Segment A
1.1
1. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 291 ll. 1-2, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 ll. 1-2) Who can compete with righteousness? It creates life.
1.2
2. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 291 l. 3, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 3) If wickedness exerts itself, how will Utusucceed?
1.3
3. You should not cut the throat of that which has already had its throat cut.
1.4
4. You should not say to Ninjiczida: "Let me live!"
1.5
5. Do not make me pass through the gate!
1.6
6. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 265 l. 1) What has submitted will exhibit resistance.
1.7
7. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 6-7) What has been destroyed belongs to a god. No one is able to take it away.
1.8
8-9. "Though I still have bread left over, I will eat your bread!" Will this endear a man to the household of his friend?
1.9
10-11. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 140-145, 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) If bread is left over, the mongoose eats it. If I have any bread left over, then a stranger will eat it.
1.10
12. My things changed things.
1.11
13-14. You don't speak of that which you have found. You talk only about what you have lost.
1.12
15-16. Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband's embrace.
1.13
17. It is a thing of short duration.
1.14
18. Whatever it is that hurts you, don't talk to anyone about it.
1.15
19-20. Wealth is far away, poverty is close at hand.
1.16
21. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 4677 l. 5) He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
1.17
22. Possessions make trust of crucial importance.
1.18
23-24. Possessions are flying birds -- they never find a place to settle.
1.19
25. Good fortune {is embedded in} {(3 mss. have instead:) reinforces} organisation and wisdom.
1.20
26-27. What is eaten for today (?) was put there by the dog. What is eaten by the dog was put there for today (?).
1.21
28. {One shouldn't} {(1 ms. has instead:) I will not} scorn bread which has turned bad.
1.22
29. Give out only half a loaf voluntarily!
1.23
30. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 261 and UET 6/2 262, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 3,4.14.1: l. 144) To be wealthy and insist (?) on demanding more is abominable.
1.24
31.
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1.25
32.
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1.26
33. Let him decree the fates while consuming what you have made.
1.27
34. I always seem to be speaking about unpleasant things.
1.28
35. When a purchase is settled it is soon out of mind.
1.29
36. He did something never seen before.
1.30
37-38. (cf. 6.1.07.82) That which does not eat grass is a wild bull of the mountains. That which does not drink water is a gazelle of the mountains.
1.31
39. (cf. 6.1.07.37) One does not return borrowed bread.
1.32
40. The herald rejoices when the estate makes expenditures.
1.33
41. The steward rejoices when the estate increases its income.
1.34
42. ...... slave ...... bought .......
1.35
43. Don't pick things now; they will bear fruit later.
1.36
44-45. Who will listen to your translations?
1.37
46. What you are doing is a small accomplishment. That man is not doing a man's work.
1.38
47-50. Bread is served but it is not used for wiping. Water is poured out, and then drunk by the ground. In the nether world, the most honoured place, since it is water and food, it is called a water libation.
1.39
51. He broke it like bread and mixed it with .......
1.40
52-53. (cf. 6.1.19.f4, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 1-4) Let his bread be foul food; no man should eat it.
1.41
54. Let his food be bread and ...... eggs, so that it clogs his throat.
1.42
55. Let his food be ...... bones, so that it sticks in his throat.
1.43
56. Let his food be ...... meat, so that it ...... his throat.
1.44
57. (cf. 1.103) He who eats too much ...... cannot .......
1.45
58. Break a bit of your lunch off for me like a .......
1.46
59. ...... a thick piece of bread ...... mixed it with fat.
1.47
60. Although the chickpea-flour of the home-born slaves ...... is mixed with honey and ghee, there is no end to their lamentations.
1.48
61. (cf. 6.1.19.f6) Barley flour, in the fields, is meat fat.
1.49
62. Whatever food is available in the fields is to be eaten alone.
1.50
63. Chickpea-flour is appropriate for every woman in the palace.
1.51
64. His bread is finished.
1.52
65. (cf. 6.1.26.c4) There is no baked cake in the middle of the dough.
1.53
66-67. (cf. 6.1.26.c5) My heart urged me to bake two loaves out of a half. My hands were unable to take them out of the oven.
68. Bread is the boat, water is the punt-pole.
1.54
69-70. Give me my tools and I will launch my boat.
1.55
71-73. Let the poor man die, let him not live. When he finds bread, he finds no salt. When he finds salt, he finds no bread. When he finds meat, he finds no condiments. When he finds condiments, he finds no meat. {(2 mss. add:) When he finds oil, he finds no jar. When he finds a jar, he finds no oil.}
1.56
74-75. When he walks on the streets no one greets him. And when he comes home to his wife, "Bad Name" is what he is called.
1.57
76. (cf. 6.1.25.5) The lives of the poor do not survive their deaths.
1.58
77-78. (cf. 6.1.19.f5) For morsels of bread and fine onions, the food of the school (?).
1.59
79-80. For morsels of bread and fine onions, ......
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1.60
81.
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1.61
82.
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Segment B
1.62
1-5.
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1.63
6-7.
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1.64
8-9.
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10-11.
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1.65
12. (cf. 6.1.02.118, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 221) In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss.
1.66
13. (cf. 6.1.02.119, 6.2.5: UIOM 1999) In the city of the lame, a cripple is the courier.
1.67
14-15. The city's fate cannot be determined; its book-keeper is a merchant.
1.68
16. (cf. 6.1.14.15, 6.1.25.6) You should drive them like pack-asses into a death-stricken city.
1.69
17-18. When you are expelled from a city, that city and its king are carried off.
1.70
19. (cf. 6.1.07.121) The songs of a city are its diviners.
1.71
20.
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1.72
21-23. When I enter a sleeping city, the city will be filled with blood. When I board a deep-draught boat, it will go aground.
1.73
24. The merchant left the city and the market broke up.
1.74
25. Things may be traded in the city but it is the fisherman who brings in the food supply.
1.75
26-28. The name of the city is Idibi. Its king's name is Didibi. Its queen's name is No-good-at-all.
1.76
29. (cf. 6.1.07.12) Like a clod thrown into the water, may it be destroyed as it disintegrates.
1.77
30. Beer is a bull. The mouth is its stairway.
1.78
31. He hurled his insult. He laid his curse.
1.79
32-33. (cf. 6.1.26.a13) To a curse that is uttered, a curse is not reciprocated. {A curse which is reciprocated will be retaliated against with yet another curse.} {(1 ms. has instead:) The curse with which I would respond would cause another curse to be uttered.}
1.80
34-35. (cf. 6.1.26.c11) It is an insult resulting from an insult. It is a curse resulting from a curse. It is the constant renewal of destiny.
1.81
36. (cf. 6.1.07.28) To accept a verdict is possible. To accept a curse is impossible.
1.82
37. What has been spoken in secret will be revealed in the women's quarters.
1.83
38-39. (cf. 6.1.26.a11, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 302, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 ll. 4-5) When a trustworthy boat is sailing, Utu seeks out a trustworthy harbour for it.
1.84
40-41. When a dishonest boat is sailing, it runs aground.
1.85
42-43. The oars of a boat ...... sink ...... someone will ask ...... like a raft.
1.86
44-45. A ferryboat sank at Zabalam. "Oh Utu of Larsam, who pulled out the mooring stake?"
1.87
46. A boatman -- belligerence.
1.88
47. (cf. 6.1.07.21) If the boat sinks, I will pull out the cargo.
1.89
48. (cf. 6.1.07.42) Like a boat, he always floats up in the water.
1.90
49-50. ...... a deep-draught (?) boat ...... it should be a boat of sixty gur capacity .......
1.91
51. My girlfriend's heart is a heart made for me.
1.92
52. Who can reveal the heart that is ...... made for me?
1.93
53. ...... my heart ...... let me go to that place.
1.94
54-55.
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1.95
56. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 13186 Seg. B l. 2) In my heart you are a human being, but in my eyes you are not a man.
1.96
57-58. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 201-202) When the heart overflows, it is lamentable. {He who can keep it in his heart is a prince.} {(1 ms. has instead:) I am a prince who can keep it in the heart.}
1.97
59-60. (cf. 6.1.07.104, 6.1.11.53) Those who get excited should not become foremen. A shepherd should not become a farmer.
1.98
61-62. What comes out from the heart of the tree is known by the heart of the tree.
1.99
63-64. He is at ease, he is pleased, he makes a living, he offers a prayer.
1.100
65. (cf. 6.1.07.51) Whether he ate it or not, the seed was good.
1.101
66-67. He broke it into pieces and sated his hunger. He licked his hands and belched.
1.102
68. He who drinks beer drinks water.
1.103
69. (cf. 1.44) He who eats too much cannot sleep.
1.104
70. (cf. 6.1.11.54, 6.1.15.c3, 6.1.26.b4, 6.1.28.8) If one pours oil into the inside of a sceptre {(2 mss. add:) nobody will know.}
1.105
71-72. A heart never created hatred; speech created hatred.
1.106
73-77. The water dried up from the water meadows; there were no fishermen there. The fisherman caught no fish. The fisherman's wife ...... could not bring it to her female friend's chamber.
1.107
78-80. Let it be plentiful, so that it is not deficient. Let it be excessive, so that it does not have to be supplemented. Let it be piping hot, so that it does not become cold.
1.108
81-82. Inwardly a ewe, outwardly a ewe, a most fecund spouse: "Let the shepherd perish, but may you not perish."
1.109
83-85. (cf. 6.1.11.39) You cannot butt me with your horns! Who is it that you are butting? You cannot kill me -- I am running away!
1.110
86.
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1.111
87-88.
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1.112
89. Across the heavens (an bal), across the earth, litter (anba) is distributed (anba) over the earth.(based on puns)
1.113
90.
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1.114
91.
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1.115
92.
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1.116
93. A trough for kneading dough, not kept clean.
1.117
94. A trough from which the pigs eat.
1.118
95.
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1.119
96.
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1.120
97-98. ...... in their backside ...... something .......
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Segment C
1.124
1-2.
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1.125
3-5. (cf. 6.1.14.41, 6.1.22: l. 33, 6.1.23.2) My husband heaps up for me, my child measures out for me; let my lover pick the bones from the fish for me.
1.126
6. (cf. 6.1.14.42, 6.1.19.c6, 6.1.22: l. 34, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 284) A plant as sweet as a husband does not grow in the steppe.
1.127
7-8. {...... pleasing ...... divorce .......} {(1 ms. has instead:)
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1.128
9-13. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 146-147, 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 ......; my husband! Where shall I go?
1.129
14-15.
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Segment D
1.140
1.
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1.141
2-3. ...... the brothers in anger destroyed their father's estate.
1.142
4-6. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 306) Oh my sister, if there were no outdoor shrines, and, oh my mother, if there were no river as well, I would be dying of hunger.
1.143
7-9. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 301) Thus my mother and my younger sister act toward me; ...... am I so deficient in judgment that I should offer my cheek to her?
1.144
10. You are not one who stays in one place, you are one who is everywhere.
1.145
11-12. (cf. 6.1.19.c3, 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.
1.146
13-14. (cf. 6.1.19.c4) Marry a wife according to your choice. Have children to your heart's content.
1.147
15-17. (cf. 6.1.19.c5) May Inana make a hot-limbed wife lie with you! May she bestow upon you broad-shouldered sons! May she seek out for you a happy place!
1.148
18-19. Girl, your brother cannot choose for you; whom do you choose?
1.149
20-21. Girl, your brother is like me. A brother should let you live as would I.
1.150
22-23. (cf. 6.1.11.7) Like my own affairs, antimony paste (?) is air: let ...... fat be eaten in the mist.
1.151
24-26. (cf. 6.1.14.40, 6.1.28.17) When I married a malicious husband, when I bore a malicious son, an unhappy heart was assigned to me.
1.152
27-28. ...... who does not ...... has no cause for celebration.
1.153
29-30. (cf. 6.1.03.9, 6.1.16.b5, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.23.7) He who does not support a wife, he who does not support a child, has no cause for celebration.
1.154
31-32. (cf. 6.1.14.44) A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
1.155
33-35. (cf. 6.1.07.93) Conceived by no father, conceived by no mother, the enbar reed came out of the eye of the storm.
1.156
36-37. A male aroused eats salt. A female aroused is dragged in the mud (?).
1.157
38-39. A disorderly son -- his mother should not have given birth to him. His god should not have created him.
1.158
40-41. My wife said "Unfaithful!" to me -- shall I go chasing after women's genitals?
1.159
42. (cf. 6.1.23.7) An unfaithful penis matches (?) an unfaithful vagina.
1.160
43-44. (cf. 6.1.14.39) Marrying is human. Having children is divine.
1.161
45-46. ...... born ...... superior .......
1.162
47. ...... his mother ...... dishonest young man .......
1.163
48. Inana .......
1.164
49-50. What ......? A tradesman gave it to me .......
1.165
51-52. (cf. 6.1.03.65, 6.1.17.b8, 6.1.22: ll. 194-196) Oh merchant, how you use up silver! And how you use up barley!
1.166
53-54. At the top it is a wild cow, at the bottom it is a fish. At the top it is shattered potsherds, at the bottom it is half a cubit.
1.167
55-56. (cf. 6.1.07.22) I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum!
1.168
57-58.
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1.169
59-60. (cf. 6.1.14.46a) Sons-in-law -- what have they brought? Fathers-in-law -- what have they disposed of?
1.170
61-62. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 334) She who says "My expense" is her girl friend. An interfering neighbour is the one with whom she quarrels.
1.171
63-64.
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1.172
65-66. In the seventh month he did not slaughter (?) a pig. In the sixth month he did not put on a new turban.
1.173
67-69. A sheep ...... to her girl friend ......
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1.174
70-71. (cf. 6.1.07.47) I walk about, I don't get tired. I keep moving, I don't sleep.
1.175
72-74. (cf. 6.1.07.49) When the rags have been cut up, when the barley is lying in the dust, what is there left to get?
1.176
75-76. (cf. 6.1.07.52) I am a lady who wears large garments. Let me cut my loincloth!
1.177
77-78. (cf. 6.1.07.53) You are the master of a broad river. You are eating .......
1.178
79-80. When you are eating, may nothing lack. When you are in need of water, may things not dry up.
1.179
81-82.
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1.180
83. ...... pleasant thing .......
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1.183
86-87. (cf. 6.1.07.76) My cry of joy ...... by the nether world, but my mental powers are not thereby taken away.
1.184
88. {Let not my mental powers ...... be diminished.} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... far off ...... deficient .......}
1.185
89-90. A chattering girl is silenced by her mother. A chattering boy is not silenced by his mother.
1.186
91-92. His gathered brushwood will be carried off. His destroyed parapet {will} {(1 ms. has instead:) will not} be plundered.
1.187
93-94. (cf. 6.1.07.74) The ferryboat is ...... too many men. "My man shall not board it!"
1.188
95-97. You don't know how to spread it out. How your tresses hang down! Your hair ...... one cubit ....... My lady, you ...... not .......
1.189
98. Food is the matter, water is the matter.
1.190
99-100. (cf. 6.1.19.c9) Fatty meat is good. Fatty mutton is good. -- What shall {I} {(1 ms. has instead:) we} give the slave girl?
1.191
102. (cf. 6.1.21.c3) Let her eat the ham of a pig!
1.192
103-105. You are pouring the fat from the meat, you are pulling out the roasted barley -- when you carry the cooking pot, watch out for your feet!
1.193-194
106-108. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 303) To be sick is acceptable; to be pregnant is painful; but to be pregnant and sick is just too much.
1.195
109-110. She has risen high, but cannot go on. She is low, but cannot rise.
1.196
111-113. A brewing (?) trough not previously tried is put to the test by means of salt. A mixing jar (?) not previously tried is put to the test by means of water. A son-in-law whose behaviour (?) is unknown is put to the test by means of quarrels.
1.197
114-118. In the darkness ...... painted (?)
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1.198
119-123. A daughter-in-law ......
3 lines fragmentary girl .......
1.199
124-128.
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1.200
129-131.
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1.201
132-135. ...... beloved ...... lives ...... beloved ...... lives .......
1.202
136-140.
3 lines fragmentary ...... don't cover the ...... with your hand.
Segment E
(unplaced)
1.e1
1-4. (= Alster 1997 p. 26 YY)
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Segment F
(unplaced)
1.f1
1-3. (= Alster 1997 p. 16 Y)
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Segment G
(unplaced)
1.g1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 p. 6 AA 1-2) ...... hate ...... may he .......
1.g2
3-4. (= Alster 1997 p. 6 AA 3-4) ...... like ...... it is yours.
1.g3
5-6. (= Alster 1997 p. 6 AA 5-6, N 5138 1-2)
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7-8. (= Alster 1997 p. 6 N 5138 3-4) Let there be ......
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Proverbs: collection 2 + 6
Segment A
2.1
1-10. (cf. 6.1.07.1, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. A ll. 1-2, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 356 ll. 3-8) "In those places which have been destroyed, let more places be destroyed. And in those places which have not been destroyed, let a breach be made there. Let his place become like chopped-up turnips!" -- Their rituals were alienated. Where there were bonds, that place was destroyed. Their place in the universe was eradicated. -- You should not alienate their rituals! Where there are bonds, you should not destroy the place! You should not eradicate their place in the universe. You should not move the oxen from their places!
2.2
11-12. (cf. 6.1.26.c10, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 292 ll. 1-2) Let me tell you about my fate: it is an insult. Let me explain it to you: it is a disgrace.
2.3
13-14. Were I to tell my neighbour about my fate, he would heap insults upon me.
2.4
15. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. A l. 4) I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past.
2.5
16. I was born on an ill-fated day.
2.6
17. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 4300 Seg. A l. 4) My fate is her voice: my mother can change it.
2.7
18. An acquaintance has gone up onto the roof to them.
2.8
19. The neighbour is on friendly terms with my mother in her house.
2.9
20-21. I am one whose fate has not been determined, confronted by a waif. "I will be the one who knows how to settle the account; let me take my position in front of you," she said to me.
2.10
22-23. I am one whose fate has not been determined, confronted by a sickness demon. "I am one who knows wealth and possessions; let me take my position in front of you," he said to me.
2.11
24-26. (cf. 6.1.07.70) Fate is a dog -- well able to bite. Like dirty rags, it clings, saying: "Who is my man? Let him know it."
2.12
27. Fate is a cloth stretched out in the desert for a man.
2.13
28. Fate is a raging storm blowing over the Land.
2.14
29. {Hard work} {(1 ms. has instead:) Fate} is a dog walking always behind a man.
2.15
30. The poor man must always look to his next meal.
2.16
31. The belching poor man should not look scornfully at the rich man.
2.17
32. How can a poor man who doesn't know how to cultivate barley manage to cultivate wheat?
2.18
33. The poor man is not appreciated.
2.19
34. The poor man chews whatever he is given.
2.20
35-36. (cf. 6.1.26.d4) He didn't plough the field during winter. And at harvest time he turned his hand to carding.
2.21
37. ...... incense burners ...... a multitude of houses .......
2.22
38-39. (cf. 6.1.17.b5) When someone is poor ......, they dine on the broth of the human breast.
2.23
40-41. (cf. 6.1.17.b4) The poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he does not ...... highly forever.
2.24
42-43. The poor man ...... arrogance toward his patron.
2.26
44. Not all the households of the poor will bow down together.
2.27
45. The word of a poor man is not accepted.
2.28
46-47. (cf. 2.34A, 6.1.22: l. 236, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 260 l. 1) Moving about defeats poverty. He who knows how to move around becomes strong. He will live longer than the sedentary man.
2.29
48-51. How lowly is the poor man! The area around the oven is a mill-house to him. His torn clothes will not be repaired. That which he has lost will not be searched for.
2.30
52-53. The poor man is this lowly: his debts are paid off with what is taken from his mouth.
2.31
54. A poor man chewing at silver.
2.32
55. The poor are the weak in the Land.
2.33
56-57. It is the companion of the poor. It is the weakness of the widows.
2.34
58-59. The face of the poor man is set as though he were having to sit in the face of the storm.
60. (cf. 2.28, 6.1.22: l. 236, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 260 l. 1) Moving about defeats poverty.
2.35
61-64. (A man speaks:) Were I to give food to the man who roves about, how could I bring it to him who does not rove about? (A woman speaks:) Were I to give food to the man who roves about, how could I bring it to him who does not rove about?
2.36
65-66. ...... a tablet ...... a scribe himself .......
2.37
67. (cf. 6.1.11.146, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 267 ll. 1-2) You are a scribe and you do not know your own name? Shame (?) on you!
2.38
68-69. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 268 ll. 1-2) If a scribe knows only a single line but his handwriting is good, he is indeed a scribe!
2.39
70-71. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 268 ll. 3-4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 290, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 452 ll. 1-2) If a singer knows only one song but makes the sound pleasant, he is indeed a singer!
2.40
72. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/3 452 l. 3) A scribe whose hand can follow dictation is indeed a scribe!
2.41
73. A singer whose voice is not sweet is a wretch among singers!
2.42
74. (cf. 5.4.02: l. 95, 5.4.03: l. 9) A wretched scribe, the most backward in the school!
2.43
75. A scribe without a hand. A singer without a throat.
2.44
76. You are an outstanding scribe; you are no lowly man.
2.45
77-78. The pupil of a master, like cornelian pierced through its side. He is indeed a scribe!
2.46
79. That which is pierced through its side is indeed lapis lazuli!
2.47
80. What kind of a scribe is a scribe who does not know Sumerian?
2.48
81. Someone who cannot produce "a-a" -- from where will he achieve fluent speech?
2.49
82. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 269) A scribe who does not know Sumerian -- from where will he produce a translation?
2.50
83-84. The scribe trained in counting is deficient on clay. The scribe skilled with clay is deficient in counting.
2.51
85. You are a ...... scribe .......
2.52
86. A chattering scribe's guilt is great.
2.53
87-88. A junior scribe is too concerned with feeding his hunger; he does not pay attention to the scribal art.
2.54
89-95. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 267 ll. 5-7) A disgraced scribe becomes an incantation priest. A disgraced singer becomes a flute-player. A disgraced lamentation priest becomes a piper. A disgraced merchant becomes a con-man. A disgraced carpenter becomes a man of the spindle. A disgraced smith becomes a man of the sickle. A disgraced mason becomes a hod-carrier.
2.55
96. A barber who knows Sumerian.
97. ...... Sumerian .......
2.56
98. A scribe who does not know how to grasp the meaning -- from where will he produce a translation?
2.57
99. When a singer's voice is sweet, he is indeed a singer.
2.58
100. The fox lies (?) even to Enlil.
101.
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2.59
102. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 3318 ll. 2-3) The vixen quenched her thirst but still her {teats} {(1 ms. has instead:) motherly teats} were dry of milk.
2.60
103. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 3318 ll. 4-5) Each fox is even more of a fox than its mother.
2.61
104. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 3318 l. 6, 6.2.5: P 374) If the hearing of the fox is bad, its foot will be crippled.
105-106. (cf. 6.1.08.b26) The fox's tail is heavy: it carries a harrow.
107. (cf. 6.1.08.b27) The fox's door-bolt is a wooden beam.
2.62
108-109. (cf. 6.1.23.7) The fox could not build his own house, so he got a job at his friend's house as a construction worker.
2.63
110. The crab's house became filled with water, so she went to her girlfriend's house to .......
2.64
111-112. The fox watered (?) the barley with rush (?) water: "Nature has changed its mind."
2.65
113. A fox trod on the hoof of a wild bull: "It didn't hurt (?)!"
2.66
114-115. The fox had a stick: "Whom shall I hit?" He carried a seal: "What can I challenge?"
2.67
116-117. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 216) The fox, having urinated into the sea, said: "The depths of the sea are my urine!"
2.68
118. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 214) He has not yet caught the fox but he is already making a neck-stock for it.
2.69
119-126. The fox said to his wife: "Come! Let us crush Unug between our teeth like a leek; let us strap Kulaba on our feet like sandals!" Before they had yet come within a distance of 600uc from the city, the dogs began to howl from the city. -- "Geme-Tummal! Geme-Tummal! Come with me to your place! Wicked things are howling at us from the city!"
2.70
127. How clever the fox is! He hoots (?) like the culu bird.
2.71
128. (cf. 6.1.07.89) Tell a lie and then tell the truth: it will be considered a lie.
2.72
129. (cf. 5.4.01: l. 66, 5.4.02: l. 69) He who always lies is a messenger from distant places.
2.73
130. Donkeys are being ordered; sacks are being hired.
2.74
131-132. Your helpless donkey's speed has left him. O Enlil, your helpless man's strength has left him.
2.75
133-134. My donkey was not destined to run quickly; he was destined to bray!
2.76
135-136. The donkey roared (?); its owner pierced its nostrils (?): "We must get up and away from here! Quickly! Come!"
2.77
137. (cf. 5.1.2: l. 162, 5.4.02: l. 127) A donkey eating its own bedding.
2.78
138. A donkey beating its penis against its belly.
2.79
139. For a donkey there is no stench. For a donkey there is no washing with soap.
2.80
140. A widow donkey distinguishes itself by breaking wind.
2.81
141. One does not marry a three-year-old wife, as a donkey does.
2.82
142-143. Two Akkadians lost a donkey. One went after it while the other wasted the day. The one who just sat around -- the fault was his.
2.83
144. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. A l. 3) An ox is walking around (?); a mace is .......
2.84
145. (cf. 6.1.26.d8) Lying next to each other on a stake.
2.85
146. He is deceitful, like an ox fleeing the threshing-floor.
2.86
147. (cf. 6.1.05.17, 6.1.26.d6) Furrows are pleasant to a threshing ox.
2.87
148. (cf. 6.1.26.d5) An ox following round the threshing-floor is not planting seed.
2.88
149-150. (cf. 6.1.26.d5) He who eats during the harvest is not removing clods. He who tears out weeds (?) is not sowing seed.
2.89
151. Your dancing (?) ...... is like wild cattle grazing.
2.90
152. (cf. 6.1.26.d10) If the ox kicks up dust, it gets flour in its own eyes.
2.91
153. While the ox is ploughing, the dog is spoiling the deep furrows.
2.92
154. An ox with diarrhoea -- its dung is a long trail!
2.93
155-156. (cf. 6.1.07.81, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 31 ll. 5-6) A stranger's ox eats grass, while my ox lies hungry.
2.94
157. Once I had escaped the wild bull, the wild cow confronted me.
2.95
158-159. ...... is an ox-driver; the stranger's ox is our ox-driver.
2.96
160. The milk will be carried away; that milk is near ......!
2.97
161. To the lamentation priest the field lies adjacent to the house.
2.98
162. The lamentation priest is the depths of the boat.
2.99
163-164. The lamentation priest {hurled his son into the water} {(1 ms. has instead:) gave his son to the water}: "May the city build like me! May the Land live like me!"
2.100
165-166. The lamentation priest wipes his bottom: "One should not remove what belongs to my mistress Inana."
2.101
167-170. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 280-283) When the lamentation priest met a lion in the desert: "Let him come to the town ......, to the gate of Inana, where the ...... dog is beaten with a stick. What is your brother doing in the desert?"
2.102
171-173. The lamentation priest ...... to his house ...... let me ......
1 line fragmentary ...... for someone.
2.103
174-176. (cf. 6.1.11.8-9) {Although the lamentation priest's grain boat was sinking, he was walking on dry land.
1 line fragmentary} {(1 ms. has instead:) When the lamentation priest's boat ...... Enki .......
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2.104
177. It is the food of a lamentation priest: the pieces are big but the weight is small.
2.105
178-181. The slave of the lamentation priest wails constantly in the town square: "My food ration is big in size but small in weight. Let me tell you about the size of my food ration -- a lance strikes it constantly throughout the city quarter."
2.106
182. A lamentation priest whose incantations do not sound sweet is highly regarded among lamentation priests!
2.107
183-184. Slavering dogs waiting for instructions (?) ......: "Where are you going? Come back! Stay!"
2.108
185. Unruly (?), scowling dogs belong to the shameless man.
2.109
186. A sniffing dog entering all the houses.
2.110
187-188. A dog eating unclean food is a dog which leaves nothing for the next (?) day.
2.111
189. A dog eating ...... ate a pig in the town square; ...... jar .......
2.112
190. The smith's dog could not overturn the anvil, so it overturned the basket and pot.
2.113
191. Patting the neck of a treacherous dog -- patting from the back of the neck.
2.114
192. A dog which knows no home.
2.115
193. The dog thinks it is clever, but to its master .......
2.116
194. A dog descends, a lance descends -- each does damage (?).
2.117
195. (cf. 5.1.2: l. 161) The dog licks its shrivelled penis with its tongue.
2.118
196. (cf. 6.1.01.65, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 221) In the city with no dogs, the fox is boss.
2.119
197. (cf. 6.1.01.66, 6.2.5: UIOM 1999) In the city of the lame, the cripple is a courier.
2.120
198. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 233-235) How does a cripple stand up?
2.121
199. The good thing is to find it; the bad thing is to lose it.
2.122
200-201. I have found it -- a cause for celebration! I have lost it -- my heart does not ache!
2.123
202. (cf. 6.1.07.98) The good thing is the beer. The bad thing is the journey.
2.124
203. For his pleasure he got married. On his thinking it over he got divorced.
2.125
204-205. Their pleasure -- their discomfort. Their discomfort -- their pleasure.
2.126
206-207. (cf. 6.1.04.56, 6.1.11.131) Says the man lying on the roof to the man living in the house: "It is too bright up here!"
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Segment B
2.131
1-2. (cf. 6.1.26.d13) A field should not be expanded. Barley ...... for him.
2.132
3. (cf. 6.1.26.d2) ...... collected firewood .......
2.133
4-5. (cf. 6.1.11.6, 6.1.22: l. 80, 6.1.26.d3) Collecting firewood is for the strong man; the weak man waits for him on dry land.
2.134
6-7. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 293) He who shaves his head acquires ever more hair. And he who gathers firewood acquires ever more grain.
2.135
8-9. (cf. 6.1.19.b4, 6.1.24.3) He who destroys houses destroys reeds. He who destroys a house destroys gold.
2.136
10-11. A ...... not returned and not placed in water -- its ...... cannot be eaten.
2.137
12-13. (cf. 6.1.19.b3) {Walk like a lord, walk at the front. Walk like a slave, walk like a lord.} {(1 ms. has instead:) Build like a lord, build like a slave. Build like a slave, build like a lord.} {(another ms. has instead:) Walk like a lord, walk like a slave. Walk like a slave, walk like a lord.}
2.138
14-15. Hand added to hand, and a man's house is built up. Stomach (?) added to stomach (?), and a man's house is destroyed.
2.139
16. The hoe cannot cut firewood. The pitchfork cannot cut firewood.
2.140
17. cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 5-6 In a household of several grown-up young men, the hoe and the work basket must cultivate the fields.
2.141
18. The mother who has given birth to eight young men lies down exhausted.
2.142
19. (= Alster 1997 2.142 = 6 Sec. A 1; cf. 6.1.23.7, 6.1.25.7) The house built by the upright man is destroyed by the treacherous man.
2.143
20-21. (= Alster 1997 2.143 = 6 Sec. A 2; cf. 6.1.14.17) If a household acquaintance has been exposed to harm, the matter is investigated.
2.144
22-23. (= Alster 1997 2.144 = 6 Sec. A 3) Let there be unused land adjacent to a house; let there be a threshing-floor adjacent to a field.
2.145
24. (= Alster 1997 2.145 = 6 Sec. A 4) Let the elders ...... his house, like a house on the outskirts of the city.
2.146
25-27. (= Alster 1997 2.146 = 6 Sec. A 5) One finds no rest (?) in a house in which a wife does not speak, in which the head of the household (?) does not utter joyous words.
2.147
28-29. (= Alster 1997 2.147 = 6 Sec. A 6)
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2.148
30. (= Alster 1997 2.148 = 6 Sec. A 7)
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2.149
31-32. (= Alster 1997 2.149 = 6 Sec. A 8; cf. 6.1.11.69, 6.1.26.d15) Those who live near the water look into the heart of the mountains. They don't look in their own direction.
2.150
33-34. (= Alster 1997 2.150 = 6 Sec. A 9 = Veldhuis 2000 2.150; cf. 6.1.11.70) Adapa knows no loss. ...... in the heart of the mountains.
2.151
35. (= Veldhuis 2000 2.151)
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2.152
36-37. (= Veldhuis 2000 2.152)
1 line fragmentary ...... someone in the river .......
2.153
38. (= Alster 1997 2.153 = 6.1; cf. 6.1.14.21) The palace is an ox; catch it by the tail!
2.154
39. (= Alster 1997 2.154 = 6.2; cf. 5.6.1: l. 94) The palace is a huge river; its interior is a goring bull.
2.155
40-42. (= Alster 1997 2.155 = 6.3; cf. 6.1.28.24, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 209 ll. 1-3, 1.8.1.5: ll. 193-199) The palace is a forest. The king is a lion. Nungal overwhelms men with a huge battle-net. OhUtu, accept my prayer.
2.156
43. (= Alster 1997 2.156 = 6.4; cf. 6.1.14.23, 6.1.25.8) The palace is a slippery place which catches those who do not know it.
2.157
44-47. (= Alster 1997 2.157 = 6.5; cf. 6.1.14.20, 6.1.25.11, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 317) The palace cannot avoid the waste land. A barge cannot avoid straw. A freeborn man cannot avoid corvée work. A king's daughter cannot avoid the tavern.
2.158
48-49. (= Alster 1997 2.158 = 6.6; cf. 6.1.14.22, 6.1.17.b9, 6.1.25.10) The palace -- one day a mother giving birth, the next day a lamenting mother.
2.159
50-51. (= Alster 1997 2.159 = 6.7) Through building my house I incurred debt, so I could not afford to cultivate the field I had sowed with seed.
2.160
52. (= Alster 1997 2.160 = 6.8) May you be a household built up by twin sons.
2.161
53. (= Alster 1997 2.161; cf. 6.1.03.165, 6.1.25.8) I would rather go home.
2.162
54. (= Alster 1997 2.162 = 6.8) Those who enter his house are fifty.
2.163
55. (= Alster 1997 2.163 = 6.9) Whom can I bring to a house whose offspring have been annihilated?
2.164
56. (= Alster 1997 2.164 = 6.10) I don't return to a house whose master is not at home.
2.165
57. (= Alster 1997 6.11)
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Segment C
2.c1
1. (= Veldhuis 2000 6.20) When the land is given (?), ...... is its dry land.
2.c2
2. (= Veldhuis 2000 6.21) A bird in the sky is as good as an um bird.
2.c3
3. (= Veldhuis 2000 6.22) A fish in the deep is as good as a carp in the reeds.
2.c4
4. (= Veldhuis 2000 6.23) Four-legged creatures are as good as marsh rats.
2.c5
5. (= Veldhuis 2000 6.24) All the birds flew away, and their mother alone stayed.
2.c6
6. (= Alster 1997 6.25) Ninazu, a bird flying around is your share.
2.c7
7. (= Alster 1997 6.26) In the fowler's trap (?) is what he eats.
2.c8
8. (= Alster 1997 6.27) He who lives from birds and fish cannot sleep.
2.c9
9. (= Alster 1997 6.28) What did the ...... bird do?
2.c10
10. (= Alster 1997 6.29) {The um bird's voice is unpleasant.} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... sticking out its backside .......}
2.c11
11. (= Alster 1997 6.30) The um bird's forehead is not .......
2.c12
12. (= Alster 1997 6.31; cf. 6.1.19.d4) He sneaks into the water like an um bird.
2.c13
13. (= Alster 1997 6.32; cf. 6.2.2: MDP 27 206 l. 1, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 244 ll. 1-2, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 4) The wood pigeon's (?) voice is the glory of the garden.
2.c14
14. (= Alster 1997 6.33; cf. 6.2.2: MDP 27 206 l. 3, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 244 ll. 3-4, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 6) The francolin's voice is the glory of the fields.
2.c15
15. (= Alster 1997 6.34) The voice of the ...... is the glory of the palace.
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Segment D
2.d1
1. (= Alster 1997 6.37) Offerings are the glory of the gods.
2.d2
2. (= Alster 1997 6.38) The fish of the marshes added (?) ...... to the ...... bird.
2.d3
3. (= Alster 1997 6.39; cf. 6.1.07.30) The arabu fowl was not eaten in time.
2.d4
4. (= Alster 1997 6.40) {
1 line fragmentary} {(1 ms. has instead:)
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2.d5
5. (= Alster 1997 6.41) {...... does not come back, it comes back from the oven.} {(1 ms. has instead:)
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2.d6
6. (= Alster 1997 6.42; cf. 6.1.07.27) Let the head of a suhur carp be eaten with the head of a {macguracec fish} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... bird}.
2.d7
7. (= Alster 1997 6.43; cf. 6.1.11.26) Now, you should not sleep in the reedbeds: the marsh rats will eat you.
2.d8
8. (= Alster 1997 6.44)
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2.d9
9. (= Alster 1997 6.45) Don't pour water into a river. The rats will come up.
2.d10
10-13. (= Alster 1997 6.46) ...... an u bird, ...... cut and carried a single swallow away. ...... its food.
2.d11
14. (= Alster 1997 6.47) Like a ...... bird, I will strike your beard in anger.
2.d12
15-16. (= Alster 1997 p. 153 CBS 11335 5)
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2.d13
17-19. (= Alster 1997 6.48; cf. 6.2.5: P 376) Two esig birds, two {gusura fish} {(1 ms. has instead:) gusura birds}, three suhur carp, two ectub carp, and two suhur carp, {(1 ms. adds:) two} sea fish, are present on Enlil's offering table.
2.d14
20-21. (= Alster 1997 6.49) May ...... fish oil and bird oil on your shoulders for the offering basket of Enlil.
2.d15
22-24. (= Alster 1997 6.50; cf. 6.1.07.78) Who {moved} {(1 ms. has instead:) removed} the dust? Who caulked the boat? Who ...... while they sat singing?
2.d16
25. (= Alster 1997 6.51)
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2.d17
26. (= Alster 1997 6.52)
1 line fragmentary
2.d18
27. (= Alster 1997 6.53)
1 line fragmentary
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Proverbs: collection 3
Segment A
3.1
1-3. (cf. 6.2.5: TIM 10/1 2, 1.8.1.1: ll. 25-28) To stand and to sit, to spur on the donkeys, to support (?) the prince: who has the breath for that?
3.2
4. You are peering out from the parapet like the prince's nurse.
3.3
5. {Because you draw water, the swamp may drink.} {(1 ms. has instead:) You draw water for pouring out, so that the swamp may drink water.}
3.4
6. Unpleasant ...... plants {grow towards} {(1 ms. has instead:) rise up to} a good field.
3.5
7-9. I will feed you even though you are an outcast (?). I will give you drink even though you are an outcast (?). You are still my son, even if your god has turned against you.
3.6
10-12. (cf. 6.1.16.b7) "I will go today" is what a herdsman says; "I will go tomorrow" is what a shepherd-boy says. "I will go" is "I will go", and the time passes.
3.7
13-14. {(1 ms. adds:) Wealth is exposed to the winds.} The churned milk, although it isn't river mud, is diverted into cracks in the ground.
15-16.
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3.8
17-20. (cf. 6.1.26.a5, 6.2.1: Ni 4122 ll. 2-5) {(1 ms. adds:) To serve beer with unwashed hands,} To spit without trampling upon it, to sneeze without covering it with dust, to kiss with the tongue at midday without providing shade, are abominations to Utu.
3.9
21-22. (cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.16.b4-5, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.23.7) A shepherd his penis, a gardener his hair. An unjust heir who does not support a wife, or who does not support a child, has no cause for celebration.
3.10
23-24. (cf. 6.1.16.b2) If you get rid of the shepherd, then his sheep will not return.
3.11
25-26. (cf. 6.1.16.b3) Because the clever shepherd became confused, his sheep did not return.
3.12
27. A shepherd-boy when weary cannot recognise his own mother.
3.13
28. While you still have light, grind the flour.
3.14
29. (cf. 6.1.05.3) The wild bull is taboo for the plough.
3.15
30-33. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 216-217) To eat modestly doesn't kill a man, but to covet will murder you. To eat a little is to live splendidly. When you walk about, keep your feet on the ground!
3.16
34-35. As long as he is alive, he is his friend. When he is dead, he is his worst demon.
3.17
36-37. (cf. 6.1.16.d2) Friendship lasts for just {one day} {(1 ms. has instead:) three days} but collegiality lasts forever.
3.18
38-39. Quarrelling occurs wherever {there are colleagues} {(1 ms. has instead:) one of the group is senior to the rest}. Slander occurs even where there has been purification.
3.19
40-41. When travelling, a man does not tire of eating. He gathers in food all day long.
3.20
42. There are bitter tears in human flesh.
3.21
43-44. {Not buying vegetables (?)} {(1 ms. has instead:) Buying ......}, a promise (?) not fulfilled (?), handing over worthless money, not removing a mote from the eye.
3.22
45-46. A hand will stretch out towards an outstretched hand. A hand will open for an opened hand.
3.23
47-48. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 284-286, 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; he who has livestock can sleep.
3.24
49-50. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 4677 l. 11) Enlil, ......, my loincloth {is} {(1 ms. has instead:) is not} gone (?).
3.25
51-52. (cf. 6.1.19.c1, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 8-10) What did Enlil make? Chaff! The lance struck. It went into the flesh.
3.26
53-54. (cf. 6.1.19.c2, 6.1.24.9) When the sun is setting outside so that you cannot even recognise the hand in front of you, go indoors!
3.27
55-56. King Icbi-Erra ...... with his hand ......
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3.28
57-58. {
2 lines fragmentary} {(1 ms. has instead:)
2 lines fragmentary}
3.29
59-62.
4 lines fragmentary
3.30
63-65. Enlil ......
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3.31
66-72. (cf. 3.35, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.15.b8, 6.1.25.4, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 9-12) Nannicherished his old age. He built the temple ....... He built a wall around Nibru, but ....... He builtE-ana, but after abandoning it, ....... He captured Simurrum, but did not ...... its wall. He never saw mighty kingship. Thus Nanni was carried off to the nether world.
3.32
73-75.
2 lines fragmentary like beer ...... in front of him .......
3.33
76. (cf. 6.1.07.100) He who says "I will live for today" is bound like a bull on a nose-rope.
3.34
77. Ur-Namma ...... large mirrors in Enlil's temple.
3.35
78-79. (cf. 3.31) Nanni cherished his old age: "I am what an old man should be."
3.36
80-81. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 325 ll. 3-5, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B ll. 11-12) The voluptuous slave girl says: "Let Ickur, ...... god ...... king ...... split the fertile ground like a cucumber."
3.37
82-84. (cf. 6.1.21.c11-12) A slave girl is one who ...... the door. The slave girl from the palace offers advice (?) continually. The slave from the palace eats the ex-voto offering (perhaps an idiom) .
3.38
85-86. A slave girl carried her release money with her. ...... 30 minas.
3.39
87. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 335 l. 1) You grind with the pestle like a fearful slave girl.
3.40
88-91. The slave girl who neglected to fill the containers grumbled: "It does not fill (?) to the top; it does not fill (?) the middle."
3.41
92-93. (cf. 6.1.19.d9, 6.1.28.25) When the lady left the house and the slave girl entered from the street, away from her lady the slave girl sat at her own banquet.
3.42
94-95. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 278-279, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. C ll. 1-2, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 7) When there is a dispute at the mill, a slave girl reveals (?) what she has stolen.
3.43
96-98. He who sleeps with a slave girl ...... with a strong male ...... what the slave girl has stolen, what the lady ...... with a man -- one person does not reveal to another.
3.44
99. The joy of a daughter-in-law is anger.
3.45
100-101. (cf. 6.1.07.43, 6.2.1: Ni 9832 Seg. B ll. 6-7) To a slave girl who has not been purchased, the upper millstone ....... You are forever pushing like a millstone torn out of its joint.
3.46
102-103. Let me come in! Let me ...... it! Let me destroy it! .......
3.47
104. The just god ...... cut reeds (?) .......
3.48
105. Let me buy it! Let me ...... !
3.49
106.
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3.50
107-108.
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3.51
109-110.
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3.52
111.
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3.53
112. Like a ...... on a socle.
3.54
113. Like a suckling bull .......
3.55
114-115. (cf. 6.1.07.48, 6.1.11.5) As long as you live you should not increase evil by telling lies; for if you do, to succumb will be your lot.
3.56
116. The righteous ...... the wicked .......
3.57
117. ...... and I'm not a treasure chest or a .......
3.58
118.
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3.59
119-120. (cf. 6.1.25.3) The lord (i.e. An (?)) cursed Unug, but so was he cursed by the lady ofE-ana (i.e. Inana) .
3.60
121. (cf. 6.1.07.80) I am a loyal steward with strong arms.
3.61
122. Let the sides be separated; let me be the one who ...... the sides.
3.62
123. It is on account of being the boss that you bully me.
3.63
124-125. Because of his arrogance, may his head be bowed to his neck like a damp reed.
3.64
126-127. (cf. 6.1.17.b7) Weighing scales made with a net are a trap made for the feet; a man should not take a merchant for his friend.
3.65
128. (cf. 6.1.01.165, 6.1.17.b8, 6.1.22: ll. 194-196) You, merchant, how small you made the amount of silver! And how small you made the amount of oil and barley!
3.66
129-130. (cf. 6.1.22: l. 197) That which in the trade is considered a lump of lapis lazuli is for its owner a stone that .......
3.67
131. One cannot drag out the weak, one cannot hold back the strong.
3.68
132-133. (cf. 3.85) Let our odour be the smell of leeks -- let it not be the smell of turnips!
3.69
134-135. (cf. 6.1.11.22) He who insults is insulted. He who sneers is sneered at.
3.70
136-137. A lion caught in the trap in the storehouse becomes mine in this way: the owner simply removes the wood.
3.71
138-139. (cf. 6.1.11.19, 6.1.19.b6, 6.1.24.5)
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3.72
140. A lizard follows like a snake, like a .......
3.73
141. Like a ...... worker, keeping watch is not what is on his mind.
3.74
142-143. A tenant established the house, and ploughing established the field.
3.75
144. (cf. 6.1.07.17, 6.2.5: YBC 9912) "I am stretching my legs on your behalf," says a man delivering sesame.
3.76
145-146. You invoke the oath of Ickur, who destroys the mountains, but ...... you cannot cross the river with a boat.
3.77
147-148. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 382 l. 3) Ickur splits the mountains, yet he does not split the waterskin.
3.78
149. ...... which I have found, its dates are from Dilmun.
3.79
150. A runaway slave girl only pretends to sleep.
3.80
151-152. The gazelle in the ...... desert feeds its young with milk.
3.81
153. Eyes of ...... are characteristic of the Akkadians (?).
3.82
154-155. (cf. 6.1.07.13) He moves like a lion against a louse, but when there is a job is to be done, he moves like a rat.
3.83
156-157. (cf. 6.1.22: l. 85) As the sun rises, decisions are made. By the time the sun is up, kingship is conferred.
3.84
158-159. (cf. 6.1.28.1) The battle-club would not find out your name -- it would just find your flesh.
3.85
160-161. (cf. 3.68) Our own odour is of pulled-up turnips -- sweet things are brought by strangers.
3.86
162-163. (cf. 6.1.26.b5-6) "Give me!" is what the king says. "Do well!" is what the cupbearer's son says.
3.87
164-167. What characterises the carpenter is the chisel. What characterises the reed weaver is the basket. What characterises the smith is the making of little ....... What characterises the singer are the sounds ua and alala.
3.88
168-169. (cf. 6.1.18.14, 6.1.24.7) He who tosses his head succeeds in crossing the river. {...... the Tigris ......} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... negligent ...... (possibly belongs to a different proverb)}.
3.89
170-171. (cf. 6.1.11.25) If the foreman does not know how to assign the work, his workers will not stop shaking their heads.
3.90
172.
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3.91
173. Enlil's temple is a summation of accounts. The temple manager is its overseer.
3.92
174. (cf. 6.1.14.18) Enlil's temple is a gathering (?) of wages.
3.93
175. (cf. 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 3) Enlil's greatest punishment is hunger.
3.94
176-177. If one does not give the dog something, it will bark at every woman.
3.95
178-179. (cf. 6.1.05.93) She growls like a dog struck by a {throw-stick} {(1 ms. has instead:) ball (?)}.
3.96
180. That which is made of evil threads grumbles.
3.97
181-182. "Just-let-me-say-a-word" walks like feet. Who can rival a garrulous man?
3.98
183-184. ...... floating on the river and ...... diminishes.
3.99
185. (cf. 3.101) You speak to me -- and I will speak to you!
3.100
186. He who ...... is the one who eats something.
3.101
187-188. (cf. 3.99) You speak with me and I speak with you.
3.102
189. Fools are the ribcages of heroes.
3.103
190. The fool is garrulous.
3.104
191-192. (cf. 6.1.07.73) The dog moves, the knife moves, but still my man does not move.
3.105
193-194. Where someone is lame, ...... the emissary of Bau comes to their aid.
3.106
195-196. (cf. 6.1.28.26) Where there is no grain, this is a sign of vengeance turned towards a city. Where there are no reeds, it is the worst of all poverty.
3.107
197-199. Something offered is not offered. Something finished is not finished. Nothing changes.
3.108
199. A vagrant flays the skin of an opened hand.
3.109
200. The two of them are like one man.
3.110
201-202. Were he to find where I put my rubbish heap, he would say: "You shouldn't go there!"
3.111
203. (cf. 6.1.08.b7) Although it has never been there, the goat knows the wasteland.
3.112
204-205. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 19-20, 6.1.28.28, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 ll. 4-5) With my mouth I cool the hot soup for you. I pick the bones from the fish for you.
3.113
206. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 l. 1) My mouth, every month I fill you, my mouth.
3.114
207. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 311 ll. 2-3) My tongue, like a runaway donkey, will not turn back.
3.115
208-211. All day long my food ration is kept away from me, my heart ......, but even a dog can satisfy its hunger. It's over for me, but should I be happy? My mother would not give me second helpings.
3.116
212-213. The ox standing in the fodder abandoned the calf to enter the pen.
3.117
214. (cf. 6.1.19.g1) You may lift it all together but you will put it down in pieces.
3.118
215-217. (cf. 6.1.26.a8) When a man comes forward as a witness, saying: "Let me tell you what I know about him", but does not know the relevant information, it is an abomination toSuen.
3.119
218. Flies enter an open mouth.
3.120
219. Offerings create life.
3.121
220. Punishment is assigned for the swaggerer; he is afflicted with diseases.
3.122
221. Let him go down.
3.123
222-223. You should hold a kid in your right arm, and a bribe in your left arm.
3.124
224. (cf. 6.1.07.14) The manicurist is himself dressed in dirty rags.
3.125
225. (cf. 5.4.01: l. 98) He came, he stayed a while; he finished, he did not stay put.
3.126
226-227. {He spoke ...... not ...... his mouth is full of lies.} {(1 ms. has instead:)
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228-230. My fingernail that hurts is clutched in my embrace. My foot that hurts is in my sandal. But who will find my aching heart?
3.128
231. May Inana pour oil on my heart that aches.
3.129
232. The sail on the mast blocks the river.
3.130
233. May you find the response to an insult hurled at you in a dispute.
3.131
234-235. If it is too sweet for him, let him eat salt. If it is not too sweet for him, let him eat licorice.
3.132
236. Before the fire has gone out, write your exercise tablet!
237-238. Where ......? Solve ......!
3.133
239-241. ...... slave girl ...... ill ...... basket ...... myself ...... you sprinkle the dirt on the .......
3.134
242-243. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 255) A man's personal god is a shepherd who finds pasturage for the man. Let him lead him like sheep to the food they can eat.
3.135
244-246. As long as the boasters haven't departed, their mouths make me uneasy.
3.136
247-249. The heavens were destroyed, the earth was shaken. After the heavens were destroyed and the earth was shaken, the people were still standing there on their own.
3.137
250. The rigging is not ship-shape, and the stern is not seaworthy.
3.138
251. He who entered Elam -- his lips are sealed.
3.139
252. He who has to live in Elam -- his life is not good.
3.140
253-254. (cf. 6.1.07.95) Wheat and hulled barley was made to taste like honey. The nomad ate it and didn't recognise what was in it.
3.141
255. He who keeps fleeing, flees from his own past.
3.142
256-257. (cf. 6.1.26.c9) The south wind got its sand into my eyes: "Why do you strike me in the back?"
3.143
258-259. Between the basket and the boat are the fields of Simurrum.
3.144
260-261. You keep walking around the storehouse like a pig with a morsel in its mouth.
3.145
262. For him who is rejected by Inana, his dream is to forget.
3.146
263. Whether it is roasted or not, you should sprinkle the grain.
3.147
264-266. It is characteristic of your harvesting, it is characteristic of your gleaning, that they say: "He is gone, he is gone."
3.148
267-271. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 191-193, 6.1.28.27) "You should serve me" is typical of purification priests. Bowing over your hips is typical of leather-workers. To be stationed in all corners is typical of lukur women. "I will be there with you" is typical of gardeners. "I swear by Enki that your garments will take no time in this establishment" is typical of fullers.
3.149
272-275. (cf. 6.1.14.6, 6.1.16.c5, 6.1.22: ll. 172-175, 6.1.25.1) The day 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.
3.150
276-277. (cf. 3.3.07: ll. 5-7) In Eridug, built in abundance, the monkey sits with longing eyes in the singer's house.
3.151
278. Cream and milk are multiplied by an axe.
3.152
279. (cf. 6.1.15.f7) Let the solitary one remain alone; he is forever treacherous.
3.153
280. The goat spoke in the manner of a wise old woman but acted in the manner of an unclean woman.
3.154
281. (cf. 6.1.07.11, 1.8.2.1: l. 246) The clod on the one hand, the furrow on the other hand. And I am the third one there.
3.155
282. (cf. 6.1.07.15) Let me drink beer shandy and sit in the seat of honour!
3.156
283. (cf. 6.1.07.16) Although it was not important to him, he attended the festival.
3.157
284. (cf. 6.1.07.21) The time passed, and what did you gain?
3.158
285-286. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 148-150) The figure is good. The father-in-law rejoices over it: "It is just like a real person!"
3.159
287. A good word is a friend to numerous men.
3.160
288. A destructive (?) word is four oxen yoked together.
3.161
289. Putting unwashed hands to one's mouth is disgusting.
3.162
290. May a clever farmer live at home with you.
3.163
291. My drink is a river. The place where I sleep is a place of reed mats.
3.164
292. The gecko wears a tiara.
3.165
293. (cf. 6.1.02.161, 6.1.25.8) "I'm going home" is what he prefers.
3.166
294-295. (cf. 6.1.07.79) The sun never leaves my heart, which surpasses a garden.
3.167
296. (cf. 6.1.04.4, 6.1.22: l. 189, 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 2) He holds up the sky, letting the earth dangle from his hands.
3.168
297. The muc barley is reserved for the necromancer.
3.169
298. Wheat flour is sacred to his god.
3.170
299-301. (cf. 6.1.25.13, 6.1.26.a10, 6.2.5: BM 57994 Seg. A ll. 1-3) If a man sailing downstream says "Give way!" (?) -- if the hand touches a woman's genitals over her clothes -- it is an abomination to Suen.
3.171
302-303. Carrying bread to the oven whilst singing is an abomination to Inana.
3.172
304. My ...... speaks deceitfully with my man.
3.173
305. The sheep (?) is shrouded in wickedness for him.
3.174
306. If the sieve is not shaken, his flour will not drop from it.
3.175
307. Coveting and {reaching out for things} {(1 ms. has instead:) spying} are abominations toNinurta.
3.176
308-309. I am confronting Fate: "Speak in the way of a just man, or speak in the way of a wicked man, it makes no difference."
3.177
310. (cf. 6.2.2: MDP 27 89, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 322 l. 3) What comes out of one's mouth is not in one's hand.
3.178
311-312. {
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3.179
313-314. (cf. 6.1.07.77) He said: "Woe!" and the boat sank with him. He said: "Alas!" and the rudder broke.
3.180
315. (cf. 6.1.07.90) He is walking around despite his wounded neck.
3.181
316. (cf. 6.1.07.91) He turns things upside down.
3.182
317. (cf. 6.1.07.92) He devours things as crows do a field.
3.183
318. (cf. 6.1.07.105) A free weaver equals {two slave girls} {(1 ms. has instead:) one slave girl}. A free worker equals {three} {(1 ms. has instead:) two} slaves.
3.184
319. A spade is like a fisherman who does not make ...... fly (?).
3.185
320. (cf. 6.1.07.45) My mouth enables me to rival other men.
3.186
321-322. What is this after you split it? And this after you split it?
3.187
323-324. (cf. 6.1.07.99) When present, it was considered a loincloth; when lost, it is considered fine clothing.
3.188
325-326. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 7347) If the leader is being devoured by a fire, those behind him don't say: "Where is the leader?"
3.189
327. To call out from among (?) the people.
3.190
328. When righteousness is cut off, injustice is increased.
Segment B
(unplaced; = Alster 1997 p. 78 CC)
3.b1
1-2.
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3.b2
3-7.
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3.b3
8.
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Segment C
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3.c1
1-2. ...... not good ...... strong .......
3.c2
3-4. ...... drinking water ......
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3.c3
5.
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Segment D
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3.d1
1-4.
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Proverbs: collection 4
Segment A
4.1
1. Unique: a tall pot and a shouting statue.
4.2
2. What is placed in the fire has a valuable role to play but leaves nothing behind when it's gone.
4.3
3-4. Half a shekel is half a shekel wherever you go (?); discarded, it is a shekel belonging to the place of wild cattle and serpents.
4.4
5. (cf. 6.1.03.167, 6.1.22: l. 189, 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 2) He holds up the sky, letting the earth dangle from his hands.
4.5
6. (cf. 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 4) He bears the responsibility for it.
4.6
7. (cf. 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B l. 7) As a provisioner, I will come down upon those who speak proudly (?).
4.7
8-9. All day long, oh penis, you ejaculate as if you have blood inside you, and then you hang like a damp reed.
4.8
10. (cf. 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B ll. 5-6) He who was the capturer of someone's assassin became his opponent.
4.9
11-13. (cf. 6.2.4: VAT 21604 (+) 21605 Seg. B ll 8-13) The north wind is a satisfying wind; the south wind is harmful (?) to man. The east wind is a rain-bearing wind; the west wind is greater than those who live there. The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.
4.10
14. Why should someone who knows something conceal it?
4.11
15-16. My intelligence (?) has dug the ground; you will not find what I have lost!
4.12
17. A goat can be made to go down into water; in beer it becomes stuck.
4.13
18. He will ...... which I have eaten (?).
4.14
19. Oh little one who is no longer consuming milk, your mother is a wild cow yielding beer.
4.15
20. He could not overcome his fears, so he cut off what was fuelling them.
4.16
21-22. The riverbank should rejoice as though there were a flood. Enlil should rejoice as though the Tigris were at high water.
4.17
23. May your favourite ...... bite you.
4.18
24-25. (cf. 5.6.1: ll. 209-211) I want to get hold of borrowed clothes, borrowed linen and borrowed lapis lazuli.
4.19
26-27. ...... anoints his body ...... adds water to the subterranean waters.
4.20
28.
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Segment B
4.41
1-4.
1 line fragmentary in order to cross ...... when he lifts it up ......: "The weapon will take care of the oxen rent for me!"
4.42
5-8. Beat the ...... behind him they squeezed ......: "The water is too hot for me!" Then they brought up ...... and entrusted .......
4.43
9-10. Left-over clothes are the share of the slave-girl's child; they will fall off her and became nothing but chaff.
4.44
11-12. A ...... is his clasped hands; pressed oil, oil for his anointing; a likeness, reeds for his bed.
4.45
13-14. The prosopis plant is how a witness should be: fruit pods come forth from it.
4.46
15. A heart which does not know accounting -- is that a wise heart?
4.47
16-17. He who ploughs the fields should plough the fields; he who harvests grain should harvest grain.
4.48
18. Its mouth, like a seal (?), is half; its anus is the place amongst the grass where boats are pulled from the water.
4.49
19. After the serpent has been caught for him, he himself casts the incantation.
4.50
20. What is it, a sheep? What is it, a stag?
4.51
21-22. What are the dreams of a slave girl? What are the prayers of a striving (?) slave?
4.52
23-24.
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Let my gifts never cease (?) in the presence of his god.
4.53
25. ...... a weeping mother ...... you enjoy the use of .......
4.54
26-27. My mother ...... offering; she is behaving as though she were my slave-girl.
4.55
28-29. ...... a libation (?). ...... gave it.
4.56
30-31. (cf. 6.1.02.126, 6.1.11.131) Says the man lying on the roof to the man living in the house: "It is too bright up here!"
4.57
32. The lion is tied up with (?) that of which his own house is made.
4.58
33. That which the thief has taken was made by an honest man.
4.59
34. To appreciate the earth is for the gods; I am merely covered in dust.
4.60
35. In respect of both expenditures and capital goods, the anus is well supplied.
4.61
36. Bitterness afflicted the anus; but it entered by way of the mouth.
4.62
37. The anus breaks wind; talking produces excessive words.
4.63
38. O ...... mother, I have no water in the ferry-boat.
Proverbs: collection 5
Segment A
5.1
1-5. {The elephant spoke to himself: "There is nothing like me among all the creatures ofCakkan!" The wren (?) answered him: "But I, in my own small way, was created just as you were!"} {(1 ms. has instead:) The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures ofCakkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren (?) answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"}
5.2
6. {You go like an elephant to raise a sunken boat.} {(1 ms. has instead:) An elephant is led to a sunken boat to raise it.}
5.3
7. (cf. 6.1.03.14) The wild bull is taboo for the plough.
5.4
8. "Like the wild bull, you only do what pleases you."
5.5
9. The wild bull wanders about amid the rushes.
5.6
10. The wild bull is free from the plough (?).
5.7
11. The wild bull ...... I abandon the claim.
{(1 ms. adds 4 proverbs:)
5.8
11A-11B. The wild bull ...... enveloped ...... above .......
5.9
11C. Wild bull, you ...... your strong limbs.
5.10
11D. The wild bull ...... aggressively.
5.11
11E. The wild bull .......}
5.12
12. An ox will catch you in your path.
5.13
13. Like an ox, you do not know how to turn back.
5.14
14. The dog snarls at an ox scrubbed with soap.
5.15
15. The ox has been tamed; its tamers are great.
5.16
16. The ox .......
5.17
17. (cf. 6.1.02.86, 6.1.26.d6) The furrows seem pleasant to an ox on the threshing floor.
5.18
18-19. The ox .......
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Segment B
5.25
1-2. The ox ......
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5.26
3. From so many oxen, is there no dung?
5.27
4. If you make the oxen multiply, you may collect their dung.
5.28
5. O ox, you wander about in the street like a commissioner.
5.29
6. The owner of an ox is also happy at being the emissary at the city gate.
5.30
7. The cow jumps to her heart's content, but she does not gore.
5.31
8. O cow, like a cat you walk behind the man carrying the food basket.
5.32
9. No one will give away even a barren cow for nothing.
5.33
10.
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5.34
11. Like a cow that has not given birth, you are looking for a calf of yours that does not exist!
5.35
12. The cow walks in the marsh, the calf on the dry ground.
5.36
13-17. A calf entered ....... It did not know how to get out. When the herdsman came to inspect, he hurled the churn towards it, smashing the churn. When the calf came out, it cowered -- but the churn was still smashed.
5.37
18. Like a horse you paw the ground where you drink.
5.38
19-21. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 287) The horse, after throwing off his rider, said: "Were my load to be like this forever, how weak I would become!"
5.39
22-23. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 283) The donkey, after he had thrown off his packs, said: "Now I can forget the burdens of former days!"
5.40
24. The donkey .......
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Segment C
5.41
1. The donkey stumbled, and the dog .......
5.42
2-3. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315) While the donkey was swimming in the river, the dog was busy gathering food: "When will he climb out and eat?"
5.43
4-5. He who rents a donkey for a whole year kindles a fire in the moonlight.
5.44
6. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 236) Make the donkey sit like this! Make it lift its shrivelled penis!
5.45
7. A donkey is being used to transport one shekel of silver.
5.46
8. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 234) Using a donkey in place of sheep will not provide you with an omen.
5.47
9-11. A donkey ......: "In order to grow powerful, don't let your ...... dwell in the house of your brother-in-law! When you are able to support a ......, then you may choose a wife."
5.48
12-13. If you keep beating a donkey on its back, what ......?
5.49
14-15. When the donkey, walking in the desert, met ......, it roused it from where it sat.
5.50
16-17. A ...... donkey came across a ...... man: "Do it and then go!"
5.51
18-22. A sick donkey went up ......: "How long have you not felt well? If until now you have not felt well, ...... there is a canal inspector ....... Let him come to you, and your bones will feel well again.
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Segment D
5.52
1. The donkey ...... plenty of urine .......
5.53
2. A donkey .......
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3-11. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 212) The lion had caught a helpless she-goat: "Let me go! I will give you my fellow ewe in return!" "If I am to let you go, tell me your name!" The she-goat answered the lion: "You do not know my name? 'I-am-cleverer-than-you' is my name!" When the lion came to the fold, {he} {(1 ms. has instead:) the lion} cried: "I release you!" She answered him from the other side: "You released me, but were you clever? As for the sheep, none live here!"
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12. When the lion came to the sheepfold, there was a dog wearing a leash of spun wool.
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13-16. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 211) When the lion caught a wild boar, he roared: "Your flesh has not yet filled my mouth, but your squeals have deafened my ears!"
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17-19. A lion having fallen into a trap, a fox came up to him and said: "I'll take your sandals home to the other side for you!"
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20. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 208 l. 1) O lion, your allies in the reedbeds are numerous.
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21. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 208 l. 2) In the reedbeds the lion does not eat his acquaintance.
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22-23. The lion ...... the man who ...... said: "I shall put in place a house without weapons."
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24. The lion who lives a life of compassion will receive it.
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25-26. When a lion roars, one says: "Don't drop your food!"
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27. Is the lion accustomed to eating that which is milled?
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28. Is the lion accustomed to performing the brewers' craft?
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29-30. If the lion heats the soup, who would say "It is no good"?
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31-32. No-one walks for a second time at the place where a lion has eaten a man.
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33. He eats meat in the presence of a lion.
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34-35. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 69)
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you drink water .......
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36-37. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. B 69) Were a lion to approach him, you would chase only the wolf away!
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38. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 70 = 5 Vers. B 76) You should not eat the flesh of a wolf. {(Vers. B adds:) Let me subdue it with all my might.}
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39. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. B 70) Loving the lion's fish (?), he did not know how to cut it (?).
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40-46. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 71 = 5 Vers. B 74) Nine wolves having caught 10 sheep, there was one too many and they did not know how to share out the portions. A fox came along and said: "Let me allocate the portions for you! The nine of you take one sheep. I by myself shall take nine -- this shall be my share!"
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47-49. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. B 71) Imagine a wolf is eating. Utu looks down on it and says: "Provided you praise me you will grow fat" would be the reply.
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50-54. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 72) The wolf ...... the drain-pipe of a house's roof: "Last year we were nauseated (?) by your stench. Now this year we are still nauseated (?)! How much longer will we be cursed with your stench? -- Now, as for me, I am hungry! What can I eat?"
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55. (= Alster 1997 p. 133 P i 10')
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56-57. (= Alster 1997 p. 133 P i 11') A wolf ...... sat ...... a lamb.
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58-64. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. B 72) While the wolf sat stuck in a trap, he said to Utu: "When I come out, let me henceforth eat no more sheep. When I am hungry, the sheep I've taken, whatever you mention -- what will they mean to me? I shall be bound by a righteous oath. -- Now, what can I eat?"
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65-66. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 73 = 5 Vers. B 73) The wolf wept before Utu: "The animals frisk around together, but I am all alone."
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67-68. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 74) He bites like a dog does when its tetherer .......
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69-70. (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. B 75) The shepherd cannot increase his flock where the wolf takes sheep.
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71. Dog, you shouldn't ...... bones.
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72. To a dog a dream is a joy.
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73-75. A dog entered a tavern and said: "I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!"
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76-78. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 264) A dog said to his master: "If my pleasure is of no importance to you, then my loss should not be either!"
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79. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 231 ll. 1-2) The dog does not let me sit down in his master's house.
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80. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 231 ll. 3) A rabid dog hates ...... the chain (?) .......
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81-82. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 225) The dog understands "Take it!", but it does not understand "Put it down!"
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83-84. The dog {wags his tongue (?) at a millstone} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... licks his tongue}, and says to his companion: " {(1 ms. adds:) It is an omen from heaven!} Let me clothe you in the lid of a measuring bowl!"
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85-86. The dog recognises a man who loves him; as the dog is judge, so its tail acts (?) as commissioner!
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87-89. The dog gnawing on a bone says to his anus: "This is going to hurt you!"
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90-91. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 228) A dog which ...... sheep-fat -- "dog" is indeed its name.
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92. A dog does not stand still on the ferry-boat!
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93-94. A dog ......
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95-99. When the dog goes out into an orchard to get dates, the owner of the orchard chases him away. The thief ...... goes out ...... dates.
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100-101. A dog ......
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102. A dog .......
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103-104. A dog ......
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105. Like a dog, he hates to grovel.
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106. (cf. 6.1.03.95) He growls like a dog struck by a ball (?).
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107. Control the dog, but love the puppy!
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108. (cf. 6.2.2: MDP 27 102) An angry dog .......
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109. To purchase a dog is within your sights; to purchase a waggon is to be destroyed.
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110. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 223) A dog which is played with turns into a puppy.
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111-112. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 324) He cried out like a dog in a frenzy; its reward was having its skin flayed.
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113. Like rabid dogs, ...... their paws in the moonlight.
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114. Like a rabid dog .......
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115. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 309) You behave like a rabid dog stretching his neck into the river (?) .......
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116-125. A dog entered a warehouse. The merchant broke his leg with a wooden door-bolt: "Get out of here!" The dog questioned his tail: "Is there something behind me?" "Those things which make you happy!" it was told. "Well then, let me go back again tonight and receive something!" And so, upon his return, his leg was again broken. He dragged his tail and sat in the street. A second time he questioned his tail: "Did the bolt just come out from in front of you, like before?"
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126-128. The dog ...... winter ......:
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129-130. The dog ...... a yoke does not adorn (?) anything: "...... behind you a fattened ox is being slaughtered."
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131. The dog ...... the shepherd ...... his throat .......
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132-133. (cf. 6.2.2: MDP 27 82, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 224) A chained dog starts a fight. Would you not roar at that dog ......?
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134-135. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 222) If a dog snarls, throw a morsel into his mouth.
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136-137. The dog has been taught to pay attention; as long as he pays attention, he may escape his chain.
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138. A dog climbed up onto the roof.
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139. Dog, you are counting sheep.
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140. Like a dog you have nowhere to sleep.
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141. He is a dog without a tail.
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142-143. ...... they roared at the dog ...... cried out .......
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144. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 230 ll. 1-2) The dog collects bones.
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145-147. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 230 ll. 3-5) A dog went to a party. When he saw the bones there, he left, saying: "Where I am going, I shall get more to eat than this!"
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148. When a bitch eats ...... food and drink, the puppies will have no teeth.
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149. When the bitch is weakened from ......, the puppies will not be able to open their eyes.
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150-152. Bitches advise their young: "You should not eat the food from a funeral offering. When the person has brought it here, they will eat it."
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153. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 232) Like a whelping bitch he bites the workmen.
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154. Like a man's bitch you are walking behind a shaven-headed man.
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155. Like the bitch of a scribe, he struts through the fields as though he were in charge (?).
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156-157. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 313) Thus says the bitch to the kid goat: "Whether you are yellow or mottled, I still love my little ones."
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158-159. The bitch is a fool: bread is the food ration for her mouth, and a ...... is the judge for her anus!
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160-161. When we have a bitch and have caught hold of her, only then will we give her a name.
Segment E
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5.e1
1. (= Alster 1997 p. 121 D i 1 = Gordon 1958 5.19)
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5.e2
2-3. (= Alster 1997 p. 121 D i 2 = Gordon 1958 5.20)
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