Segment A
7.1
1-6. (cf. 6.1.02.1, 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. In those places which have not been destroyed, let a breach be made there. Let his place become like chopped-up turnips." Their place in the universe was destroyed. -- Where there are bonds, you should not destroy the place! You should not destroy their place in the universe.
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Segment B
7.9
1.
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7.10
2. ...... their father does not return.
7.11
3-4. (cf. 6.1.03.154, 1.8.2.1: l. 246) The clod on the one hand, the furrow on the other hand -- and as for me, I am the third one there.
7.12
5. (cf. 6.1.01.76) A clod thrown into the water is destroyed as it disintegrates.
7.13
6-7. (cf. 6.1.03.82) He moves like a lion against a louse, but when there is a job is to be done, he moves like a rat.
7.14
8. (cf. 6.1.03.124) The manicurist is himself dressed in dirty rags.
7.15
9-10. (cf. 6.1.03.155) Let me drink beer shandy and sit in the seat of honour!
7.16
11. (cf. 6.1.03.156) Although it was not important to him, he attended the festival.
7.17
12. (cf. 6.1.03.75, 6.2.5: YBC 9912) "I am stretching my legs on your behalf," says the man who delivers sesame seeds.
7.18
13.
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7.21
15-17. (cf. 6.1.01.88, 6.1.03.157) "If the boat sinks, I will pull out the cargo." When it was all over, what had you gained? It is still floating: it did not sink.
7.22
18-19. (cf. 6.1.01.167) I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum!
7.23
20-23. ...... soldier (?) silences the argument.
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7.24
24.
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7.25
25.
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7.26
26. ...... that huckster .......
7.27
27. (cf. 6.1.02.d6) Let ...... the head of a suhur fish be eaten ...... with the head of amacguracec fish.
7.28
28-29. (cf. 6.1.01.81) To accept a verdict is possible. To accept a curse is impossible.
7.29
30-32. (cf. 5.4.01: ll. 14-15) Linen is stretched out for the flea. The ...... reed mat is woven for the fly. The storehouse is built for the gecko.
7.30
33. (cf. 6.1.02.d3) The duck was not eaten in time.
7.31
34. He gathered everything for himself, but had to slaughter his pig.
7.32
35. He gathered everything for himself, but used up his wood.
7.33
36.
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7.34
37-39.
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7.35
40.
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7.36
41. ...... boat ...... quay .......
7.37
42. (cf. 6.1.01.31) You don't return borrowed bread.
7.38
43-44. ...... prostitute ...... statue .......
7.39
45.
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7.40
46.
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7.41
47. (cf. 6.1.11.21) He spoke, but went back on what he said.
7.42
48. (cf. 6.1.01.89) Like a boat, he always floats up in the water.
7.43
49. (cf. 6.1.03.45, 6.2.1: Ni 9832 Seg. B ll. 6-7) You are forever pushing, like a millstone torn out of its joint.
7.44
50. He whose speech is humble -- his wife is a slave girl.
7.45
51. (cf. 6.1.03.185) My mouth makes me comparable with other men.
7.46
52. In order to survey (?) the Land, he left his city.
7.47
53-54. (cf. 6.1.01.174) I walk about, I don't get tired. I keep moving, I don't sleep.
7.48
55-56. (cf. 6.1.03.55, 6.1.11.5) As long as you live, you should not increase evil by lying; for if you do, to succumb will be your lot.
7.49
57-59. (cf. 6.1.01.175) When clothes have been cut up into rags, when the barley has been lying in the dust, what more is there to be got?
7.50
60. Pouring water ......, placing barley .......
7.51
61. (cf. 6.1.01.100) Whether he ate or not, the seed was good.
7.52
62-63. (cf. 6.1.01.176) I am a lady who wears large garments. Let me cut my loincloth!
7.53
64-65. (cf. 6.1.01.177) You are the master of a broad river. You are eating .......
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Segment C
7.70
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.11) Fate is a dog, well able to bite. It clings like dirty rags.
7.71
3-4. Inana ......
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7.72
5-7.
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...... something belonging to Inana ......
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7.73
8-10. (cf. 6.1.03.104) The dog moves, the knife moves, but still my man does not move.
7.74
11-12. (cf. 6.1.01.187) The ferryboat ...... too many men: "My man shall not board it!"
7.75
13-14. This oil ...... mourning rags ....... This barley ...... in dust.
7.76
15-16. (cf. 6.1.01.183) My cry of joy ...... by the nether world, but my mental faculties are not thereby taken away.
7.77
17-19. (cf. 6.1.03.179) He said: "Woe!" and the boat sank with him. He said: "Alas!" and the rudder broke. The young man said: "Ah god!" and the boat reached its destination.
7.78
20-21. (cf. 6.1.02.d15) Who removed the dust? Who ...... the boat?
7.79
22-23. (cf. 6.1.03.166) The sun never leaves my heart, which surpasses a garden.
7.80
24. (cf. 6.1.03.60) I am a loyal steward, I am a strong pair of hands.
7.81
25-26. (cf. 6.1.02.93, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 31 ll. 5-6) A stranger's ox eats grass while one's own ox lies hungry.
7.82
27. (cf. 6.1.01.30) That which does not eat food is a wild bull of the mountains.
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35.
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7.88
36-39. "Let me ......, let me ......; let me destroy it" is characteristic of the slave girl of a lukurpriestess.
7.89
40-41. (cf. 6.1.02.71) Tell a lie, tell the truth.
7.90
42. (cf. 6.1.03.180) He is working despite his pierced neck.
7.91
43. (cf. 6.1.03.181) He turns things upside down.
7.92
44. (cf. 6.1.03.182) He devours things as crows do a field.
7.93
45-47. (cf. 6.1.01.155) Conceived by no father, conceived by no mother, the reed came out of the breast of the storm.
7.94
48-50.
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7.95
51-52. (cf. 6.1.03.140) Wheat and hulled barley was made to taste like honey. The nomad ate it and didn't recognise what was in it.
7.96
53-54. Don't pile up the poured (?) barley. When it has been carried to your barley and piled up, it will be eaten by your lord.
7.97
55-56. (cf. 6.1.02.121) The good thing is to find it. The bad thing is to have lost it.
7.98
57-58. (cf. 6.1.02.123) The pleasure -- it is the beer! The discomfort -- it is the journey!
7.99
59-60. (cf. 6.1.03.187) When present, it is considered a loincloth; when lost, it is considered fine clothing.
7.100
61. (cf. 6.1.03.33) He who says "Let me live today" is bound like a bull on a leash.
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7.104
65-66. (cf. 6.1.01.97, 6.1.11.53) Those who get excited should not become foremen. A shepherd should not become a farmer.
7.105
67-68. (cf. 6.1.03.183) A free weaver equals two slave girls. A free worker equals three slaves.
7.106
69. Crushed by a stone belonging to my lady.
7.107
70-71.
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7.108
72-73. ...... is mine; ...... raised the .......
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7.120
89.
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7.121
90. (cf. 6.1.01.70) The songs of a city are its omen diviners.
7.122
91-96. We ......; we ......; we ate ......; we drank ......; ...... cover ......; ...... cover .......
Segment A
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8.a1
1. A pig digging in the house.
8.a2
2-5. A pig which was about to be slaughtered by the pig-butcher squealed. (The butcher said:) "Your ancestors and forebears walked this road, and now you too are walking it, so why (?) are you squealing?"
8.a3
6. Like a pig ...... your dagger .......
8.a4
7-8. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 275) He snatches things like a pig, as if for himself, but also for his owner.
8.a5
9. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 300 l. 1) Like a pig spattered with mud.
8.a6
10. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 300 l. 2) The pig picks up morsels of bread.
8.a7
11.
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Segment B
8.b1
1-2. ...... his burden ...... it has not depressed you, it will cheer you up!
8.b2
3-4. Having lost the sow, they sit around and strengthen the pigsty.
8.b3
5-6. Like a sow was she not treated to luxury? Was she not accustomed to demanding barley in the middle of the night?
8.b4
7. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 240 l. 2) Wearing a long beard like a goat.
8.b5
8. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 240 l. 1) A goat is the gift of a large kid.
8.b6
9-10. A goat says to another goat: "I too butt my head."
8.b7
11. (cf. 6.1.03.111) Although it has never been there, the goat knows the waste land.
8.b8
12-13. Some wolves were chasing a goat. It turned around and its feet clattered into each other.
8.b9
14. He gets his behind in his mouth, like a hippopotamus (?).
8.b10
15. A stag wandering in the outlying areas.
8.b11
16. A gazelle not alert, a dog not on the watch. {(1 ms. adds:) A man raising his hand in anger does not see clearly.}
8.b12
17. Like a gazelle he is drinking 15 days' worth of water.
8.b13
18. "Get that bear away from us!" -- so he has gone to the mountains.
8.b14
19-21. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 241) A bear in the sixth month turned onto its side and said: "WereAn not to give you, oh sleep, to a person, as he does to me -- they would die."
8.b15
22. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 294) Like a hyena, you will not eat it unless it stinks.
8.b16
23. The claws of a cat can walk even in sheep fat.
8.b17
24. As with a cat, it is its tongue that treats its skin.
8.b18
25. A cat can find a hole in the ground.
8.b19
26-27. A fox stamped on the crotch of an elephant: "It's enough, it's too much!"
8.b20
28-34. A fox demanded of Enlil the horns of a wild bull. While it was wearing the wild bull's horns, it started to rain. But the horns rose high above him, so he could not enter his burrow. Until midnight the wind kept blowing, and the clouds brought rain. Afterwards, when it had stopped raining on him, and he had dried off, he said: "I shall return this feature to its rightful owner!"
8.b21
35-36. A fox was pursuing the testicles of a wild bull, as though about to die of hunger.
8.b22
37-38. A fox was scrabbling in a dyke: "Nobody has ever seen my bent-over behind."
8.b23
39-40. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 215) A fox was preparing a threshing floor. It did not ...... on the threshing floor, but he did not become exhausted.
8.b24
41-42. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 218) The fox thought about his mother's interference and said: "My ...... is collapsing."
8.b25
43-44. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 213) The fox dropped her young. They came out as twins.
8.b26
45. (cf. 6.1.02.61A) The fox's tail is heavy: it carries a .......
8.b27
46. (cf. 6.1.02.61B) The fox's door-bolt is a .......
8.b28
47-52. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 219) A fox spoke to a goat: "Let me put my shoes in your house!" It replied: "When the dog arrives, I will hang them up on a peg!" The fox: "If there's a dog staying like that in your house, bring me my shoes. Don't expect me to stay the night!"
8.b29
53-57. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 220) A fox went into a den in a thorny bush, and (the dog said:) "Hey, come out!" But it would not come out. "How am I supposed to get in from out here?" (exclaimed the dog). "So long as you don't chase me away, I will stay sitting here!" said the fox.
8.b30
58-59. The fox ....... He is more full of lies than anyone.
8.b31
60. Like an aroused (?) fox, your cry echoes (?) over the fields.
8.b32
61-62. What will the dog do about what the fox is doing?
8.b33
63-64. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 217) The fox set his mind on some treachery: "I am throwing it out. I am carrying it to the river."
8.b34
65-66. A fox walked around a throw-stick: "Who is going to give a party as good as that?"
8.b35
67-68. A fox had been caught by a partially-sighted (?) man: "Is this why you are crying?" The fox replied: "Set me free!"
8.b36
69-70. Someone cooking (?) meat at the den (?) of a fox said: "One doesn't mention this in front of the mongoose."
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Segment C
8.c1
1-2. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 392) The man who owns much barley may sleep (?).
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8.c2
3-4. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 392) While the francolin calls out on the wall, the ...... bird, not measuring two fingers, .......
8.c3
5-7. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 392) When the bizaza-gu-balaja-kar-girzana bird (a nickname for the sparrow) twitters (?), ...... tongue .......
8.c4
8. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 392)
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Segment D
8.d1
1-3. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 1)
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8.d2
4-8. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 2) A raven had (?) a porous jar. A fox asked: "Where do you sprinkle the water?" "I sprinkle in the Tigris and the Euphrates," it replied, "Why do you ask?"
8.d3
9-10. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 3) Like an azag-gun bird you wear a tiara over your eyes.
8.d4
11-12. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 4)
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8.d5
13. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 5)
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Segment E
8.e1
1-3. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 1) A date-palm ...... to its owner: "Our ...... are old (?) ....... Like a tree, they are ...... to your relatives."
8.e2
4-8. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 2) A tree ...... to its relative: "You and I are brothers. Why are you afraid?" "Look, what am I to do? A stone stronger than me is being hurled at me," it said.
8.e3
9. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 3) Let the tree split its relative.
8.e4
10. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 4) A chair always stands at the doorway as an audience gift.
8.e5
11-13. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 5) The table rejoiced. It pressed oil into the river: "The table is set before you!" Whether it ate it or not, .......
8.e6
14. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 6) The cedar door ...... the garment .......
8.e7
15. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 7) On our trough full of grapes the ears are hanging outside.
8.e8
16. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 8) The thief hurls a throw-stick toward a bound sheep.
8.e9
17. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 9) A throw-stick .......
8.e10
18. (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. D 10) A ladder .......
Segment A
9.a1
1. (cf. 6.1.10.1, 6.2.5: IM 43438 Seg. A l. 1) Whatever the man in authority said, it was not pleasant.
9.a2
2. (cf. 6.1.10.2) Whatever the man in authority said, it was not right.
9.a3
3-4. (cf. 6.1.10.3-4, 6.2.2: MDP 27 216, 6.2.5: IM 43438 Seg. A l. 2) When the authorities are wise, and the poor are loyal, it is the effect of the blessing of Aratta.
9.a4
5. (cf. 6.1.10.5, 6.1.22: l. 190, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 18) The mighty man is master of the earth.
9.a5
6. (cf. 6.1.10.6) It is from a man's mouth that strength comes.
9.a6
7. (cf. 6.1.10.7, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 462) Strength cannot keep pace with intelligence.
9.a7
8. (cf. 6.1.10.8) The strength of my god completes my own.
9.a8
9. (cf. 6.1.10.9, 6.1.17.b3, ll. 12-13, 5.6.7: l. 28) Youthful vigour has left my loins, like a runaway donkey.
9.a9
10. Ignoramuses are numerous in the palace.
9.a10
11. He who knows but does not speak is a fool.
9.a11
12-14. No one can rival the wise man.
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9.a12
15. (cf. 6.1.19.b1, 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."
9.a13
16-17. (cf. 6.1.19.b2, 6.1.21.b5, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 3-4) As the piglet roots around (?), it says: "I do not eat for pleasure."
9.a14
18-19. (cf. 6.1.19.b5, 6.1.24.4) The ruler's wife kneels, the slave girl dies. The ruler kneels, the slave dies.
9.a15
20.
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21.
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22.
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23.
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Segment B
9.b1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 1 Version A; cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.15.b8, 6.1.25.4, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 9-12) Nanni held his old age in high esteem ...... king ...... palace .......
9.b2
3-4. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 1 Version B; cf. 6.1.21.c15) ...... of the slave girl ...... the slave girl's mistress .......
9.b3
5. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 2 Version A) ...... thing ...... if .......
9.b4
6-11. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 2 Version B; cf. 6.1.21.c16, ll. 1-6; edited separately as 5.6.8 The lazy slave girl)
9.b5
12. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 3 Version A; cf. 6.1.21.c16, l. 9) The man whose feet are deformed accepts shoes.
9.b6
13. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 4 Version A; cf. 6.1.21.c16, l. 10) It is the one who wears a loincloth who will accept the ceremonial garment.
9.b7
14. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 5 Version A; cf. 6.1.21.c16, l. 11) The lord .......
9.b8
15. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 6 Version A; cf. 6.1.21.c16, l. 12) Slave who has appropriated the role of lord, slave girl who has appropriated the role of lady .......
9.b9
16-17. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 7) ...... thing ...... woman .......
9.b10
18. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. B 8)
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Segment C
9.c1
1.
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9.c2
2-3.
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9.c3
4-5.
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9.c4
6.
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Segment D
9.d1
1.
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9.d2
2-3. (cf. 6.1.19.e2, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 464 ll. 1-2) The wise ...... the knowledgeable .......
9.d3
4-5. (cf. 6.1.13.29, 6.1.19.e3, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 464 l. 3) A fool who was overwhelmed ...... by his backside stuck his hand up his backside.
9.d4
6-9. (cf. 6.2.1: N 4248 Seg. A ll. 8-13, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. B ll. 3-5, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 10-13) "Run!" is the king's command. Because of my silver, because of my gold, because of my money chest ......, I am finished!
9.d5
10.
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Segment E
9.e1
1-2.
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9.e2
3-5.
1 line fragmentary ...... spouse ...... intelligence .......
9.e3
6-7. ...... saw ....... "Let me go!" says the treacherous man.
9.e4
8-10. Oh Utu, you are my judge: pronounce my judgment! You are my decision-maker, decide my case! The dream that I have seen -- turn it into a favourable one!
9.e5
11. Let me walk straight, so that I can catch up with my companion!
9.e6
12-13. Supposing sleep overtakes those who drag the boat, supposing sleep overtakes them -- the only possibility is to walk along the road.
9.e7
14. Who can compare with humility? -- It is set in goodness.
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Segment F
9.f1
1.
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9.f2
2. ...... scribe (?) .......
9.f3
3. ...... scribe (?) .......
9.f4
4.
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5.
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6.
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Segment G
9.g1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 p. 187 N 4304 1')
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9.g2
3-4. (= Alster 1997 p. 187 N 4304 2')
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9.g3
5-6. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. G 1)
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9.g4
7-9. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. G 2) ...... him ...... deliveries ...... makes numerous for him the deliveries ...... Lu-Suena's second-in-command.
9.g5
10. (= Alster 1997 9 Sec. G 3; cf. 6.1.16.e7) Like a mountain mined for metal ore, this man is not in a right state of mind.
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Segment H
9.h1
1.
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9.h2
2-5.
2 lines fragmentary ...... puts the standard (?) in his hands; ...... do not fill my hands with dust!
9.h3
6-8. ...... that man like an ignoramus
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9.h4
9-10. ...... rain from the heavens; ...... what is its support beam?
9.h5
11-12. ...... like ......; ...... I am standing .......
9.h6
13-15. ...... you spy on (?); ...... just like a judge, ...... lie down for you there .......
10.1
1. (cf. 6.1.09.a1, 6.2.5: IM43438 Seg. A l. 1) Whatever the man in authority said, it was not pleasant.
10.2
2. (cf. 6.1.09.a2) Whatever the man in authority said, it was not right.
10.3-4
3-4. (cf. 6.1.09.a3, 6.2.2: MDP 27 216, 6.2.5: IM 43438 Seg. A l. 2) When the authorities are wise, and the poor are loyal, it is the effect of the blessing of Aratta.
10.5
5. (cf. 6.1.09.a4, 6.1.22: l. 190, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 18) The mighty man is master of the earth.
10.6
6. (cf. 6.1.09.a5) It is from a man's mouth that strength comes.
10.7
7. (cf. 6.1.09.a6, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 462) Strength cannot keep pace with intelligence.
10.8
8. (cf. 6.1.09.a7) The strength of my god completes my own.
10.9
9. (cf. 6.1.09.a8, 6.1.17.b3, ll. 12-13, 5.6.7: l. 28) Youthful vigour has left my loins, like a runaway donkey.
10.10
10. (cf. 6.1.17.b3, l. 14, 6.1.19.a1, l. 1, 5.6.7: l. 29) My black mountain has sprouted white gypsum.
10.11
11-12. (cf. 6.1.17.b3, l. 15, 6.1.19.a1, ll. 2-3, 5.6.7: l. 30) My mother sent to me a man from the forest, who has given me paralysed hands.
10.12
13-14. (cf. 6.1.17.b3, ll. 16-17, 6.1.19.a1, ll. 4-5, 5.6.7: l. 31) My mongoose, which used to eat strong-smelling {food} {(1 ms. has instead:) meat}, can no longer stretch its neck toward a jar of ghee.
10.13
15-16. "The lap three (?) times, the eye (?) seven times" is what she says to the one about to breach her defences.
10.14
17. "Let me fill your new storehouse with my old hay."
10.15
18. A man turned toward you. What did he seize?
10.16
19. Her girl friend answered her as follows.
Segment A
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11.4
5. ...... the storehouse .......
11.5
6-7. (cf. 6.1.03.55, 6.1.07.48) As long as you live you should not increase evil by lying; for if you do, to succumb will be your lot.
11.6
8-9. (cf. 6.1.02.133, 6.1.22: l. 80, 6.1.26.d3) To collect firewood is a job for the strong man. The weak man sits waiting for him on dry land.
11.7
10-13. (cf. 6.1.01.150)
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Let an articulate man live in the house with you like a wicked poor man. Like my own affairs, antimony paste (?) is air: let ...... fat be eaten in the mist.
11.8
14-15. (cf. 6.1.02.103) Although the lamentation priest's grain boat was sinking, he would be walking on dry land.
11.9
16-18. (cf. 6.1.02.103) Enki
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11.10
19-23.
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Segment B
11.18
1-5. (cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.15.b8, 6.1.25.4, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 9-12) Nanniappreciated his old age. He built Enlil's temple but did not complete it. He built a wall aroundNibru, but ....... He captured Simurrum, but did not suppress it. In misery he ....... Thus Nanniwas brought to the nether world depressed at heart.
11.19
6-7. (cf. 6.1.03.71, 6.1.19.b6, 6.1.24.5)
1 line fragmentary ...... its hands ...... to the edge of the desert.
11.20
8. When it stretches, it .......
11.21
9-10. (cf. 6.1.07.41) He spoke but did not keep his word. He keeps speaking but shies away from his responsibilities.
11.22
11-12. (cf. 6.1.03.69) He who insults is insulted. He who sneers is sneered at.
11.23
13. So says the slave girl: "It has been carried away!"
11.24
14. "Let the master's god split it, then."
11.25
15. (cf. 6.1.03.89) The overseer does not know how to assign the work and so cannot stop the trembling (?).
16. (cf. 6.1.02.d7) Now, you should not sleep in the reedbeds.
17. (cf. 6.1.02.d7) The rats of the reedbeds will eat you.
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11.29
23-26.
2 lines fragmentary ...... guard ...... reach out to you .......
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Segment C
11.35
1.
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11.36
2.
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3.
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11.38
4-5.
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6-8. (cf. 6.1.01.109) You cannot butt me with your horns! Why are you butting? I am running away!
11.40
9-11. Like a tall person ...... not ...... lifting ...... lifting.
11.41
12-14.
1 line fragmentary Letting water flow into the dykes
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15. A gir fish of the sea, whose head is wider than its body.
11.43
16. From the river, oh Inana, let my man eat.
11.44
17. Rats dig the ground.
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Segment D
11.51
1-3.
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11.52
4-5. "My affairs are great affairs, my offices are great offices."
11.53
6-7. (cf. 6.1.01.97, 6.1.07.104) An exciteable man should not become an overseer. A shepherd should not become a farmer.
11.54
8. (cf. 6.1.01.104, 6.1.15.c3, 6.1.26.b4, 6.1.28.8) Were you to pour oil onto the top of a sceptre.
11.55
9. From within a tree, a spoon. Who is it?
11.56
10. (cf. 6.1.25.9, 6.1.26.a2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 2) A palace will fall of its own accord.
11.57
11-12. (cf. 6.1.18.15) Oh whirlwind, I despatched you towards Agade. What did you accomplish in Agade? The dream was favourable!
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Segment E
11.66
1. (cf. 6.1.26.a6, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 6) To take revenge is the prerogative ofNinurta.
11.67
2-3. "That my friend should be well is our wish, and that our enemies should be gone! May those friendly to you reach their goal as a ship does a friendly harbour!"
11.68
4. "May your enemy, like the flood waters of a river, return to his city."
11.69
5-6. (cf. 6.1.02.149, 6.1.26.d15) Those who live near the water look into the mountains. They don't look in their own direction.
11.70
7-8. (cf. 6.1.02.150) Adapa knows no loss as he walks within the mountains.
11.71
9-10. Living is living. But to live (?) like (?) a lord!
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Segment F
11.82
1-3.
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11.83
4-6.
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11.84
7-11.
3 lines fragmentary ...... merchant ...... partner .......
11.85
12-13. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 7345) The cripple (?) took a reed basket. For (?) his words a man beats him.
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Segment G
11.g1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 p. 195 A viii)
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Segment H
11.h1
1-4. (= Alster 1997 p. 195 A ix)
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Segment I
11.130
1-2.
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11.131
3-4. (cf. 6.1.02.126, 6.1.04.56) Says the man lying on the roof to the man living in the house: "It is too bright up here!"
11.132
5-6. A distant (?) good word ...... a cargo boat.
11.133
7-8. Uncleared debts ...... are something which makes debts to Utu.
11.134
9-12.
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Segment J
11.146
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.37, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 267 ll. 1-2) You're a scribe but you don't even know how to write your own name? Shame on you!
11.147
3. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 202) A loving heart builds houses.
11.148
4. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 203) A hating heart destroys houses.
11.149
5-6. Her friend advises (?) her: "It is for your own good."
11.150
7. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 208) Don't choose a wife during a festival!
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Segment K
11.160
1-2.
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11.161
3. You cool down their hearts.
11.162
4-8. I am a capable scribe. There will be a prominent place for me. I will bring my ...... protection ...... to the stewardship.
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Segment A
12.a1
1-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 1)
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12.a2
5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 2) The master ...... kneading dough ...... does not eat.
12.a3
7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 3) The master ...... his servant .......
12.a4
8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 4) The master knows. The steward does not know.
12.a5
10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 5) May the master sleep at your side, and may the mistress slap your face.
12.a6
11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 6) The lord of the house, your ......; ......, a restraint.
12.a7
13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 7) The lord and lady of the house touch the figurine.
12.a8
14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 8) The granary collects.
12.a9
15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 9) Outgoings are a matter for both, and now I also am one of them.
12.a10
17. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 10) {The man who is always losing things loses them for the man who has to look for them} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... doesn't lose things, has lost ...... for him}.
12.a11
18-19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 11)
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12.a12
20-21. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 12) A man despises (?) something that stinks: its ...... increases.
12.a13
22-23. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 13) A man lost his clothes: "Let me run away ......."
12.a14
24-26. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 1 = Sec. B 13 B obv. i 11 ll. 3-5)
2 lines fragmentary ...... let me .......
12.a15
27-28. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 14)
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12.a16
29-30. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 2)
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my well-wisher ...... my malefactor.
12.a17
31. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 3) ...... seeking ...... the boat reached the city.
12.a18
32. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 4) {...... seeking ...... sent back (?)} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... revealed ...... lapis lazuli ......}.
12.a19
33-37. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 5) ...... in order to make an agreement with ...... his fool ...... I will tell him ......
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12.a20
38-39. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 6) ...... not having ......
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Segment B
12.b1
1. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 1)
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12.b2
2-3. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 2) My master, your joy ...... very great, and your weeping ...... very great.
12.b3
4-5. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 3) Their masters have changed. They are dressed in mourning (?) clothes.
12.b4
6-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 4) Thus says the man whose clothes are torn: "Precious things are strong."
12.b5
8. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 5) A man who can lift the heavens -- and he does not fart.
12.b6
9-10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 6) A man who behaves like a damp reed towards his fellow men does not tell the truth either.
12.b7
11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 7) A man ...... humiliated ...... reed. The man puts it in a well.
12.b8
13-14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 8) A man who stole (?) ...... cattle
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12.b9
15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 9) The man whose knees are paralysed has not prayed devoutly to Nintur.
12.b10
17-18. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 10)
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12.b11
19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 11) The wise man ......
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Segment C
12.c1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 1) ...... a witness (?) ....... The slanderer speaks .......
12.c2
3-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2) No-one ...... when he ...... his understanding, ...... the master to the ....... Come! ...... your ...... and I will ...... the oath.
12.c3
8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2A) He whose barley sprouts weeps. He who is pouring out water cannot converse.
12.c4
10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 3; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9916) A man who didn't tie up his leather sack made his friend angry.
12.c5
11. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 4; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9906) Even a millstone will float in the river for a righteous man.
12.c6
12-13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 5) Let the wealthy man eat ....... Let the poor man eat millaflour.
12.c7
14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 6) The man whose salt is finished .......
12.c8
15. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 7)
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12.c9
16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 8)
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Segment D
12.d1
1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 1)
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12.d2
3-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 2) ...... man ...... guard ...... field ...... the lot .......
12.d3
5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 3; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 282 and UET 6/2 332) A wild ram ...... a poplar .......
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Segment E
12.e1
1-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. F 1)
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Segment F
(unplaced)
12.f1
1. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 1)
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12.f2
2. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 2) ...... powerless .......
12.f3
3. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 3) ...... released ...... the man who plots .......
12.f4
4-5. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 4) ...... bound to his wife ...... his penis seeks a litre .......
13.1
1.
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13.2
2.
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13.3
3. A robber was coming out, a liar .......
13.4
4-5. They are thieves, these men who took the turnips. Why do you not ...... them?
13.5
6-7. The thief, out of fear of facing a lion, becomes a man driven by fear of facing a lion cub.
13.6
8. The thief extends winter to the beginning of summer.
13.7
9-10. They saw a thief at noon. They ...... but it blinded them to him. Thus he carried the loot away.
13.8
11. When a burglar makes a hole, he makes it narrow.
13.9
12. The owner of a house should reinforce the windows against burglars.
13.10
13-14. They caught a burglar breaking into a house: "Let me ......."
13.11
15-19. A hired worker who was lifting a rudder upwards ...... gathering (?) wood ...... said: "What I gave you at the boat's bow -- let me now give it to you from the boat's stern. Do you know what it is?"
13.12
20. Even the strongest labourer gets beaten by the owner of the barley.
13.13
21. A crafty man does not transgress (?) against his mother.
13.14
22. A crafty man lays on a party for his neighbour.
13.15
23. A crafty man exhorts the crowd: "Seize him! Drive him away!"
13.16
24-25. The load is heavy for the crafty ones. Twice their knees go weak .......
13.17
26-27. The crafty one wrapped herself in double-woven cloth (?) and ...... from her jar of pressed oil as if from a river.
13.18
28. The crafty one hung whatever precious metal there was about herself (?).
13.19
29. A crafty one .......
13.20
30. A stone to a crafty man is two halves of a shekel.
13.21
31-32. The head -- a crafty person ...... throughout the Land; and he, being crafty, speaks incessantly (?) about his head.
13.22
33-37. A lame man spoke to his mother: "Where a man reclines in a chair, it is really comfortable!" His mother replied: "What is he afraid of? When did we last see you run away anywhere?"
13.23
38-39. A lame man saw some runners: "The people who disappeared, where did they go?" he asked.
13.24
40. A lame man spoke: "Oh feet of mine, walk!"
13.25
41-42. A lame man came running to the New Year festival (?) and a man said to him: "Insofar (?) as you were lame, you wouldn't be able to do that!"
13.26
43-44. A ...... lost his shoes. The man who found them said: "Where shall I take them? ...... for me?"
13.27
45-46. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 13186 Seg. A ll. 7-8) To a ...... it is one-third of a mina. To the man who accepts it from him, it is half a mina.
13.28
47-49. The grieving were making a lament at the outskirts of the city. A man who had followed them ...... half way there. The man who took it from him said: "Where you have gone ......?"
13.29
50-52. (cf. 6.1.09.d3, 6.1.19.e3, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 464 l. 3) {
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53.
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13.31
54-55.
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13.32
56.
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13.33
57.
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58. ...... like a torn out ...... the flood (?) waters were roaring.
13.35
59. {......did not fear ......} {(1 ms. has instead:) ......}. "Why is the edge (?) of your dwelling on the outskirts of the city?"
13.36
60. ...... founding a city, whether it be me or anyone else.
13.37
61. "...... I am ....... With whom am I eating? I am ......; who makes it pleasant (?) for me?"
13.38
62. Just as if you were concerning yourself with a reed mat on a hillside.
13.39
63. You did not ...... like an acrobat in front of your guarantor (?).
13.40
64. You subject yourself to rules -- as a thief does.
13.41
65-68. An ecstatic entered a man's house, and a boy was born to his wife. Having swaggered out, he spoke to the neighbourhood children: "A woman has given birth." When he had told the neighbourhood children that a boy had been born to that man's wife, he said to you: "Your holy name has not been harmed; ......."
13.42
69-71. When the ecstatic had taken up position at Inana's gate, his daughter addressed the crowd: "My mother's word is absolutely true."
13.43
72. You are an ecstatic, so I am questioning your .......
13.44
73-77. ...... lost their clothes: "This loincloth isn't big enough!" ...... said to him: "Will you take an oath? Say: "It's not ......; it's a loincloth"!""
13.45
78. Like a precious ...... I comply with the instructions of the house.
13.46
79-81. ...... complain ....... "Why did the rejected (?) ones complain about your ......? ...... those who are stronger than you; let them get up and wrestle."
13.47
82. May ...... complete the river journey; it will be a long way to the city!
13.48
83-90. As the gardeners chased some boys away, one stayed where he was while another ate at his pleasure (?). The one who was hiding in the trees could not be encouraged to come out. Afraid, the one who stood where he was and who had been caught said: "I will come down to you; and let the others here join me in coming down to you." (The gardener replied:) "Your collaboration is pleasing; I will not have you castigated in your father's house."
13.49
91. A house of debt is a house in whose interior no light shines.
13.50
92. Let the house of debts go up with the smoke.
13.51
93. Creditors (?) have chased the indebted household away.
13.52
94. The dishonest man stole silver; the honest man will earn his pay.
13.53
95. When dishonest men come to your banquet, they are troubled and try to hide it (?).
13.54
96. When the dishonest man is ill (?), he says: "The whole country will be destroyed!"
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97.
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98.
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99-101. They treated an immigrant badly.
1 line fragmentary It is an abomination to Ninurta.
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102.
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103-104. ...... lost his strength ...... a thief .......
Segment A
14.1
1. (cf. 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B l. 1) Let the favour be repaid to him who repays a favour.
14.2
2. (cf. 6.2.5: NBC 8072) May Luma grant prosperity to him {who speaks well of others} {(1 ms. has instead:) who has good things}.
14.3
3-4. (cf. 6.1.16.c1, 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."
14.4
5-6. (cf. 6.1.15.b1, 6.1.16.c2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10) The herdsman lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
14.5
7-8. (cf. 6.1.15.b2, 6.1.16.c3, 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."
14.6
9-11. (cf. 6.1.03.149, 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.
14.7
12-14.
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Segment B
14.15
1. (cf. 6.1.01.68, 6.1.25.6) You should drive them like pack-asses into a death-stricken city.
14.16
2-3. The temple E-babbar, which Me-silim had built, was destroyed by Nanni, whose posterity had been cut off.
14.17
4. (cf. 6.1.02.143) If a household has harmed an acquaintance, the matter should be investigated.
14.18
5-6. (cf. 6.1.03.92, 4.05.1: ll. 54-55) Enlil's temple is a collecting (?) of wages (?); yet to reach out, to look with greedy eyes and to seize should be abominations there.
14.19
7. Both the palace and the nether world require obedience from their inhabitants.
14.20
8-10. (cf. 6.1.02.157, 6.1.25.11, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 317) A palace cannot ignore waste land. A barge cannot ignore straw. A freeborn man cannot ignore toil.
14.21
11-12. (cf. 6.1.02.153) The palace is an ox; you should catch it by the tail. Utu is lord; you should fix your gaze on him.
14.22
13-14. (cf. 6.1.02.158, 6.1.17.b9, 6.1.25.10) The palace: one day a mother giving birth, the next day a mother in mourning.
14.23
15. (cf. 6.1.02.156, 6.1.25.8) The palace is a slippery place .......
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16.
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17.
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18. ...... a river .......
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19-20. (cf. 6.1.01.160) Having wives is human. Having children is from the gods.
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21-22. (cf. 6.1.01.151, 6.1.28.17) When I married a malicious husband -- when I bore a malicious son.
14.41
23-25. (cf. 6.1.01.125, 6.1.22: l. 33, 6.1.23.2) My husband heaps up for me, my child measures out for me; my lover picks the bones from the fish for me.
14.42
26. (cf. 6.1.01.126, 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 desert.
14.43
27. My husband needn't bring me grass; it will not make a decoration for my genitals (idiom: sense unclear) .
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28. (cf. 6.1.01.154) A malicious wife living in a house is the worst of all afflictions.
14.45
29-30. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 35-37, 6.2.5: UM 29-15-748 ll. 6-7) A pig was carrying something (?): "Where is my sow?" it said. As it neared its fate, it said: "It is my dung-spattered (?) food!"
14.46
31. As for a daughter-in-law -- what about making a reed mat?
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32-33. (cf. 6.1.01.169) As for the fiancé, what has he brought? And as for the father-in-law, what has he sorted out?
14.47
34-35. The fiancé brought ...... did not come out.
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Segment C
14.55
1. (cf. 6.1.15.c4) A stranger is leader in a foreign city.
14.56
2-4. (cf. 6.1.15.c5) I am one who does not ....... I can ....... I can .......
14.57
5-6.
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7.
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8-11.
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12. ...... barley (?) .......
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13.
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14-17. (cf. 6.1.26.d14) The nights are fifty, the days are fifty; at its ......, ...... greatly.
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18-19.
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20-21.
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Segment A
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15.a1
1. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 1)
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15.a2
2. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 2)
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15.a3
3-4. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 3A) Then, when you shout like a fool, someone should say: "Your ...... is a captured donkey!"
15.a4
5-6. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 3B) It is an insult to ....... It is the dignity of the palace.
15.a5
7. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 4) The well-wisher is the mother of the refugee.
15.a6
8-9. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 5) May the people wish you well. May your god grant what you are in agreement with (?).
15.a7
10-11. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 6)
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15.a8
12. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 7)
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15.a9
13-15. (= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 8; cf. 6.1.19.f3) ...... food for his sustenance ...... cut .......
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Segment B
15.b1
1-2. (cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.16.c2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10) The shepherd boy lifts his gaze to you (i.e. Enlil) : "May Enlil look upon the city he has cursed."
15.b2
3-4. (cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.16.c3, 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 he has cursed."
15.b3
5-6. (cf. 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 13-14) The gardener lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlillook upon the city he has cursed."
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7. (cf. 6.1.16.c4) What will the farmer with his vigilant eye do?
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8-9. (cf. 6.1.25.1) It rained on the river banks but the dry land did not get a drop.
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10-11. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 305, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 330) ...... you shouldn't give a lame man a staff.Enlil is his helper.
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12-13. (cf. 6.1.25.2) The high priest rejected fish, he rejected leeks, and he should also reject the zaghili plant.
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14-15. (cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.25.4, 6.2.1: Ni 4469 Seg. A ll. 9-12) He started building Enlil's temple but did not complete it. He built a wall around Nibru, but ......
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Segment C
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2-4. (cf. 6.1.26.b3, 6.1.28.7) Let the herdsman whip the ox. Let the shepherd slaughter the sheep. Where there is no toughness, no man can go about his business.
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5. (cf. 6.1.01.104, 6.1.11.54, 6.1.26.b4, 6.1.28.8) If oil is poured inside the shaft of a sceptre, no one would know.
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6. (cf. 6.1.14.55) The stranger is leader in a foreign city.
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7-9. (cf. 6.1.14.56)
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10-12. ...... Enlil's temple, his things are counted. To his things that have been counted (?), let nothing be added. Let their names be destroyed.
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13.
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15. He who carries water .......
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16. The dishonest man .......
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17. That which rises high .......
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18-19.
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20. A cat for its being a cat; a mongoose for doing what it does.
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21-22. The rising waters rose one and a half cubits. The water was three cubits high on the quay; it covered his feet with water.
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23-24. (cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 10) The Tigris is a duck, the Euphrates is a goose. The king should not come near, .......
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Segment D
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1-2.
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3-5.
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6.
1 line fragmentary
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7-8. The ...... plant is a plant of ill fate.
1 line unclear
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9-12.
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13-15.
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Segment E
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4-5.
1 line fragmentary ...... didn't eat .......
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6. The houses of the highlands: their masters are not near.
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8. ...... lion .......
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9.
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Segment F
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1-2.
2 lines fragmentary
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3-5.
3 lines fragmentary
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6-9.
4 lines fragmentary
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10.
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11-12.
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13-14.
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15.
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1 line fragmentary
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