Proverbs: from Urim
- v98.3
saĝ-ki DU ⌈GA⌉ [X] DA silaĝ-⌈ĝe26⌉ [X]
- v98.4
igi ba-e-da-e-še
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- v99.1
[X (X)] ud šu2-⌈am3⌉
…… sunset …… basket …….
- v99.2
X lu2 gi-gur-da [X] DU [X]
- v99.3
šag4 gen6-na [X]
…… true heart …… single …….
- v99.4
[X]-bi dili nu-ub-X X
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- v100.1
ur {ĝiš}kiri6 dur2-⌈ra⌉
A dog sitting in a garden, a dog …… growing …… a dog …… demon of heaven and earth.
- v100.2
⌈?⌉ ? TI mu2-a
- v100.3
⌈?⌉ AN MAR gal5-la2 an ki
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- v101.1
ur-gir15 […]
A dog …… (2 lines fragmentary)
- v101.2
amaš saĝ […]
- v101.3
⌈im⌉-mi-[…]
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UET 6/2 242
- v102.1
⌈ur-bar⌉-ra ḫe2-gu7-[X]
Let the wolf eat. …… may it get eye disease. No matter how small the dog is, you will make it grow.
- v102.2
X UD igi ḫe2-bi2-ze2
- v102.3
⌈en⌉-na ur tur-re i3-buluĝ3-en-e-še
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- v103.1
u5-munu4{mušen} […]
The …… bird …… malt on the town square …… got bigger.
- v103.2
munu4 tilla2 […]
- v103.3
i3-ib2-buluĝ3 […]
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UET 6/2 254
- v104.1
kug-zu nam-kug-zu na-an-⌈ak⌉-[e]
Should someone clever not act cleverly, then I ……; man's intelligence comes from god.
- v104.2
u3 ĝe26-e am3-ma ni2-bi ⌈na⌉-[…]
- v104.3
umuš lu2-ulu3 ki diĝir-ra-⌈kam⌉
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UET 6/2 277
- v105.1
ga-kiĝ2-zu-še3 mu-nu2 ba-an-[X]
For your Let me work a bed has been ……. For a Let me bake! Let me bake! the owner of the oven has come home.
- v105.2
ga-du8 ga-du8-⌈a⌉
- v105.3
u3-mu-un {im}šu-rin-⌈na⌉-[(X)] ba-an-kur9
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UET 6/2 295
- v106.1
ḫu-mu-un-kaš4-e ḫu-mu-un-sar-re
He who can say Let him hurry, let him run, let him be strong, and he will carry it! is a lucky man.
- v106.2
ḫu-mu-un-er9 ib2-il2-⌈il2⌉
- v106.3
bi2-in-dug4-ga lu2 diĝir in-tuku-am3
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UET 6/2 299
- v107.1
lu2 diĝir-ra-a-ni ⌈nu⌉-mu-un-kal-la
A man who does not value his god is thrown out in the desert; his body is not buried and his heir does not provide his ghost with drinking water through a libation pipe.
- v107.2
⌈edin⌉-na mu-un-šub ad3-bi nu-ĝa2-ĝa2
- v107.3
ibila-a-ni alal-am3 ⌈gidim⌉-ma-a-ni a nu-naĝ
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UET 6/2 307
- v108.1
{urud}tun3 nagar-ka
The axe belongs to the carpenter, the stone belongs to the smith, the good …… belongs to the brewer.
- v108.2
na4 simug-ka
- v108.3
⌈?⌉ dug3-ga ⌈lu2⌉-kurun-na-ka
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UET 6/2 318
- v109.1
i3-ĝen-ĝen-na-ke4-eš ⌈i3⌉-kaš4-kaš4-na-ke4-eš
Because he always went, because he always ran, He carried away. He carried away! is the name assigned to him. A fool.
- v109.2
⌈ba⌉-an-tum3 ba-an-tum3 ⌈mu⌉-še3 i-ib2-la2
- v109.3
{lu2}lil2
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UET 6/2 321
- v110.1
gi4-in gi4-ne na-an-[…]
A slave girl should not …… a slave girl. …… whatever …… (1 line fragmentary)
- v110.2
gi4 niĝ2-nam-ma al-[…]
- v110.3
e-ne-ne zu X […]
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UET 6/2 326
- v111.1
[nam]-⌈sag9⌉-ga in-tu-ud
Pleasure is created. Sins are absolved. Life is rejuvenated.
- v111.2
⌈nam⌉-tag al-du8-e
- v111.3
⌈nam⌉-til3-la in-tu-ud
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UET 6/2 338
- v112.1
[X (X)] X u3-tud-da
…… born …… the deities carry torches.
- v112.2
⌈diĝir⌉-re-e-ne
- v112.3
⌈gi⌉-izi-la2 al-tum2-tum2-me-eš
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UET 6/2 381
- v113.1
ga-am3-dug4 a-na-am3 šu ba-ni-in-ti aq-bi mi-nam el-qe2
Although I spoke, what did I gain? Although I spoke, what did it add? I covered up for myself, but what success did it bring me?
- v113.2
nam-ba-an-dug4-ga-aš a-na-am3 ba-ab-dirig lu!(E2) aq-bi mi-nam u2-wa-ta-ar
- v113.3
niĝ2 ni2-ĝu10 ba-ab-dul-dul a-na-am3 ki-še-er ba-ab-ĝar ša ra-ma-ni-ia u2-ka-at-ti-im-ma mi-nam a-na ku-ši-ri-im aš-ku-un
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UET 6/3 458
- v114.1
[X] ⌈mušen⌉ ḫi-li sud-sud [X]
…… bird rejoices …… bird …… not …… its call …… bird …….
- v114.2
[X] NE AL mušen nu-[X]
- v114.3
[X] ⌈gu3⌉ de2-a-bi AL mušen X [X]
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- v115.1
[X] ĜIŠ ŠE3 TAG […]
(3 lines fragmentary)
- v115.2
[X] X bi2-in-[…]
- v115.3
[X] BU KA×LI […]
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U.15084 (UET 6/3 p. 84)
- v116.1
[X] X […]
(1 line fragmentary) …… following it …… belongs to the palace.
- v116.2
[X] X-a us2-sa-a-bi
- v116.3
[…] e2-gal-la-kam
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UET 6/2 233
- v117.1
{anše}kunga2 ninda2-zu i3-zu-de3-en
O mule, do you know your sire, and do you know your mother?
- v117.2
u3 ama-zu i3-zu-de3-en
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- v118.1
⌈muš⌉-e ki-ur3-bi ⌈ĝiri2⌉ ki-in-dar-bi
Let the snake find its deep hole, the scorpion its crevice, and the hyena its exit.
- v118.2
⌈?⌉-e ki-e3-bi ⌈ḫe2⌉-ni-in-kiĝ2-kiĝ2-e
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- v119.1
ur-bar-ra gu2 a-ba-da-ak-e
The wolf circles around it, the lion just picks it up.
- v119.2
ur-maḫ-e mi-ni-ib2-il2-e
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UET 6/2 245
- v120.1
⌈?⌉{mušen}-e ba-kur2-[kur2]
A francolin (?) keeps changing, from the rushes to the rushes.
- v120.2
{u2}numun2-ta {u2}numun2-še3
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UET 6/2 246
- v121.1
dar{mušen}-e 50-am3 ib2-tu-ud
A francolin gave birth to fifty young. A rook tried to rise up, but could not move its wings.
- v121.2
buru4{mušen}-e i3-il2-il2 a2-bi nu-sud-sud-dam
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UET 6/2 248
- v122.1
uga{mušen}-gin7 niĝ2 ka-zu-še3 i3-šub-ma
Like a raven, when something is thrown in front of your mouth you watch your own shadow.
- v122.2
ĝissu-zu-uš igi am3-bar-bar-re
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- v123.1
lu2 niĝ2-gen6-na zi-bi ḫe2-u3-tud
Let just men be born in good health, and let their lives last long.
- v123.2
nam-til3 ḫe2-su3-ud-de3
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- v124.1
[lu2 niĝ2]-gen6-na [zi]-ni al-su3-ud
The just man's life lasts long. Life is the gift awarded for it.
- v124.2
[nam]-⌈til3⌉ saĝ rig7-bi
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UET 6/2 266
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