16.a1
1-6.
6 lines fragmentary
16.a2
7-9.
3 lines fragmentary
16.a3
10-16.
7 lines fragmentary
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Segment B
16.b1
1-3.
3 lines fragmentary
16.b2
4-5. (cf. 6.1.03.10) You should get rid of the shepherd, so his sheep will not come back into his charge.
16.b3
6-7. (cf. 6.1.03.11) The wise shepherd has become confused, and his sheep will not come back into his charge.
16.b4
8-9. (cf. 6.1.03.9, 6.1.23.7) A shepherd's sex appeal is his penis; a gardener's sex appeal is his hair.
16.b5
10. (cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.23.7) An unjust heir who does not support a wife, who does not support a child, has no cause for celebration.
16.b6
11-12.
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16.b7
13-16. (cf. 6.1.03.6) "Let me go today" is what a herdsman says. "Let me go tomorrow" is what a shepherd boy says. ....... His property ....... "Let me go!'......."
16.b8
17-18.
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Segment C
16.c1
1-2. (cf. 6.1.14.3, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 7-8) The farmer lifts his gaze to you (i.e. Enlil) : "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
16.c2
3-4. (cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.15.b1, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10) The shepherd boy lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
16.c3
5-6. (cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.15.b2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 11-12) The potter lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
16.c4
7. (cf. 6.1.15.b4) What will the farmer with his vigilant eye do?
16.c5
8-10. (cf. 6.1.03.149, 6.1.14.6, 6.1.22: ll. 172-175, 6.1.25.1) It became cloudy, but it did not rain. It rained, but not enough for people to undo their sandals. The Tigris was not surging at its inlet, so water did not fill the arable lands.
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Segment D
16.d1
1-2.
2 lines fragmentary
16.d2
3-4. (cf. 6.1.03.17) "My friend" might last just one day. "My colleague" lasts forever.
16.d3
5-6.
2 lines fragmentary
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Segment E
16.e1
1-3. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 1)
3 lines fragmentary
16.e2
4. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 2)
1 line fragmentary
16.e3
5-6. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 3) He enters (?) through the slavegirl's window; he is indeed a merchant!
16.e4
7-9. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 4 = 21 Sec. C 1) A donkey can carry fifty things. Those who carry the baskets ....... Entering one at a time, they ask: "What did he carry?"
16.e5
10. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 5 = 21 Sec. C 2) They tore out weeds with long roots .......
16.e6
11-15. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. C 3)
4 lines unclear
It is an abomination (?) to Suen.
16.e7
16-17. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 1 = 21 Sec. C 4; cf. 6.1.09.g5) Like a mountain mined for precious metals, he is a man whose judgment is unsound (i.e. full of holes) .
16.e8
18-19. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 2) Don't ...... like a barber. He coiffures (?) hair.
16.e9
20-21. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 3)
2 lines fragmentary
16.e10
22. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 3) ...... I part the waters (?) like Nirah.
16.e11
23. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 4) ...... collecting rushes .......
16.e12
24. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 4) ...... opens ...... the mouth.
16.e13
25. (= Alster 1997 l6 Sec. F 5) ...... you make the boat sail. {...... you will carry yourself away with it} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... carry ......}.
16.e14
26. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 6) After becoming a thief, one becomes an outcast.
16.e15
27-29. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 7)
3 lines unclear
16.e16
30. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 8)
1 line unclear
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Segment F
16.f1
1. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 1')
1 line fragmentary
16.f2
2. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 2'-3')
1 line fragmentary
Segment A
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17.a1
1-3.
3 lines fragmentary
17.a2
4-5.
2 lines fragmentary
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Segment B
17.b1
1-3.
3 lines fragmentary
17.b2
4-10. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 203-206, 1.8.1.5: ll. 28-29, 1.8.1.5.1: ll. 12-13, 6.3.a: ll. 17-18) No one is tall enough to reach up and touch the heavens. No one is broad enough to lift his gaze over the whole earth. No one is strong enough even to stretch himself fully in his bed. But you (?), who roar like a storm -- may you establish yourself like a lion.
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No man can bring about your demise.
17.b3
11-17. (cf. 6.1.09.a8, 6.1.10.9-12, 6.1.19.a1, 5.6.7: ll. 28-31) I was a youth -- now my personal god, and access to my protective deity, and my youthful vigour have all left my loins, like a run-away donkey. My black mountain has sprouted white gypsum. My mother ...... from the forest ...... has given me paralysed hands. My mongoose, which used to eat strong-smelling butter, can no longer stretch its neck even towards a jar of ghee.
17.b4
18-19. (cf. 6.1.02.23) The poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him highly forever.
17.b5
20. (cf. 6.1.02.22) When someone is poor ......, they dine on the broth of the human breast.
17.b6
21. A poor man staring into the soup.
17.b7
22-23. (cf. 6.1.03.64) Scales made with a net are a pit contrived of dishonesty; should a man then take a merchant for his friend?
17.b8
24-25. (cf. 6.1.01.165, 6.1.03.65, 6.1.22: ll. 194-196) You, merchant, how small you made the amount of silver! And how small you made the amount of barley!
17.b9
26-28. (cf. 6.1.02.158, 6.1.14.22, 6.1.25.10) The palace: one day a mother giving birth, the next day a mother in mourning.
17.b10
29.
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Segment C
17.c1
1-3.
3 lines fragmentary
17.c2
4. ...... slave girl .......
Segment A
approx. 13 lines missing
18.1
14.
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18.2
15-16. ...... flourish ...... your lord ate.
18.3
17-18. ...... grain all been eaten in the ...... field ....... How did you value the flourishing?
18.4
19-20. The idleness of a low-life causes losses; his shying away (?) from work is perpetual.
18.5
21-22. Employ a low-life -- fire him after half a day!
18.6
23. (cf. 6.1.26.c2) He who pays with high-valued silver negotiates a favourable position.
18.7
24. Your worthiness is the result of chance.
18.8
25-27. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 281) The quick one hid, the strong one fled; the talker got into the palace.
18.9
28-29.
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18.10
30.
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18.11
31. Whenever there is excess, an axe remedies it!
18.12
32. The hills and the depths will be levelled.
18.13
33. A slave entrusted with a burial will be negligent.
18.14
34. (cf. 6.1.03.88, 6.1.24.7) He who tosses his head will cross the river.
18.15
35-40. (cf. 6.1.11.57) Oh whirlwind (?), I despatched you toward Agade. What did you accomplish in Agade? -- A misleading omen was given to him (i.e. Naram-Suen) . He was provided with an interpreter. Agade ...... like ...... Agade ......
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Segment B
(unplaced)
18.b1
1. (= Alster 1997 p. 242 B rev. 1)
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Segment A
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19.a1
1-5. (cf. 6.1.10.10-12, 6.1.17.b3, ll. 14-17, 5.6.7: ll. 29-31) My black mountain has sprouted white gypsum. My mother sent to me a man from the forest, who has given me paralysed hands. My mongoose, which used to eat strong-smelling food, can no longer stretch its neck even towards a jar of ghee.
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Segment B
19.b1
1. (cf. 6.1.09.a12, 6.1.21.b4, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 1-2) When a fattened pig is about to be slaughtered, one says: "Let me replace what I eat."
19.b2
2-3. (cf. 6.1.09.a13, 6.1.21.b5, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 3-4) As the piglet snuffles around, it says: "I can no longer take pleasure in eating."
19.b3
4-5. (cf. 6.1.02.137) Build like a lord -- live like a slave! Build like a slave -- live like a lord!
19.b4
6-7. (cf. 6.1.02.135, 6.1.24.3) He who destroys houses destroys silver. He who destroys a house destroys gold.
19.b5
8-9. (cf. 6.1.09.a14, 6.1.24.4) The lord's wife kneels, the slave girl dies. The lord kneels, the slave dies.
19.b6
10-12. (cf. 6.1.03.71, 6.1.11.19, 6.1.24.5)
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...... its hands at the edge of the desert ......
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19.b7
13-15. ...... you should know ......
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Segment C
19.c1
1-2. (cf. 6.1.03.25, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 8-10) What did Enlil make? Chaff! The lance struck. It went into the flesh.
19.c2
3. (cf. 6.1.03.26, 6.1.24.9) When the sun is setting outside so that you cannot even recognise the hand in front of you, go inside!
19.c3
4-5. (cf. 6.1.01.145, 6.1.22: ll. 87-88, 6.1.28.4) Accept your lot and make your mother happy! Run fast and make your god happy!
19.c4
6. (cf. 6.1.01.146) Marry the wife of your choice.
19.c5
7-9. (cf. 6.1.01.147) May Inana make a hot-limbed wife lie with you! May she bestow upon you broad-shouldered sons! May she find for you a place of happiness!
19.c6
10-11. (cf. 6.1.01.126, 6.1.14.42, 6.1.22: l. 34, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 284) A plant as sweet as a husband, a plant as sweet as a mother: may Ezina-Kusu (the grain goddess) dwell in your home.
19.c7
12-14. (cf. 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.23.18, 6.1.24.8) A man's waterskin is his life. A man's sandals are his eyes. A man's wife is his supervisor (?). A man's son is his protective shade. A man's daughter is his eager servant (?). A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
19.c8
15. (cf. 6.1.21.c2) A daughter's fiancé .......
19.c9
16. (cf. 6.1.01.190) Fatty meat is good and so is fatty mutton.
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Segment D
19.d1
1-2.
2 lines fragmentary
19.d2
3-4.
2 lines fragmentary
19.d3
5. (cf. 6.1.21.c14) The um bird flees, running away from its own behind.
19.d4
6. (cf. 6.1.02.c12) Like an um bird .......
19.d5
7. (cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 3) The um bird .......
19.d6
8-9.
1 line fragmentary
1 line missing
19.d7
10.
1 line fragmentary
19.d8
11. (cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 4)
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19.d9
12. (cf. 6.1.03.41, 6.1.28.25) When the mistress left the house and the slave girl entered from the street, away from her mistress the slave girl set up her own banquet.
19.d10
13. (cf. 6.1.21.c7) The litter was not apparent to the slave girl. To her mistress it just kept increasing.
19.d11
14-15. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 386, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 387) As a slave girl, I have no authority over my mistress. So let me pull at my husband's hair.
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Segment E
19.e1
1.
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19.e2
2-3. (cf. 6.1.09.d2, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 464 ll. 1-2) The clever one ....... The wise one .......
19.e3
4-5. (cf. 6.1.09.d3, 6.1.13.29, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 464 l. 3) A fool who was overwhelmed by his backside stuck his hand up his backside.
19.e4
6-7.
2 lines fragmentary
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Segment F
19.f1
1.
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19.f2
2. A great river is a grave.
19.f3
3-4. (cf. 6.1.15.a9) From the horizon to the very heart of the heavens, the bread is too little for his great stomach! The grain from every hand in his Land is too little for him!
19.f4
5-7. (cf. 6.1.01.40, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 1-4) Let ...... be ....... Let his bread be ...... foul food; no man should eat it.
19.f5
8. (cf. 6.1.01.58) Morsels of bread and tasty onions are the food of the school (?).
19.f6
9. (cf. 6.1.01.48) In the fields, coarse flour is meat fat.
19.f7
10.
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Segment G
19.g1
1. (cf. 6.1.03.117) You should lift it all together, but put it down in pieces.
19.g2
2-4. ...... hoe ...... going out ....... ...... hoe ...... going out ...... straight .......
19.g3
5.
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19.g4
6-8.
3 lines fragmentary
19.g5
9-11. ...... Umma
1 line fragmentary ...... Curuppag .......
19.g6
12-14. ...... they seized him .......
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19.g7
15-17. (cf. 5.5.5: ll. 63-65) The early working shepherd, the early working farmer, the young man who got married while he was young: who compares to them?
19.g8
18-19.
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Segment H
19.h1
1-6.
6 lines fragmentary
Segment A
(= Alster 1997 p. 260 Ni 3206)
unknown no. of lines missing
21.a1
1.
3 lines fragmentary
2 lines missing
21.a4
6-7.
2 lines fragmentary
21.a5
8.
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21.a6
9-10.
2 lines fragmentary
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Segment B
21.b1
1. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 1)
1 line fragmentary
21.b2
2-4. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 2)
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2 lines fragmentary
21.b3
5. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 3) The king ...... not having questioned .......
21.b4
6-7. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 4; cf. 6.1.09.a12, 6.1.19.b1, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 1-2) When a fattened pig is about to be slaughtered ......, one says "Let me replace what I am about to eat."
21.b5
8. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 5; cf. 6.1.09.a13, 6.1.19.b2, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 3-4) As the piglet snuffles around, it says "......."
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Segment C
21.c1
1. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 1; cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.23.18, 6.1.24.8) A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
21.c2
2-4. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 2; cf. 6.1.19.c8) A fiancée ...... I ...... to the house. May I .......
21.c3
5-6. (= Alster 1997 Sec. A 3; cf. 6.1.01.191) May ...... eat the ham of a pig! ...... pig .......
21.c4
7. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 4; cf. 6.1.24.10) I would make the beer sweet but my neighbour would not appreciate it.
21.c5
8-20. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 5; cf. 6.1.24.11; edited separately as 5.6.9 The fowler and his wife)
21.c6
21. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 6) The slave girl roams around when it grows dark as if it were midnight.
21.c7
22. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 7; cf. 6.1.19.d10) The litter was not apparent to the slave girl. To her mistress .......
21.c8
23. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 8; cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 5) Dusk means joy for a daughter-in-law.
21.c9
24. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 9; cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 7) It was of value to her. She is the slave girl of a .......
21.c10
25-26. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 10; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 325 ll. 1-2, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B ll. 8-9) The slave girls did not take out the balaj drum. Inana ...... in the village (?).
21.c11
27. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 11; cf. 6.1.03.37) The slave girl from the palace offers advice (?) continually.
21.c12
28. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 12; cf. 6.1.03.37) The slave from the palace eats the ex-voto offering (perhaps an idiom) .
21.c13
29-30. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 13) If I ......, my vagina brings me slavery. Will anyone take my vagina then?
21.c14
31. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 14; cf. 6.1.19.d3) The ...... bird flees, running away from its own behind.
21.c15
32-33. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 15; cf. 6.1.09.b2) "You should cut it," she said ...... to me. It is a slave girl's princess!
21.c16
34-48. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 16; cf. 6.1.09.b4, 6.1.09.b5-8; edited separately as 5.6.8 The lazy slave girl)
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Segment D
21.d1
1. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 1)
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21.d2
2. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 2) A lamentation singer ...... not ...... a gur weight of barley ...... barge .......
21.d3
3-7. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 3) A lamentation priest went into a man's field to steal the barley. The owner of the field caught him. "My beautiful head got confused! It is totally bewildered. Just let me straighten it out, let me ...... my senses! Let me go free!"
21.d4
8-9. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 4) A field, whose owner, a friend of a lamentation priest, ......
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Segment E
(= Alster 1997 p. 260 UM 29-13-264a; unplaced; belongs somewhere after 21.c5)
21.e1
1-3.
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21.e2
4-8.
5 lines fragmentary
21.e3
9-11.
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Segment F
(= Alster 1997 p. 260 N 7918; unplaced; may not belong in collection 21)
21.f1
1-4.
4 lines fragmentary
approx. 18 lines missing
22.ll.19-20
19-20. (cf. 6.1.03.112, 6.1.28.28, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 ll. 4-5)
1 line fragmentaryI pick the bones from the fish .......
22.ll.21-25
21-25. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 l. 6)
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22.ll.26-27
26-27. (cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.16.b5, 6.1.23.7)
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22.l.32
32.
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22.l.33
33. (cf. 6.1.01.125, 6.1.14.41, 6.1.23.2) My husband picks the bones from the fish for me.
22.l.34
34. (cf. 6.1.01.126, 6.1.14.42, 6.1.19.c6, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 284) A plant as sweet as a husband does not grow in the desert.
22.ll.35-37
35-37. (cf. 6.1.14.45, 6.2.5: UM 29-15-748 ll. 6-7) A pig ....... "Where is my husband?" it said. When it realised (?) its fate .......
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22.ll.49-50
49-50. (cf. 6.1.26.a4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 259, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B ll. 4-5, 6.2.5: YBC 7351) The chasing away of a younger son from the house of his father is an abomination toNinurta.
22.ll.51-52
51-52. "Speak!" is spoken. "Rise!" is risen.
22.ll.53-61
53-61. Let me ....... Let me .......
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Its ...... will be destroyed by wickedness ...... Utu .......
22.ll.62-63
62-63. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/3 31 l. 7, 5.6.1: l. 195) Good is in the hands. Evil is also in the hands.
22.ll.64-66
64-66. (cf. 5.6.1: ll. 196-198) The heart does not let go of the good; but the heart cannot let go of the evil either. As if it were a fertile spot, the heart does not abandon the good.
22.l.67
67. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/3 31 l. 8, 5.6.1: l. 199) The evil does not feed a storehouse with interest.
22.l.68
68. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 200) Let the boat sink in the river along with the evil.
22.l.69
69. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 201) Let the waterskin split in the high desert.
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22.l.80
80. (cf. 6.1.02.133, 6.1.11.6, 6.1.26.d3) ...... for the strong man; the weak man ...... on dry land.
22.l.81
81. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 38) Don't offer advice .......
22.ll.82-84
82-84.
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22.l.85
85. (cf. 6.1.03.83) By sunrise decisions are made .......
22.l.86
86. Keep your attention fixed on .......
22.ll.87-88
87-88. (cf. 6.1.01.145, 6.1.19.c3, 6.1.28.4) Accept your lot and make your mother happy! Run fast and make your god happy!
22.ll.89-93
89-93.
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22.ll.98-101
98-101.
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22.ll.127-133
127-133.
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22.ll.140-145
140-145. (cf. 6.1.01.9, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 239, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 320, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 2)
5 lines fragmentary If I have any bread left over, a stranger consumes it.
22.ll.146-147
146-147. (cf. 6.1.01.128, 6.1.23.9, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 210) In the sky there is the raven; on the earth there is the mongoose; in the desert there is the lion ......; ......, where shall I go?
22.ll.148-150
148-150. (cf. 6.1.03.158) The figure is good. The father-in-law rejoices over it: "It is just like a real person!"
22.ll.151-154
151-154.
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4 lines missing
22.ll.159-171
159-171. ...... a bird ....... A bird ...... your net ...... came. ...... was confused. ...... went ...... as his name ....... Reeds ...... standing in deep waters. ...... his (or: her) eyes ...... Utu ....... A young girl ...... the house of her (?) father-in-law (?) ....... Sitting ....... Her eyes ...... her women's quarters .......
22.ll.172-175
172-175. (cf. 6.1.03.149, 6.1.14.6, 6.1.16.c5, 6.1.25.1) It became cloudy, but it did not rain. It rained, but not enough for people to undo their sandals. The Tigris was not surging at its inlet, so water did not fill the arable lands.
22.ll.176-178
176-178.
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1 line missing
22.ll.180-182
180-182.
2 lines fragmentary ...... is that of a thief.
22.ll.183-186
183-186. "Carry it!" -- "I will carry it." "Add more!" -- "I will speak."
22.ll.187-188
187-188. (cf. 5.4.01: l. 99) He builds himself up in the manner of a liar -- but he cannot raise himself up while carrying a waterskin in his hand.
22.l.189
189. (cf. 6.1.03.167, 6.1.04.4, 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 2) He holds up the sky, letting the earth dangle from his hands.
22.l.190
190. (cf. 6.1.09.a4, 6.1.10.5, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 18) The mighty man is the ruler of the earth.
22.ll.191-193
191-193. (cf. 6.1.03.148, 6.1.28.27) "You should serve me" is what the purification priests say. "I bow over your hips" is what the leather-workers say. "I swear by Enki that your garments will take no time in this house" is what the fullers say.
22.ll.194-196
194-196. (cf. 6.1.01.165, 6.1.03.65, 6.1.17.b8) Children and wives and trading agents! How they use up silver! And how they use up barley!
22.l.197
197. (cf. 6.1.03.66) No matter how small they are, they are still blocks of lapis lazuli.
22.ll.198-199
198-199. Silver greater than ...... let me make increase .......
22.l.200
200. ...... together ...... is a prince.
22.ll.201-202
201-202. (cf. 6.1.01.96) When a feeding belly becomes bloated, it is lamentable -- a belly made obedient by the prince.
22.ll.203-206
203-206. (cf. 6.1.17.b2, 1.8.1.5: ll. 28-29, 1.8.1.5.1: ll. 12-13, 6.3.a: ll. 17-18) No one is tall enough to reach up and touch the heavens. No one is broad enough to encompass the whole earth. No one is strong enough even to stretch himself fully in his bed. But you who roar like a storm -- may you establish yourself like a lion.
22.ll.207-208
207-208. ...... in a garden .......
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22.ll.212-213
212-213.
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22.ll.214-215
214-215. (cf. 1.4.3: l. 121) His hand is on the table; his tongue is in the palace.
22.ll.216-217
216-217. (cf. 6.1.03.15) To eat a little is to live splendidly. When you walk about, keep your feet on the ground!
22.ll.218-223
218-223. He who was seized by anger (?) poured it out (?): "I will glare (?)! In my enraged state I will destroy a boundary wall (?) for you! My anger (?) will be malign!" He who was seized by anger (?) poured it out -- it did not matter to him.
22.ll.224-226
224-226. Whatever I say, I will say it twice, and then I will repeat it again.
22.ll.227-229
227-229. The liar is arrogant. He always lies. He always slanders.
22.ll.230-232
230-232. Treacherous! Malicious! Shifty-eyed!
22.ll.233-235
233-235. (cf. 6.1.02.120) How can the frog stand up? How can he even sit down?
22.l.236
236. (cf. 6.1.02.28, 6.1.02.34A, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 260 l. 1) Moving about facilitates being an immigrant.
22.ll.237-249
237-249. Walking around (?) ...... lasts long.
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22.ll.256-270
256-270.
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22.ll.271-275
271-275. Utu's glance is prayerful. Utu's heart is compassionate. A devotee of Utu is among the holy. Allotted by Utu to be fortunate, a ...... ship reaches the quay.
22.ll.276-277
276-277. A god seizes the man who eats .......
22.ll.278-279
278-279. (cf. 6.1.03.42, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. C ll. 1-2, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 7) If there is a dispute at the mill, a slave girl will bring out (?) what she has stolen (?).
22.ll.280-283
280-283. (cf. 6.1.02.101) A lamentation priest became afraid of a lion in the desert, and said: "From Inana's gate ....... The purification priests come to you, asking: "What is your brother doing in the desert?"""
22.ll.284-286
284-286. (cf. 6.1.03.23, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 265 ll. 2-3, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. A ll. 7-8) He who has silver is happy. He who has grain feels comfortable. But he who has livestock cannot sleep.
22.l.287
287.
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1-4.
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5-9. (cf. 6.1.01.125, 6.1.14.41, 6.1.22: l. 33)
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My husband picks the bones from the fish for me. ...... is not in the desert.
23.3
10-13.
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14-15.
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23.6
1-2.
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3-12. (cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.01.159, 6.1.02.62, 6.1.02.142, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.16.b4-5, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27,6.1.25.7) A ...... shepherd's sex appeal is his testicles (?); a gardener's is his hair. ...... a waterskin. He who does not support a wife, and who does not support a son. Although the dishonest man was unable to build his own house, he came to serve as a construction worker at my friend's house. A dishonest man chases after women's genitals; an unreliable man has two sickles. A house built by a righteous man is destroyed by a treacherous man.
23.8
13-19. No one walks together with him or directs their steps towards him. Life {passes him by like water} {(1 ms. has instead:) eludes him just as he avoids others}. He is dear to no just man, {plague prevails over him} {(1 ms. has instead:) life is not given to him}. Like a worthless penny, {......; no one ......} {(1 ms. has instead:) he is thrown away; no one cares about him}. He is clothed with a garment as if a heavy punishment were assigned to him. {Who is he? His name? A man sleeping with someone's wife.} {(1 ms. has instead:) Who is he? He is a man who slept with someone's wife.}
23.9
20-21. (cf. 6.1.01.128, 6.1.22: ll. 146-147, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 210) In the sky there is the raven, on the earth there is the mongoose; and in the desert a lion in its den; my husband (?), where shall I go?
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23.14
1-4.
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5-6.
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23.16
7-10.
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23.17
11-12.
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23.18
13-18. (cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.24.8) A man's waterskin is his life. A man's sandals are his eyes. A man's wife is his ....... A man's son is his protective shade. A man's daughter is his eager servant (?). A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
23.19
19-20.
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1.
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2-3. (cf. 6.1.09.a12-13, 6.1.19.b1-2, 6.1.21.b4-5, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 1-4) When a fattened pig is about to be slaughtered, one says "I must replace what I eat." As the piglet snuffles around, it says "I can no longer take pleasure in eating."
24.3
4-5. (cf. 6.1.02.135, 6.1.19.b4) He who annihilates a house destroys silver. He who destroys a house destroys gold.
24.4
6-7. (cf. 6.1.09.a14, 6.1.19.b5) The lord's wife kneels, the slave girl dies. The lord kneels, the slave dies.
24.5
8. (cf. 6.1.03.71, 6.1.11.19, 6.1.19.b6) ...... its hands ...... to the edge of the desert.
24.6
9-10. There will be losses ....... It will be done .......
24.7
11. (cf. 6.1.03.88, 6.1.18.14) He who tosses his head succeeds in crossing the river.
24.8
12-14. (cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.23.18) A man's waterskin is his life. A man's sandals are his eyes. A man's wife is his supervisor (?). A man's son is his protective shade. A man's daughter is his eager servant (?). A man's daughter-in-law is his policeman.
24.9
15. (cf. 6.1.03.26, 6.1.19.c2) When the sun is setting outside so that you cannot see a hand in front of you, go inside!
24.10
16. (cf. 6.1.21.c4) I would make the beer sweet but my neighbour would not appreciate it.
24.11
17-23. (cf. 6.1.21.c5; edited separately as 5.6.9 The fowler and his wife)
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1-4. (cf. 6.1.03.149, 6.1.14.6, 6.1.15.b5, 6.1.16.c5, 6.1.22: ll. 172-175) It became cloudy, but it did not rain. It rained, but no one undid their belt. Although the Tigris was on its high tide, no water reached the arable lands. It rained on the riverbank, but the dry land did not get any of it.
25.2
5-6. (cf. 6.1.15.b7) The en priest eats fish and eats leeks; but cress makes him ill.
25.3
7-8. (cf. 6.1.03.59) The lord (i.e. An (?)) cursed Unug, but he himself was cursed by the lady ofE-ana (i.e. Inana) .
25.4
9-15. (cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.15.b8, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 9-12) Nannicherished his old age. He had not finished the building of Enlil's temple. He ...... the building of the wall of Nibru. He had abandoned the building of the E-ana, ....... He had capturedSimurrum, but had not managed to carry off (?) its tribute. Mighty kingship was not bestowed upon him. Was not Nanni thus brought to the nether world with a depressed heart?
25.5
16-20. (cf. 6.1.01.57) Although the number of unhappy days is endless (?), yet life is better than death ....... When I ......
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21-22. (cf. 6.1.01.68, 6.1.14.15) Into a plague-stricken city one has to be driven like a pack-ass.
25.7
23-24. (= Alster 1997 25.8; cf. 6.1.02.142, 6.1.23.7) A house built by a righteous man is destroyed by a treacherous man.
25.8
25-26. (= Alster 1997 25.7; cf. 6.1.02.156, 6.1.02.161, 6.1.03.165, 6.1.14.23) The palace is a slippery place, where one slips. Watch your step when you decide to go home!
25.9
27. (cf. 6.1.11.56, 6.1.26.a2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 2) The palace bows down, but only of its own accord.
25.10
28. (cf. 6.1.02.158, 6.1.14.22, 6.1.17.b9) The palace -- one day a lamenting mother, the next day a mother giving birth.
25.11
29-30. (cf. 6.1.02.157, 6.1.14.20, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 317) Even the palace cannot avoid the wasteland. Even a barge cannot avoid straw. Even a nobleman cannot avoid corvée work.
25.12
31-34. (cf. 6.1.26.a3, 6.2.5: YBC 9908, 5.6.1: ll. 95-96) What flows in is never enough to fill it, and what flows out can never be stopped -- don't envy the king's property!
25.13
35-36. (cf. 6.1.03.170, 6.1.26.a10, 6.2.5: BM 57994 Seg. A ll. 1-3) When a man sailing downstream encounters a man whose boat is travelling upstream, an inspection is an abomination to Suen.
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26.
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27. (cf. 6.1.11.56, 6.1.25.9, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 2) The palace bows down, but only of its own accord.
26.a3
28-29. (cf. 6.1.25.12, 6.2.5: YBC 9908, 5.6.1: ll. 95-96) Income ....... Expenditures never cease.
26.a4
30. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 49-50, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 259, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B ll. 4-5, 6.2.5: YBC 7351, 5.6.1: l. 50) Violent cursing and chasing away a son from his father's house are abominations to Ninurta.
26.a5
31. (cf. 6.1.03.8, 6.2.1: Ni 4122 ll. 2-5) To spit without covering it up with dust and to use the tongue at midday without protection are abominations to Utu.
26.a6
32. (cf. 6.1.11.66, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 6) To take revenge is an abomination toNinurta.
26.a7
33. Refusing to talk is an abomination to Ninurta.
26.a8
34. (cf. 6.1.03.118) When a man comes forward as a witness, saying: "Let me tell you what I know," but does not know the relevant information, it is an abomination to Utu.
26.a9
35. To remove something from its proper place is an abomination to Ninurta.
26.a10
36. (cf. 6.1.03.170, 6.1.25.13, 6.2.5: BM 57994 Seg. A ll. 1-3) When a man sailing downstream encounters a man whose boat is travelling upstream, to demand an inspection is an abomination to Suen.
26.a11
37. (cf. 6.1.01.83, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 302, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 ll. 4-5) When a trustworthy boat sets sail, Utu seeks out a trustworthy harbour for it.
26.a12
38-40. Fear of god creates good fortune. Lamentation absolves sin. Offerings extend life.
26.a13
41-42. (cf. 6.1.01.79) I did not answer the curse uttered against me with a curse of my own. My answering a curse would be answered with another curse.
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2.
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3-5. (cf. 6.1.15.c2, 6.1.28.7) Let the sheep be given the whip and let the shepherd ....... Where there is no toughness, no man can go about his business.
26.b4
6. (cf. 6.1.01.104, 6.1.11.54, 6.1.15.c3, 6.1.28.8) If oil is poured inside the shaft of a sceptre, no one would know.
26.b5
7. (cf. 6.1.03.86) "Give me!" is what the king says. .......
26.b6
8. (cf. 6.1.03.86) "Give me!" is what the king says. .......
26.b7
9. ...... friend .......
26.b8
10-11.
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26.c1
1.
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26.c2
2. (cf. 6.1.18.6) He who pays with high-valued silver negotiates a favourable position.
26.c3
3. Something bought ...... something good .......
26.c4
4. (cf. 6.1.01.52) There is no baked cake in the middle of the dough.
26.c5
5-6. (cf. 6.1.01.53) My heart urged me to bake two loaves out of a half. My hands were unable to take them out of the oven.
26.c6
7-8. I am not dear to the man I hold dear. He has profited at my expense while I was flapping my arms like a bird.
26.c7
9-11. I am not dear to the man I hold dear. He took ...... into his own hands. Because of him, my hands were filled with dust.
26.c8
12. He is fearful, like a man unacquainted with beer.
26.c9
13-14. (cf. 6.1.03.142) The south wind has filled my eyes with dust; why (?) does it kiss me backwards (?)?
26.c10
15-16. (cf. 6.1.02.2, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 292 ll. 1-2) "Let me tell you about my fate": it will be abuse. "Let me reveal it to you": it will be an insult.
26.c11
17. (cf. 6.1.01.80) It is an insult resulting from an insult.
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26.d1
1-2.
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3. (cf. 6.1.02.132)
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4-5. (cf. 6.1.02.133, 6.1.11.6, 6.1.22: l. 80) To collect firewood is a job for the strong man. The weak man sits waiting for him on dry land.
26.d4
6-7. (cf. 6.1.02.20) He didn't plough the field in the cool season, and at harvest time he turned his attention to carding wool.
26.d5
8-9. (cf. 6.1.02.87-88) Low-quality oxen do not plant seed. He who eats during the harvest is not removing clods.
26.d6
10. (cf. 6.1.02.86, 6.1.05.17) Furrows are pleasant to a threshing ox.
26.d7
11. A stake, my lord; "hero" is its name.
26.d8
12. (cf. 6.1.02.84) Salted meat lying on a stake.
26.d9
13. The bellowing ox does not remove the clods.
26.d10
14. (cf. 6.1.02.90) The ox which has sunk into the ground -- in its own eyes it was still making flour.
26.d11
15. These rushes, these old reeds -- when set on fire, they come down from the sky.
26.d12
16. Let the river expand when there is something in it.
26.d13
17-18. (cf. 6.1.02.131) A farmer should not widen the field. A god (?) should not increase for mankind his food demands.
26.d14
19. (cf. 6.1.14.62) The nights are fifty, the days are fifty; but the days (?) of lies (?) are fifty-five.
26.d15
20-22. (cf. 6.1.02.149, 6.1.11.69) Those who live near the water look into the mountains. They don't look in their own direction.
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5-9. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 3')
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10. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 4')
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27.b1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 27.1) The rich man's heart is sick, it is very sick indeed (?) -- the man with a troubled heart is sick, he is very sick indeed (?).
27.b2
3. (= Alster 1997 27.2) "Why are the interest payments so small?"
27.b3
4. (= Alster 1997 27.3) He who carries a light burden can dance.
27.b4
5. (= Alster 1997 27.4) The conmen (?) are having their say.
27.b5
6. (= Alster 1997 27.5) People whose houses have been lost turn to their storehouses.
27.b6
7. (= Alster 1997 27.6) To eat is good. When it comes up again, it is bad.
27.b7
8. (= Alster 1997 27.7) A troubled (?) mind makes you sick.
27.b8
9. (= Alster 1997 27.8) On the battlefield plants are torn out.
27.b9
10. (= Alster 1997 27.9; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 250) {One city does not greet another, but one man greets another.} {(1 ms. has instead:) One city does not salute another, but one person salutes another.}
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11. (= Alster 1997 27.10) Although he {......} {(1 ms. has instead:) fled} for ...... miles, he returned after half a mile.
27.b11
12. (= Alster 1997 27.11) He who found ...... was the one who revealed it.
27.b12
13. (= Alster 1997 27.12) {...... coming out ...... afraid and fled.} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... and fled.}
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14. (= Alster 1997 27.13)
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17. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 1)
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18. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 2) ...... reap ...... for the man.
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19. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 3) ...... my sin .......
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1-2. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 C i' 6') Because they will eat ......, they seized .......
27.c2
3-4. (= Alster 1997 p. 284 C i' 7')
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28.1
1. (cf. 6.1.03.84) The battle-club does not find out his name, it just finds his flesh.
28.2
2. The city may change its name, but let my name stand!
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3. The mongoose does not know fear of god.
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4-5. (cf. 6.1.01.145, 6.1.19.c3, 6.1.22: ll. 87-88) Accept your lot and make your mother happy! Run fast and make your god happy!
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6. An eagle (?) enters a man's mouth.
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7. When a fly enters, your mouth will buzz (lit. fly) .
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8-9. (cf. 6.1.15.c2, 6.1.26.b3) Let the ox be struck with a stick and let the sheep be given the whip. Where there is no toughness, no one can go about their business, not even a plenipotentiary.
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10. (cf. 6.1.01.104, 6.1.11.54, 6.1.15.c3, 6.1.26.b4) If oil is poured into the inside of a sceptre (-- nobody will know) .
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11-13. If a man does not treasure his god, that man will not be buried. His heir will not provide him with water libations .......
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14-19. ...... a slave girl's tears ...... spouse ...... is a slave girl's child. ...... boat ...... his marsh ...... his marsh ......
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21. (cf. 6.1.01.151, 6.1.14.40) In marrying (?) a malicious husband (-- in bearing a malicious son, an unhappy heart was assigned to me) .
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22. Disease that afflicts the heart ...... a man.
28.19
23. The wild beasts (?) have no houses; .......
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24. A tureen ...... released (?) ...... not ...... dust ......: it is an abomination to Utu.
28.21
25-26. When a man walks about, he finds something. When a woman walks about, she loses something.
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27. You really ...... to the hireling selling roasted grain.
28.23
28. A slave wafting smoke.
28.24
29-30. (cf. 6.1.02.155, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 209 ll. 1-3, 1.8.1.5: ll. 193-199) The palace is a forest. The king, the lion, subdues men with a huge net like Nungal.
28.25
31. (cf. 6.1.03.41, 6.1.19.d9) When the mistress left the house and the slave girl came in from the street, away from her mistress the slave girl set up her own banquet.
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32-33. (cf. 6.1.03.106) Where there is no grain, this is a sign of vengeance turned toward a city. Where there are no reeds, it is the worst of all poverty.
28.27
34-35. (cf. 6.1.03.148, 6.1.22: ll. 191-193) "I bow over your thighs" is what the leather-workers say. "I swear by Enki that it will take no time at all" is what the fullers say.
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36-38. (cf. 6.1.03.112, 6.1.22: ll. 19-20, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 ll. 4-5) When the fish is too hot, let him cool it down for you and pick out the bones for you. ...... go ......, I ...... happy .......
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