X-X-e-še
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v54.1
⌈šaḫ2⌉ šu ab-kar-kar-re i-gi4-in-zu
A pig takes away as for himself, so for his owner.
v54.2
ni2-te-ni-še3 lugal-a-ni-še3-am3
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v55.1
šaḫ2 lu-ḫu-um-ma su3-a
Like a pig spattered with mud.
v55.2
šaḫ2 ninda pax(PAD)-ra2 i-ib2-il2-[i]
A pig picks up morsels of bread.
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v56.1
ud5-de3 saĝ rig7 maš2 gal-la-kam
A goat is the gift of a large kid, the large kid which wears a beard.
v56.2
maš2 gal sun4 la2-a
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v57.1
az-e itid 6-kam ti-na nu-bal-e
A bear which for six months had not turned onto his side said: Were An not to bestow sleep on someone, as he does me, they would expire.
v57.2
an u3-sa2 nu-mu-un-šum2-ma
v57.3
ĝe26-gin7-nam ḫe2-si-ig
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v58.1
kir4-gin7 en-na nu i3-ḫab2-ba nu-gu7-e
Like a hyena, he will not eat it unless it stinks.
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v59.1
ka5-a sur12-re al-us2-sa
A fox was laying down (?) a threshing floor. It did not …… on the threshing floor, but the fox did not become exhausted.
v59.2
sur12-re nu-tur-tur
v59.3
u3 e-ne nu-kuš2-u3
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v60.1
⌈ka5⌉-a gu2 gid2 ama-a-ni-[še3] ⌈ĝeštug2⌉-ga-ni in-ak-[ma]
The fox thought about his mother's interference and said: My …… is crushed.
v60.2
[X]-ĝa2 al-ug5-ge-[e-še]
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v61.1
ka5-a maš2-bi mu-un-šub
The fox dropped her young. Her twins came out.
v61.2
maš2-tab-ba-ni am3-i-i
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v62.1
ka5-a ud5-⌈še3⌉ […]
A fox …… to a goat ……. On the arrival ……. If there's a dog staying on that account in your house, …… my shoes!
v62.2
du-um-du ⌈?⌉ […]
v62.3
tukum-⌈bi⌉ [ur-gir15-re]
v62.4
e2-za nam ur5 […-til3]
v62.5
{kuš}e-sir2-⌈ĝu10⌉ […]
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v63.1
ka5-a ur2 {ĝiš}kiši17-še3 in-kur9-ma
A fox went under a thorny bush. Meanwhile a dog sat at the entrance: Come out to me! but he would not come out: How can he get in from outside? -- Unless you chase me out, I will stay sitting here.
v63.2
ur-gir15-re kan4-na ba-an-tuš
v63.3
e3-ma-ab ed2-de3 nu-ub-zu-am3
v63.4
gu2-e-ta a-na-gin7-nam in-kur9
v63.5
en-na nu al-sar-sar al-tuš-en-e-še
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v64.1
ka5-a nam-lul-la-še3 ĝeštug2-ga14-ni al-gub
The fox set his mind on some treachery: I am throwing it out. I am carrying my city to the river.
v64.2
ba-šub-bu-de3-en id2-da iri-ĝu10 al-tum2-mu-un-e-še
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v65.1
⌈usu⌉ igi-ĝal2-[tuku] nu-ub-⌈da⌉-[sa2]
Strength cannot keep pace with intelligence.
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v66.1
kug-zu 2(MIN) […]
The wise one …… knowledgeable one ……. A fool who was overwhelmed by his backside stuck his hand up his backside.
v66.2
gal-an-zu ⌈a⌉-[ra2 …]
v66.3
is-ḫab2 ⌈ki⌉-[bid3-da šu ša-an-ša-ša-da]
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v67.1
šeg9-bar {ĝiš}asal2-gin7
Like a wild sheep up a poplar, he went up, he kept going up.
v67.2
al-ed3
v67.3
al-ed3-de3
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v68.1
a2 ba-za!(⌈AD4⌉) {ĝiš}mitum na-an-[šum2]
Don't give the halt man a club for his arm. Enlil shall be the one to help him!
v68.2
{d}en-lil2 a2-taḫ-ni-[im]
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v69.1
a2 ba-za {ĝiš}tukul na-šum2
Don't give the halt man a club for his arm. Enlil shall be the one to help him!
v69.2
{d}en-lil2-la2 a2-taḫ-ni
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v70.1
dub3-tuku bar in-dab5 usu-tuku ba-da-an-kar
The quick one hid, the strong one fled; the voluble one succeeded in getting into the palace.
v70.2
ka tuku e2-gal-la-še3 ba-ni-in-kur9
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v71.1
gi4-in-ĝenĝe26-en ga-ša-an-ĝen še-er nu-u3-mu-un-na-ma-al
I, a slave girl, have no authority over my lady. Let me pull my husband's hair instead.
v71.2
mu-ud-na-ĝu10 ga-an-ze2-e-še a-ma-ku-u2-ma a-na be-el-ti-ia u2-la e-ṭe4-el-le-ku lu-ul-li-ik ḫa-wi-ri lu-ub-qu2-ma-am
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v72.1
⌈gi4⌉-in ga-⌈ša-an⌉
The slave girl has no authority over the lady: Let me pull my husband's hair instead.
v72.2
še-er nu-un-ĝal2
v72.3
mu-ud-na-ni ga-an-ze2-e-<še>
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v73.1
gi4-in-gi4-[in] [balaĝ] ba-⌈ra⌉-[e3]
The slave girls did not take out the balaĝ drum. Inana remained seated in the village (?).
v73.2
[ga]-⌈ša⌉-an-[an-na] e-dur2-ra ba-tuš-⌈tuš⌉
v73.3
geme2 niĝ2 ḫi-li-a-⌈ke4⌉
The voluptuous slave girl says: Let Iškur, …… god …… great king …… split the fertile ground like a cucumber.
v73.4
{d}iškur diĝir lugal gal ⌈LIL2⌉-[e]
v73.5
ukuš2-gin7 ki ⌈dug3⌉ ḫu-mu-dar-⌈dar⌉-[re]

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