Proverbs of Ancient Sumer 2 pl. 117
Transliteration
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| Obv. | |
| 1 | am-si ni-ta-na máš-anše dŠakan-ka |
| 2 | níg-gá-gi-na-am al-sá-me-en nu-gál na-ab-bé-a |
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| 3 | al-ti-ri-gu mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 |
| 4 | ù gá-e i-gi4-te-mu-uš |
| 5 | za-a-gi-nam al-sá-me-en-e-še |
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| 6 | am-si ma-sa-a e-de-de-en |
| 7 | i-im-tu-mu-u n-e-še |
| Rev. | |
| 8 | um-ma pi-ru-um i-na- ra-ma-ni-ša |
| 9 | i-na bu-ul ša-am-ka-an |
| 10 | ša ki-ma ia-ti-ma zu-ú ú-ul i-ba-ši |
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| 11 | si-pi-di-qá-ar i-ip-pa-al |
| 12 | ù a-na-ku ki-ma ka-a-ti |
| 13 | a-na ma-na-ti-ia-ma zé-a-ku |
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| 14 | pi-ra a-na i-le-pi ṭi-bi-tim |
| 15 | a-na šu-li-i i-ri-id-du-ú |
Translation
1// 8 An elephant said to himself:
2//9 "Among the animals,
2//10 there is no excrement like mine."
3//11 A S.-bird answered:
12-13 "And I, in my proportion, I defecate like you!"
14-15 An elephant that goes down to raise a sinking ship.
Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 1758; view on seal.huji.ac.il.