Ni 4166 (Alster 1997 pp. 293-294)
Segment A
1-3.
2 lines fragmentary ...... his hand .......
4-11.
2 lines fragmentary ...... the go-between's fee ...... lion ......
1 line fragmentary ...... not ...... wife ......
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1-2. Get on with (?) your assigned work!
3-9. ...... more than a house ...... field ....... The dragon doesn't ...... its rival. In building a house ......
1 line fragmentary ...... of the strong man. ...... its roar, the lion won't cease .......
10-13.
3 lines fragmentary ...... follow the merchant.
14-17. The palace's water is coming out .......
3 lines fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment C
1-2. ...... not ...... to the house. He will not found a city.
3-4. ...... meadow grass is the milk of a lettuce.
1 line fragmentary
5-6. A reed worker ...... the breast of a storm ...... are many.
7. ...... butting against .......
8-13.
6 lines fragmentary
N 4248 (Alster 1997 pp. 290-291)
Segment A
1-2.
2 lines fragmentary
3-7.
5 lines fragmentary
8-13. (cf. Ni 9824 Seg. B ll. 3-5, 6.1.09.d4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 10-13)
1 line fragmentary Because of my silver, because of my gold, because of my money chest, because of my ...... chest, I am finished.
14-15. ...... good ...... eat .......
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-3.
2 lines fragmentary
4-9.
6 lines fragmentary
N 3395 (Alster 1997 pp. 288-290)
Segment A
1-3.
1 line unclear
Release the ......! He will not provide the food supply.
1 line unclear
4-8. The donkey of Ancan, the bear (?) of Marhaci, the cat of Meluha, the elephant of the eastern mountains, bite off Euphrates poplars as if they were leeks.
9. A pickaxe put in the ...... clay is a mongoose in its city.
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1-2. In a complaint, half a gur from the desert ...... seized like a lord .......
3-5. He cannot ...... in his hand. He does not listen ....... He scratches on the ground.
6-7. A courtesan who ...... in the streets ...... doesn't give ...... to a fallen man.
8-9. Like a wild ass which has put .......
1 line fragmentary
10-11. He who rubbed (?) his nose against a beer vat or a large beer container (?) .......
12-13.
2 lines fragmentary
Ni 4469 (Alster 1997 pp. 295-296)
Segment A
1-4. (cf. 6.1.01.40, 6.1.19.f4) Let ...... be ....... Let his bread be foul food. No man should eat it.
5.
1 line fragmentary
6-8.
3 lines fragmentary
9-12. (cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.15.b8, 6.1.25.4) He captured Simurrum but did not destroy its walls. He built E-ana but then abandoned it. He did not see mighty kingship. Thus Nanni was carried off to the nether world despondent.
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-3.
2 lines fragmentary
4-5.
2 lines fragmentary
6. ...... someone ...... the mounds.
7. Why ......?
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment C
1-3.
3 lines fragmentary
Ni 13186 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
Segment A
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-3.
2 lines fragmentary
4.
1 line fragmentary
5-6.
2 lines fragmentary
7-8. (cf. 6.1.13.27) ...... accept ...... one-third .......
9.
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1. ...... no-one .......
2. (cf. 6.1.01.95) ...... you are not a man.
3.
1 line fragmentary
4-5.
2 lines fragmentary
6.
1 line fragmentary
Ni 9697 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
Segment A
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3. ...... seek out .......
4. On his returning .......
5. Like a ...... he won't return to his house.
6. ...... a strong man.
7. ...... he rolled .......
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1-2. ...... cut it ...... you will be ill.
3-4. ...... bought ....... ...... dead .......
5-6. ...... open ......
1 line fragmentary
Ni 9824 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
Segment A
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.1, 6.1.07.1, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 356 ll. 3-8) You should not eradicate their place in the universe. You should not move the oxen from their places!
3. (cf. 6.1.02.83) An ox is walking around (?); a mace is .......
4. (cf. 6.1.02.4) I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past.
5.
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1-2.
2 lines fragmentary
3-5. (cf. N 4248 Seg. A ll. 8-13, 6.1.09.d4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 10-13) ...... because of ....... ...... because of ...... I am finished.
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment C
1-3. (cf. 6.1.03.42, 6.1.22: ll. 278-279, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 7) If there is a dispute at the mill, a slave girl reveals (?) what she has stolen.
Ni 9832 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
Segment A
1-3. ...... my ....... Let there be ....... ...... my heart.
4.
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1-4.
4 lines fragmentary
5-7. (cf. 6.1.03.45, 6.1.07.43) ...... finger. You are forever pushing like a millstone torn out of its joint.
N 6119 (Alster 1997 p. 292) and N 4047 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 8)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-4. What is ...... your mockery to me? ...... whatever he will do ...... to my accounts.
5-6. Come on, clown! Just for once, say: "...... my hips are heavier than 50 mana weight."
8-10. A clown made fun of the city. They made fun of him and he wept.
Ni 3318 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
Segment A
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-5. (cf. 6.1.02.59-60) The vixen quenched her thirst but still her motherly teats were dry. Each fox is even more ...... than its mother.
6. (cf. 6.1.02.61, 6.2.5: P 374) If the hearing of the fox .......
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3-4.
2 lines fragmentary
Ni 4338 + 4340 (Alster 1997 pp. 294-295)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-5. ...... when his ...... looks around, who ...... child? ...... without ...... raise .......
6-10. ...... sit ...... his hands for me. I will ....... How can I ......? ...... make it strong for you ...... make it strong ......
1 line fragmentary
Ni 4122 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-5. (cf. 6.1.03.8) To spit without covering it up with dust, to kiss with the tongue at midday without providing shade,
1 line unclear
are abominations to the god .......
6-9.
4 lines fragmentary
Ni 4300 (Alster 1997 p. 294)
Segment A
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3.
1 line fragmentary
4-6. (cf. 6.1.02.6) My fate is her voice: my mother can change it.
2 lines fragmentary
7.
1 line fragmentary
8.
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing
Segment B
1.
1 line fragmentary
Ni 5327 (Alster 1997 pp. 296-297)
1-2. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 247) The ...... bird ...... town square .......
3-6. The ...... bird ...... may it ...... my ......
2 lines fragmentary
7-9. The ...... bird ......
2 lines fragmentary
Ni 4099 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
1-2.
1 line fragmentary ...... the workers ...... young men .......
3.
1 line fragmentary
4.
1 line fragmentary
5.
1 line fragmentary
6.
1 line fragmentary
7. ...... you .......
8. ...... yours.
N 3059 (Alster 1997 p. 430)
1. ...... no-one has .......
2.
1 line fragmentary
3. ...... a modest wife .......
4-5. ...... he will cause a fight ......
1 line fragmentary
6-7.
2 lines fragmentary
N 5225 (Alster 1997 pp. 291-292)
1. ...... ploughing ...... not ...... a gur.
2-3. Let great men stir up the conflict for lesser men to fight out.
4-6. The little fellow loves his mother; an older brother ...... an older brother. The man in charge of the offerings (?) ...... a proper (?) offering.
7.
1 line fragmentary
Ni 9829 (Alster 1997 p. 297)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-7.
6 lines fragmentary
Ni 5271 (Alster 1997 p. 296)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3. ...... that smells, really smells.
4. ...... smells, cheese of the anus.
5. ......, one born into debt (?).
6. ...... who sleeps ...... of the fire.
N 7577 + N 7578 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 10)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3-4. ...... my god's heart ......
1 line fragmentary
5.
1 line fragmentary
Ni 3981 (Alster 1997 p. 293)
1. Prayer has given birth to his life.
2-4. Where ...... you ....... Where ...... you ....... The son of the just man lies hungry.
5.
1 line fragmentary
CBS 12666 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 3)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-4.
2 lines fragmentary ...... died.
N 1905 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3-4.
1 line fragmentary plotted .......
N 3884 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 7)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3-4.
2 lines fragmentary
CBS 14213 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1-3. You ...... a single instruction: "Let me please your heart, let me ...... my strength!"
IM 58660 = 3N-T 731 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
1-3. Thus speaks a widow, a man's junior wife: "What can widows become? They cannot be principal wives!"
N 4909 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 9)
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-3.
1 line unclear
1 line fragmentary
N 5569 (Veldhuis 2000 p. 395)
1-3. Do not be hostile to the weakling; do not cry for the strong one. To the craftsman his arm .......
CBS 3811 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
1-2. The ox has broken its sinews and is lying in its yoke.
CBS 5971 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)
1-2.
1 line fragmentary ...... drinking .......
CBS 7968 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
1-2. I prostrate myself for the sake of Gula, my lady, but in my own eyes I don't have a place to stand.
IM 58400 = 3N-T 242 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1-2. Don't cause the oven in a man's house to smoke. The smoke will ruin (?) the bread.
N 6194 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1-2. Come, you are our son, even from when you did not exist!
UM 55-21-38 = 2N-T 172 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
1-2. It went up to heaven, it rose to heaven.
UM 55-21-278 = 3N-T 179 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
1-2. The fox gnashed its teeth and shook its head.
3N-T 232 + 244 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1-2. The ditches of the garden should not flow with water, or there will be vermin.
CBS 6551 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
1. Is my ox to provide milk for you?
CBS 7867 (Alster 1997 p. 303)
1. Like a man who eats sesame oil, his anus farts.
CBS 11372 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1. Talking endlessly is what humankind has most on its mind.
N 2182 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 5)
1.
1 line fragmentary
N 5925 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1. He wipes his bread on the pig.
UM 29-16-394 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
1. May the king live in his favourite city.
3N-T 161 (Alster 1997 p. 304)
1. Your role in life is unknown.
3N-T 772 = TIM 10/1 132 (Alster 1997 p. 305)
1. Your ox with its large horns will always return to you.
Proverbs: from Susa
MDP 27 206
1. (cf. 6.1.02.c13, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 244 ll. 1-2, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 4) The voice of the irsaj bird is the glory of the garden.
2. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 244 ll. 5-6, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 5) The voice of the frog is the glory of the marsh waters.
3. (cf. 6.1.02.c14, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 244 ll. 3-4, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 6) The voice of the francolin is the glory of the fields.
MDP 27 89
1. (cf. 6.1.03.177, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 322 l. 3) What is in one's mouth is not in one's hand.
MDP 27 102
1. (cf. 6.1.05.95) The dog is restrained yet you do not clean the well.
MDP 27 82
1. (cf. 6.1.05.106, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 224) A fettered dog is quarrelsome.
MDP 27 216
1-2. (cf. 6.1.09.a3, 6.1.10.3-4, 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.
MDP 27 214
1-2.
2 lines unclear
3-5.
3 lines unclear
MDP 27 96
1-4.
1 line unclear
...... scribe ...... king ...... entering the great sanctuary, let me ...... the trading agent from within it.
MDP 27 99
1-3. He who stole from the foodstores and the storehouse ...... fine grain ...... punished by his god.
MDP 27 112
1-3. May he be made commander over the foreign peoples ...... pay attention to the god ...... the elders .......
MDP 27 212
1-3. These cities, those deities, those peoples, from the land Hamazi, from father (?) Magan...... Ninisina .......
MDP 18 48
1-2. As for you, who is equal to your gods? ...... who makes it good for him?
MDP 27 101
1-2. The married man, having divorced his wife, examined her: "At least I am taking away my dignity!"
MDP 27 111
1-2. ...... pay attention to the god ...... moreover .......
MDP 27 113
1-2. May your city, the pleasant place ...... your name.
MDP 27 114
1-2. May the shepherd Utu, the warrior (?), ...... your sceptre.
MDP 27 215
1-2. Not to know beer is not normal. Selling (?) beer .......
MDP 27 217
1-2. Let him who has a household go to his household! Let him who has a household and a mother go to his mother!
MDP 27 258
1-2. There was an offshoot; may he block any favours being given.
MDP 27 90
1. The fox placed (?) his incantation like a sceptre in their hands .......
MDP 27 91 and MDP 27 92
1. The water provided for water libations was drunk.
MDP 27 100
1. ...... my wife ...... is not ...... the cattle-pen.
MDP 27 103
1. My city casts down the ...... and has no cast-down men!
MDP 27 105
1. ......who knows ......?
MDP 27 106
1. ...... numerous .......
MDP 27 107
1. Loving and comforting are vitality.
MDP 27 109
1. Let me tell you of a decision (?); pay attention to it.
MDP 27 110
1. Let your eye be your eye, let your knees walk.
MDP 27 211
1. His mother is lame and his arms are paralysed.
MDP 27 213
1. The beloved true commander distributes the leadership (?).
Proverbs: from Urim
UET 6/2 291
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.1, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 ll. 1-2) Who can compare with justice? It creates life.
3. (cf. 6.1.01.2, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 3) Whenever wickedness may cause trouble, Utu will not be idle!
4. Let the standard that raises itself protect it like the heavens.
UET 6/2 265
1. (cf. 6.1.01.6) That which bows down its neck in submission puts its breast forward in defiance.
2-3. (cf. 6.1.03.23, 6.1.22: ll. 284-286, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. A ll. 7-8) He who has silver is happy, he who has grain feels comfortable, but he who has livestock cannot sleep.
4-6. He who has nothing cannot let go of anything. When he enters ...... no one gives him .......
UET 6/2 239
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 320, UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 2, 6.1.01.9, 6.1.22: ll. 140-145) If bread is left over, the mongoose eats it. If I have bread left over, a stranger consumes it.
UET 6/2 320
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 239, UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 2, 6.1.01.9, 6.1.22: ll. 140-145) If bread is left over, the mongoose eats it. If I have bread left over, a stranger consumes it.
UET 6/2 261 and UET 6/2 262
1. (cf. UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 3, 6.1.01.23, 4.14.1: l. 144) To be wealthy and demand more is an abomination to a god.
UET 6/2 221
1. (cf. 6.1.01.65, 6.1.02.118) In the city with no dogs, the fox is boss.
UET 6/2 302
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.83, 6.1.26.a11, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 ll. 4-5) When a trustworthy boat is ...... sailing,Utu seeks out a trustworthy harbour for it.
UET 6/2 284
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.126, 6.1.14.42, 6.1.19.c6, 6.1.22: l. 34) A plant sweeter than a husband, a plant sweeter than a child: may Ezina-Kusu (a goddess of grain) dwell in your house.
UET 6/2 210
1-4. (cf. 6.1.01.128, 6.1.22: ll. 146-147, 6.1.23.9) In the sky there is the raven; on the ground there is the mongoose; in the desert there is the lion; my husband, where shall I go?
UET 6/2 306
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.142) Oh my sister, if there were no outdoor shrines, oh my mother, if there were no river, I would be dying of hunger.
UET 6/2 301
1-3. (cf. 6.1.01.143) Thus my mother and my little sister act toward me: ...... am I so deficient in judgment, that I should offer my cheek?
UET 6/2 334
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.170) She who says "My expense" is her girl friend. An interfering neighbour is the one with whom she quarrels.
UET 6/2 303
1-3. (cf. 6.1.01.193-194) To be sick is all right, to be pregnant is painful; to be pregnant and sick is just too much.
UET 6/2 356
1-2. Give! -- Don't give! Don't let his hand touch it!
3-4. (cf. 6.1.02.1, 6.1.07.1, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. A ll. 1-2) The course of its rituals was changed. Its cults were annihilated.
5-6. (cf. 6.1.02.1, 6.1.07.1) Where there were ritual preparations, they were destroyed. You should not change the course of its rituals!
7-8. (cf. 6.1.02.1) You should not destroy their cult! Where there were ritual preparations, you should not destroy them!
UET 6/2 292
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.2, 6.1.26.c10) Let me tell you about my fate: it is a disgrace. Let me tell you of my condition: it makes a man's mouth taste bitter.
3-4. That which matches my tears hurts my heart alike. It is said that rushes ...... in the house.
UET 6/2 260
1. (cf. 6.1.02.28, 6.1.02.34A, 6.1.22: l. 236) Moving about defeats poverty.
2-3. When liars enter by the city gate, in front of them there is a finger pointing at them, behind them there is a finger pointing at them.
UET 6/2 267
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.37, 6.1.11.146) You are a scribe and you don't know you own name? Shame on you!
3-4.
2 lines fragmentary
5-7. (cf. 6.1.02.54) A disgraced scribe becomes an incantation priest. A disgraced singer becomes a flute-player. A disgraced merchant becomes a con-man.
UET 6/2 268
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.38) If a scribe knows only a single line but his handwriting is good, he is indeed a scribe!
3-4. (cf. UET 6/2 290, UET 6/3 452, 6.1.02.39) If a singer knows only a single song but he performs the melismas well, he is indeed a singer!
UET 6/2 290
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 268 ll. 3-4, UET 6/3 452, 6.1.02.39) If a singer knows only a single song but he performs the melismas well, he is indeed a singer!
UET 6/3 452
1-3. (cf. UET 6/2 268 ll. 3-4, UET 6/2 290, 6.1.02.39-40) If a singer knows only a single song but he performs the melismas well. A scribe whose hand can follow dictation: he is indeed a scribe !
UET 6/2 269
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.49) How will a scribe who does not know Sumerian produce a translation?
UET 6/2 216
1. (cf. 6.1.02.67) A fox urinated into the Tigris. "I am causing the spring flood to rise," he said.
UET 6/2 214
1. (cf. 6.1.02.68) He has not yet caught the fox, but he is making a neck-stock for it.
UET 6/3 31
1.
1 line fragmentary
2.
1 line fragmentary
3.
1 line missing
4.
1 line missing
5-6. (cf. 6.1.02.93, 6.1.07.81)
1 line fragmentary A stranger's ox eats grass while my own lies hungry.
7-8. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 62-63, 6.1.22: l. 67, 5.6.1: l. 195, 5.6.1: l. 199) Good is in the hands. Evil is also in the hands. Wickedness does not feed a storehouse with interest.
UET 6/2 293
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.134) He who shaves his head gets more hair. And he who gathers the barley gains more and more grain.
UET 6/2 209
1-3. (cf. 6.1.02.155, 6.1.28.24, 1.8.1.5: ll. 193-199) The palace is a forest, and the king is a lion; like Ninegala (an epithet of Nungal) he covers men with a huge battle-net.
4-6. ...... genitals ......
2 lines fragmentary
UET 6/2 317
1-3. (cf. 6.1.02.157, 6.1.14.20, 6.1.25.11) The palace cannot avoid the waste land. A barge cannot avoid straw. A freeborn man cannot avoid corvée work.
UET 6/2 244
1-2. (cf. UET 6/3 80 l. 4, 6.1.02.c13, 6.2.2: MDP 27 206 l. 1) The head of the irsaj bird is the glory of the garden.
3-4. (cf. UET 6/3 80 l. 6, 6.1.02.c14, 6.2.2: MDP 27 206 l. 3) The head of the francolin is the glory of the fields.
5-6. (cf. UET 6/3 80 l. 5, 6.2.2: MDP 27 206 l. 2) The head of the frog is the glory of the ...... well.
UET 6/2 335
1. (cf. 6.1.03.39) You grind with the pestle like a fearful slave girl.
2. A happy ear is a happy god.
UET 6/2 382
1-2.
2 lines unclear
3. (cf. 6.1.03.77) Ickur splits the heavens, yet he does not split the waterskin.
UET 6/2 311
1. (cf. 6.1.03.113) My mouth, every month I fill you, my mouth.
2-6. (cf. 6.1.03.112, 6.1.03.114, 6.1.22: ll. 19-20, 6.1.22: ll. 21-25, 6.1.28.28) My tongue, like a runaway (?) donkey, does not turn back. My mouth, I give you hot soup: may you ....... From fish whose bones have been picked out, you, my mouth, ...... you devour everything.
UET 6/2 255
1-5. (cf. 6.1.03.134) A man's god is a man's shepherd. The god will not desert him. A shepherd should not ....... A man's god provides him with something to eat and water to drink.
UET 6/2 322
1.
1 line fragmentary
2-3. (cf. 6.1.03.177, 6.2.2: MDP 27 89) From the mouth ...... from the mouth ....... Whatever comes from his mouth will not be put in his hand.
UET 6/2 287
1-3. (cf. 6.1.05.38) The horse, after throwing off his rider, said: "Were my load to be like this forever, how weak I would become!"
UET 6/2 283
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.39) The donkey, after he had thrown off his packs, said: "Now I can forget my burdens of former days!"
UET 6/2 315
1-4. (cf. 6.1.05.42) A donkey was floating in the river, and a dog watching him from dry land said: "My own dear father, where are you going? When you come near, I will shed my tears on behalf of you."
5-9. (cf. 6.1.02.140) In a household of several grown-up young men, ...... battle fray ......
2 lines fragmentary
10-13. (cf. 6.1.09.d4, 6.2.1: N 4248 Seg. A ll. 8-13, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. B ll. 3-5) "Run!" ...... the king ....... Because of silver, because of gold, because of the money chest, because of the ...... chest, I am finished!
UET 6/2 236
1. (cf. 6.1.05.44) Make the donkey sit like this! I am making it lift its shrivelled penis!
UET 6/2 234
1. (cf. 6.1.05.46) Using a donkey in place of a sheep will not allow you to recognise any omens.
UET 6/2 212
1-8. (cf. 6.1.05.55) The lion had caught a helpless 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 goat answered the lion: "You do not know my name? '......' is my name!" When he came to the fold, he shouted: "...... my ......." She answered him from the other side: "....... As for sheep, none live here!"
UET 6/2 211
1-4. (cf. 6.1.05.57) A lion caught a wild boar. He roared: "Your flesh has not yet filled my mouth, but your squeals have deafened my ears!"
UET 6/2 208
1. (cf. 6.1.05.59) O lion, your allies in the reedbeds are numerous.
2. (cf. 6.1.05.60) In the reedbeds the lion does not eat his acquaintance.
UET 6/2 264
1-3. (cf. 6.1.05.78) A dog said to his master: "If my pleasure is of no importance to you, then my loss should not be either!"
UET 6/2 231
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.79) The dog does not let ...... sit down in ...... house.
3. (cf. 6.1.05.80) The dog .......
UET 6/2 225
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.81) The dog understands: "Take it!" It does not understand: "Put it down!"
UET 6/2 228
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.85) The dog which ...... sheep-fat -- "dog" is indeed its name.
UET 6/2 223
1. (cf. 6.1.05.97) A dog which is played with turns into a puppy.
UET 6/2 324
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.98) He cried out like a rabid dog; its reward was having its skin flayed.
UET 6/2 309
1. (cf. 6.1.05.101) You behave like a rabid dog stretching into the river (?), guzzling water.
UET 6/2 224
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.106, 6.2.2: MDP 27 82) Don't start a fight with a dog. Will that dog not bite you?
UET 6/2 222
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.107) When a dog snarls, throw a morsel into his mouth.
UET 6/2 230
1-2. (cf. 6.1.05.115) It is a dog's lot to collect bones.
3-5. (cf. 6.1.05.116) A dog was going to a party. After he had seen the bones, he went away. "Where I am going, I will be eating more than this," he said.
UET 6/2 232
1. (cf. 6.1.05.120) Biting the workmen like a whelping bitch.
UET 6/2 313
1-3. (cf. 6.1.05.123) Thus speaks the dog to the pups: "You are mottled, you jump around -- you are my dear children."
UET 6/2 275
1-2. (cf. 6.1.08.a4) A pig takes away as for himself, so for his owner.
UET 6/2 300
1. (cf. 6.1.08.a5) Like a pig spattered with mud.
2. (cf. 6.1.08.a6) A pig picks up morsels of bread.
UET 6/2 240
1-2. (cf. 6.1.08.b4-5) A goat is the gift of a large kid, the large kid which wears a beard.
UET 6/2 241
1-3. (cf. 6.1.08.b14) A bear which for six months had not turned onto his side said: "Were Annot to bestow sleep on someone, as he does me, they would expire."
UET 6/2 294
1. (cf. 6.1.08.b15) Like a hyena, he will not eat it unless it stinks.
UET 6/2 215
1-3. (cf. 6.1.08.b23) A fox was laying down (?) a threshing floor. It did not ...... on the threshing floor, but the fox did not become exhausted.
UET 6/2 218
1-2. (cf. 6.1.08.b24) The fox thought about his mother's interference and said: "My ...... is crushed."
UET 6/2 213
1-2. (cf. 6.1.08.b25) The fox dropped her young. Her twins came out.
UET 6/2 219
1-5. (cf. 6.1.08.b28) A fox ...... to a goat ....... On the arrival ....... "If there's a dog staying on that account in your house, ...... my shoes!"
UET 6/2 220
1-5. (cf. 6.1.08.b29) A fox went under a thorny bush. Meanwhile a dog sat at the entrance: "Come out to me!" but he would not come out: "How can he get in from outside? -- Unless you chase me out, I will stay sitting here."
UET 6/2 217
1-2. (cf. 6.1.08.b33) The fox set his mind on some treachery: "I am throwing it out. I am carrying my city to the river."
UET 6/3 462
1. (cf. 6.1.09.a6, 6.1.10.7) Strength cannot keep pace with intelligence.
UET 6/3 464
1-3. (cf. 6.1.09.d2-3, 6.1.13.29, 6.1.19.e2-3) The wise one ...... knowledgeable one ....... A fool who was overwhelmed by his backside stuck his hand up his backside.
UET 6/2 282 and UET 6/2 332
1-3. (cf. 6.1.12.d3) Like a wild sheep up a poplar, he went up, he kept going up.
UET 6/2 305
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 330, 6.1.15.b6) Don't give the halt man a club for his arm. Enlil shall be the one to help him!
UET 6/2 330
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 305, 6.1.15.b6) Don't give the halt man a club for his arm. Enlil shall be the one to help him!
UET 6/2 281
1-2. (cf. 6.1.18.8) The quick one hid, the strong one fled; the voluble one succeeded in getting into the palace.
UET 6/2 386
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 387, 6.1.19.d11) I, a slave girl, have no authority over my lady. Let me pull my husband's hair instead.
UET 6/2 387
1-3. (cf. UET 6/2 386, 6.1.19.d11) The slave girl has no authority over the lady: "Let me pull my husband's hair instead."
UET 6/2 325
1-2. (cf. 6.1.21.c10, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B ll. 8-9) The slave girls did not take out the balajdrum. Inana remained seated in the village (?).
3-5. (cf. 6.1.03.36, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B ll. 11-12) The voluptuous slave girl says: "Let Ickur, ...... god ...... great king ...... split the fertile ground like a cucumber."
UET 6/2 259
1-3. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 49-50, 6.1.26.a4, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. B ll. 4-5, 6.2.5: YBC 7351,5.6.1: l. 50) A judge who despises justice, cursing with the right hand, and the chasing away of a younger son from the house of his father are abominations to Utu.
UET 6/2 250
1-2. (cf. 6.1.27.9) One city does not greet another, but one person greets another person.
UET 6/3 80
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3. ...... a daughter-in-law ...... the position of being my father-in-law ...... bought by a wealthy man.
4-6. (cf. UET 6/2 244, 6.1.02.c13-14, 6.2.2: MDP 27 206) The irsaj bird's voice is the glory of the gardens. The frog's voice is the glory of the marsh waters. The francolin's voice is the glory of the fields.
7. ...... will be insulted ...... bound by insults.
8. ...... the gods are three. So it is said, so let it be!
9-10. ...... mankind ...... without ......
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16. ...... not do ...... equipment ...... master ...... submit .......
17. ...... may he live. Their faces are sympathetic .......
18. (cf. 6.1.09.a4, 6.1.10.5, 6.1.22: l. 190) The mighty man is master of the earth.
19. Let me tear out ......, it will not be achieved.
20. ...... who will do it?
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UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235
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2. (cf. UET 6/2 239, UET 6/2 320, 6.1.01.09, 6.1.22: ll. 140-145) If bread is left over, the mongoose eats it. If I have bread left over, a stranger consumes it.
3. (cf. UET 6/2 261 and UET 6/2 262, 6.1.01.23, 4.14.1: l. 144) To be wealthy and demand more is an abomination to one's god.
4-6. Because he lives as though deaf, because of you, my son is not fit to be a scribe.
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UET 6/2 289
1-10. He who slanders ...... for the liar -- Ninegala will crush his head ....... His good deeds aim at evil. His looks are shameless. There are fingers pointing at him from behind. Utu, the lord who loves justice, extirpates wickedness and prolongs righteousness. A heavy punishment ...... slander (?) befalls him.
UET 6/2 350
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When battle approaches, when war arises, the plans of the gods, beloved by the gods, are destroyed. You cause fire to devour the Land. May my god know that my hand is suited to the stylus.
UET 6/2 365
1-4. As for me, what did my god do?
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the basket and my debt, no expenditures were made for him!
5-9. A wealthy man had accumulated a fortune. "I am spending it for him." That said, it was dispersed. Afterwards he could not work out what went wrong. Things change. No one knows what will happen.
UET 6/2 368
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2-5. A child without sin was never born by his mother. The idea was never conceived that there was anyone who was not a sinner. Such a situation never existed.
6-9. For him who walks, the day lasts. For him who dances, the sun shines. For the hero whose strength is enormous, moonlight is given.
UET 6/2 251
1-8. (cf. UET 6/2 252, 6.2.5: YBC 7344, 4.06.1: Seg. C ll. 3-16, 5.2.4: l. 9) A man without a personal god does not procure much food, does not procure even a little food. Going down to the river, he does not catch any fish. Going down to a field, he does not catch any gazelle. In important matters he is unsuccessful. When running, he does not reach his goal. Yet were his god favourable toward him, anything he might name would be provided for him.
UET 6/2 252
1-8. (cf. UET 6/2 251, 6.2.5: YBC 7344, 4.06.1: Seg. C ll. 3-16, 5.2.4: l. 9) A man without a personal god does not procure much food, does not procure even a little food. Going to a river, he does not catch any fish. Going to a field, he does not catch any gazelle. He is unsuccessful in ritual preparations, he is unsuccessful in important matters. Yet were his god favourable toward him, anything he might name would be provided for him.
UET 6/2 371
1-2. (cf. 4.05.1: l. 33) One should pay attention to an old man's words and one should reap the benefits.
3-4. (cf. 4.05.1: l. 34) A child should behave with modesty toward his mother. He should take the older generation into consideration.
5-6. (cf. UET 6/2 288) No matter how much wisdom exerts itself (?), you, fool, achieve what you need.
7-8. (cf. 4.05.1: l. 32) A younger brother should honour an older brother. He should treat him with human dignity.
UET 6/2 310
1-7. Should not intelligence, wisdom and understanding become perfect ...... to the mouth ...... mankind? At the place of testimony ...... friendship ......
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the slippery place ...... the place of god ...... let ...... who knows what to say ...... to the mouth.
UET 6/2 271
1-6. One ferryman says to another ferryman: "A ...... cannot cross the river by himself."
UET 6/2 328
1-6. A girl from Jirsu ....... Her lap ...... a man. Her anus was ....... Bau ...... a gate ...... head .......
UET 6/3 302
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5-6. A companion ...... sleeping place.
UET 6/2 238
1-5. A mouse fell down from the roof beams. A mongoose approached it: "Is any part of you hurt?" The mouse replied: "You needn't come near me. I am equal to any part of you."
UET 6/2 272
1-5.
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UET 6/2 331
1-5. Your ...... were changed. Their plans were overturned, so their cult decreased. Brothers don't see their brothers. What harm did the hero do to your ways or to your heart?
UET 6/2 349
1-5. A goose spoke as follows: "...... seven times ...... dwelling well, one of my feet in the middle of the night."
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UET 6/2 367
1-5. (cf. 6.2.5: IM 43438 Seg. B l. 4, 5.6.1: l. 184) The poor man caused all kinds of trouble for the wealthy man.
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...... skin disease lasts forever; ...... forever; ...... skin disease lasts forever.
UET 6/2 263
1-4. (cf. UET 6/2 266, 4.08.15: ll. 225-31, 5.3.2: ll. 190-191, 5.7.1: ll. 19-21) He who has silver, he who has lapis lazuli, he who has oxen and he who has sheep wait at the gate of the man who has barley.
UET 6/2 296
1-4. What is in mankind's mouth is as difficult to hide as a wall. The boy who grew up in your town ...... on you -- don't let your mouth accuse him; don't slander him; don't encourage violent retaliation against yourself.
UET 6/2 308
1-4. The little mouse spoke as follows to his mother: "As I came out, nobody saw me." His mother answered him: "Anyone who saw you will carry you off!"
UET 6/2 380
1-4. (cf. UET 6/2 381) Although I spoke, what did I gain? Although I spoke, what did it add? I covered up for myself, but what success did it bring me?
UET 6/3 378
1-4. ...... erection ...... Sumerian ...... forehead ...... kneading dough ......
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UET 6/3 455
1-2. ...... sunset ...... basket .......
3-4. ...... true heart ...... single .......
UET 6/2 227
1-3. A dog sitting in a garden, a dog ...... growing ...... a dog ...... demon of heaven and earth.
UET 6/2 229
1-3. A dog ......
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UET 6/2 242
1-3. Let the wolf eat. ...... may it get eye disease. No matter how small the dog is, you will make it grow.
UET 6/2 247
1-3. (cf. 6.2.1: Ni 5327) The ...... bird ...... malt on the town square ...... got bigger.
UET 6/2 254
1-3. Should someone clever not act cleverly, then I ......; man's intelligence comes from god.
UET 6/2 277
1-3. For your "Let me work" a bed has been ....... For a "Let me bake! Let me bake!" the owner of the oven has come home.
UET 6/2 295
1-3. (cf. UET 6/2 278, UET 6/2 318) He who can say "Let him hurry, let him run, let him be strong, and he will carry it!" is a lucky man.
UET 6/2 299
1-3. A man who does not value his god is thrown out in the desert; his body is not buried and his heir does not provide his ghost with drinking water through a libation pipe.
UET 6/2 307
1-3. The axe belongs to the carpenter, the stone belongs to the smith, the good ...... belongs to the brewer.
UET 6/2 318
1-3. (cf. UET 6/2 278, UET 6/2 295) Because he always went, because he always ran, "He carried away. He carried away!" is the name assigned to him. A fool.
UET 6/2 321
1-3. A slave girl should not ...... a slave girl. ...... whatever ......
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UET 6/2 326
1-3. Pleasure is created. Sins are absolved. Life is rejuvenated.
UET 6/2 338
1-3. ...... born ...... the deities carry torches.
UET 6/2 381
1-3. (cf. UET 6/2 380) Although I spoke, what did I gain? Although I spoke, what did it add? I covered up for myself, but what success did it bring me?
UET 6/3 458
1-3. ...... bird rejoices ...... bird ...... not ...... its call ...... bird .......
UET 6/3 463
1-3.
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UET 6/2 233
1-2. O mule, do you know your sire, and do you know your mother?
UET 6/2 237
1-2. Let the snake find its deep hole, the scorpion its crevice, and the hyena its exit.
UET 6/2 243
1-2. The wolf circles around it, the lion just picks it up.
UET 6/2 245
1-2. A francolin (?) keeps changing, from the rushes to the rushes.
UET 6/2 246
1-2. A francolin gave birth to fifty young. A rook tried to rise up, but could not move its wings.
UET 6/2 248
1-2. Like a raven, when something is thrown in front of your mouth you watch your own shadow.
UET 6/2 257
1-2. Let just men be born in good health, and let their lives last long.
UET 6/2 258
1-2. The just man's life lasts long. Life is the gift awarded for it.
UET 6/2 266
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 263, 4.08.15: ll. 225-31, 5.3.2: ll. 190-191, 5.7.1: ll. 19-21) He who has silver, he who has lapis lazuli, he who has oxen and he who has sheep wait at the gate of the man who has barley.
UET 6/2 270
1-2. The dog gives nothing towards the ferryboat, and yet it claps its hand for the ferryboat.
UET 6/2 274
1-2. (cf. 5.3.3: l. 162) When the young scribe is absent, it is a bad thing. No rushes are torn up to make his bedding.
UET 6/2 276
1-2. Brotherhood is founded on the words of a quarrel. At the witness box, friendship becomes known.
UET 6/2 278
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 295, UET 6/2 318) Because I was always walking, because I always ran, "He carried away, he carried away!" is what they called me.
UET 6/2 279
1-2. A home-born slave was treated with contempt, so he wept. He had chaff in his hands, so he bared his teeth in anger.
UET 6/2 280
1-2. ...... Inana ...... builds a house for her .......
UET 6/2 285
1-2. A small mouse was caught by a man: "I (?) am fleeing from evil," it said.
UET 6/2 286
1-2. If I insult, I am insulted. Even if I don't treat someone with contempt, I am still treated with contempt.
UET 6/2 288
1-2. (cf. UET 6/2 371 ll. 5-6) No matter how much wisdom exerts itself (?), the fool achieves what he needs.
UET 6/2 297
1-2. By following craftiness, one learns how to be crafty. By following wisdom, one learns how to be wise.
UET 6/2 304
1. Earth is greater than heaven. Who can destroy it?
2. A god's ...... is founded on stone.
UET 6/2 314
1-2. To the trustworthy man belongs a divine voice (?). The barge on the river and the chariot on the road come to him.
UET 6/2 316
1-2. A woman ...... womb (?): "A figure is growing as tall as the grass."
UET 6/2 319
1-2. A ghost who had died said: "You shouldn't carry oil."
UET 6/2 323
1. Like a sweet voice .......
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UET 6/2 327
1-2. One should not ...... someone who ......; one should greet someone who says something.
UET 6/2 385
1-2. Your outhouse is like your ......, like your canal, like your dykes. Of what importance is it to you as a scribe?
UET 6/3 588
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U.8814 (UET 6/3 p. 84)
1-2. Value -- anything of mine that is hired.
UET 6/2 226
1. The stupidest of all shameless men.
UET 6/2 235
1. The overstuffed donkey must carry the straw on its neck.
UET 6/2 249
1. Like a raven, you have your eyes on enormous quantities of malt.
UET 6/2 253
1. A man without a god -- for a strong man it is no loss.
UET 6/2 256
1. The expenses (?) of those who neglect justice are numerous.
UET 6/2 298
1. Adding an inheritance share to an inheritance share is an abomination to Utu.
UET 6/2 312
1. When ...... answers ......, it is a good omen from heaven.
Proverbs: from Unug
VAT 21604 (+) 21605 (AUWE 23 120-121)
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2. (cf. 6.1.03.167, 6.1.04.4, 6.1.22: l. 189) He holds up the sky, letting the earth dangle from his hands.
3. (cf. 6.1.03.93) Enlil's greatest punishment is hunger.
4. (cf. 6.1.04.5) He bears the responsibility for it.
5-6. (cf. 6.1.04.8) When he ...... the man's assassin, he became his opponent.
7. (cf. 6.1.04.6) As a provisioner, ...... upon those who speak proudly (?).
8-13. (cf. 6.1.04.9) The ...... wind ...... harmful (?). 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.
VAT 21587 (AUWE 23 117)
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5-8. ...... gave birth ...... like a nindijir priestess, the young girl ...... coming out, the young girl ...... returned it .......
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IM 62823 = TIM 9 18 (Alster 1997 p. 298)
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7. (cf. 6.1.03.23, 6.1.22: ll. 284-286, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 265 l. 2) He who has silver is happy, and he who has grain feels comfortable.
8. (cf. 6.1.03.23, 6.1.22: ll. 284-286, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 265 l. 3) He who has livestock cannot sleep.
9. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 69) The warrior is unique; he alone is the equal of many.
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3. (cf. 6.1.19.d5) The um bird's song is unpleasant!
4. (cf. 6.1.19.d8)
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5. (cf. 6.1.21.c8) Dusk means joy for the palace.
6. ...... of a slave girl .......
7. (cf. 6.1.21.c9) It meant nothing to her; she is the slave girl of a .......
8-9. (cf. 6.1.21.c10, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 325 ll. 1-2) The slave girls brought out a balaj drum. Inanaremained seated (?) in the village.
10. (cf. 6.1.15.c15)
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11-12. (cf. 6.1.03.36, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 325 ll. 3-5) The voluptuous slave girl says: "Let Ickur, ...... god ...... king ...... split the fertile ground like a cucumber."
BM 80722 = CT 58 30 (Alster 1997 pp. 287-288)
Segment A
1. A Dilmun ship sank although there was no wind.
2-3. Your water (?) will not ...... the huge trees. You will not sleep on your comfortable bed.
4-6. Although you poured out water from a river of mighty waters, it did not cool my temper. It did not put an end (?) to the sorcery affecting me.
7-8. Since you ...... and will not winnow, with your torch my reed altar (?) will not .......
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1. ...... a fool (?) ...... pronounces judgment (?) over me.
2-6. To the wolf vegetable, to the fox-grape (?) vegetable, to the lion plant, to the ...... plant, to the dog's-tongue plant, to the property plant, to the shouting plant, the lion roars out: "These have no names." The fool's lot was created by Utu.
7-8. The hero succumbed to starvation (?). After he had succumbed, they kept bringing him funerary offerings.
UM 29-16-39 (Alster 1997 p. 300)
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UM 29-16-519 (Alster 1997 pp. 300-301)
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1. ...... may he bear it for us .......
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4. ...... they have dragged it .......
5. ...... rejoicing ...... the gala singer .......
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7-8. (cf. 6.1.14.3, 6.1.16.c1) The farmer lifts his gaze to you (i.e. Enlil) : "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
9-10. (cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.15.b1, 6.1.16.c2) The herdsman lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
11-12. (cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.15.b2, 6.1.16.c3) The potter lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
13-14. (cf. 6.1.15.b3) The gardener lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."
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1. (cf. 6.1.14.1) Let the favour be repaid to him who repays a favour.
2. (cf. 6.1.11.56, 6.1.25.9, 6.1.26.a2) A palace will fall of its own accord.
3-5. (cf. YBC 7351, 6.1.22: ll. 49-50, 6.1.26.a4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 259)
1 line fragmentary and chasing away a son from his father's house are abominations toNinurta.
6. (cf. 6.1.11.66, 6.1.26.a6) To take revenge is the prerogative of Ninurta. (followed by one erased line)
7. To extend ...... share ...... is an abomination to Ninurta.
IM 43438 = TIM 9 19 (Alster 1997 pp. 298-299)
Segment A
1. (cf. 6.1.09.a1, 6.1.10.1) Whatever the man in authority said, it was not pleasant.
2. (cf. 6.1.09.a3, 6.1.10.3-4, 6.2.2: MDP 27 216) When the authorities are wise, and the poor are passed by, it is the effect of the blessing of Aratta.
3.
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4-5. My wife .......
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Segment B
1-2. The lady ...... did not speak ...... destroying the father's house .......
3. ...... companion of An .......
4. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 367 l. 1, 5.6.1: l. 184) The poor man inflicts all kinds of illnesses on the rich man.
5.
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6. Let it be your bane. Let wealth be the inheritance given to you.
7-8.
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YBC 8713 (Alster 1997 p. 302)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.01.1, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 291 ll. 1-2) Who could compete with righteousness?
3. (cf. 6.1.01.2, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 291 l. 3) Wickedness ...... its strength .......
4-5. (cf. 6.1.01.83, 6.1.26.a11, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 302) When a trustworthy boat is sailing, Utuseeks out a trustworthy harbour for it.
6. ...... man ...... his wife .......
7. (cf. 6.1.03.42, 6.1.22: ll. 278-279, 6.2.1: Ni 9824 Seg. C ll. 1-2) If there is a dispute at the mill, a slave girl reveals (?) what she has stolen.
8-9. An unreliable slave girl ......, a pestle (?) without a handle (?) .......
10-11. ...... together ...... ditch (?) ...... friendship .......
12.
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YBC 4677 (Alster 1997 pp. 301-302)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.09.a12, 6.1.19.b1, 6.1.21.b4, 6.1.24.2) When a fattened pig is about to be slaughtered, one says: "Let me replace what I eat."
3-4. (cf. 6.1.09.a13, 6.1.19.b2, 6.1.21.b5, 6.1.24.2) As the piglet roots around (?), it says: "I do not eat for pleasure."
5. (cf. 6.1.01.16) He who possesses many things is constantly on his guard.
6-7. (cf. 6.1.01.7) What has been destroyed belongs to a god. No one is able to take it away.
8-10. (cf. 6.1.03.25, 6.1.19.c1) What did Enlil make? Chaff! The lance struck. It went into the flesh.
11. (cf. 6.1.03.24) Enlil, when I am aroused (?), my loincloth is gone (?).
MLC 618 (Alster 1997 p. 329)
1-2. Enlil ...... abomination .......
3-7.
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UM 29-15-748 (Alster 1997 p. 299)
1.
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2-3. ...... elder brother ...... authority (?).
4-5. A brother ...... a wife.
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6-7. (cf. 6.1.14.45, 6.1.22: ll. 35-37) A pig was carrying something (?): "Where is my sow?" it said. As it neared its fate .......
BM 57994 (Alster 1997 pp. 109, 288)
Segment A
1-3. (cf. 6.1.03.170, 6.1.25.13, 6.1.26.a10) If a ...... boatman ...... demands an inspection, or if the hand touches a woman's genitals over her clothes -- it is an abomination to Suen.
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Segment B
1-3.
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CBS 6565 (Veldhuis 2000 fig. 2)
1-2.
1 line fragmentary "How can the thing that I have just eaten be standing here?"
3-5. A snake charmer had a snake. He pulled out the tooth ......
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CBS 6855 (Alster 1997 p. 292)
1-5. The clown ......
1 line fragmentary ...... your pot ....... The clown ......
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Free Library of Philadelphia unnumbered (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1-3. He who despises a just decision, who loves wicked decisions, is an abomination to Utu.
MM 1134 (Molina 2000 p. 755)
1-3. A bird ...... a bird ...... fat ...... bowl.
YBC 7301 (Alster 1997 p. 330)
1-3. An elderly bull running around said, after it had stopped running: "My former strength has returned (?) to myself." After it had been driven out (?) from the other side of the town, it said: "My strength is conjectural!"
YBC 7345 (Alster 1997 p. 331)
1-3. (cf. 6.1.11.85) The cripple (?) took a reed basket. For (?) his words a man beats him. Mankind is .......
YBC 7351 (Alster 1997 p. 332)
1-3. (cf. UM 29-16-519 Seg. B ll. 4-5, 6.1.22: ll. 49-50, 6.1.26.a4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 259, 5.6.1: l. 50) A judge who despises justice, cursing with the right hand, and the chasing away of a younger son from the house of his father are abominations to Ninurta.
YBC 7352 (Alster 1997 p. 332)
1-3. Thanks to the word of his personal god, the fate of the man who speaks just words is favourable, and he is with him throughout the day.
Emory 106 (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1-2. My king, the lord perfect in heaven, built a house in the barren marshes.
NBC 8070 (Alster 1997 p. 329)
1-2. If the roof does not stand upright for its owner, its gutter cannot let out water.
P 374 (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.02.61, 6.2.1: Ni 3318 l. 6) If the hearing of the fox is bad, its foot will be crippled.
YBC 7320 (Alster 1997 p. 331)
1-2. Your exuberance is something that creates a household; the young people (?) get married.
YBC 7331 (Alster 1997 p. 331)
1-2. The god of the river ordeal will admire the hearts of those who bear words of truth.
YBC 7344 (Alster 1997 p. 331)
1-2. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 251 ll. 1-2, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 252 ll. 1-2, 4.06.1: Seg. C ll. 3-4, 5.2.4: l. 9) A man without a personal god does not procure much food nor even a little food.
YBC 7347 (Alster 1997 p. 331)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.03.188) If a leader is being consumed by fire, those behind him don't say: "Where is the leader?"
YBC 7348 (Alster 1997 p. 332)
1-2. My wild stag's pen is lordly: the clan is fifty strong, for they multiply in the grass.
YBC 7693 (Alster 1997 p. 332)
1-2. May the criminal (?) ...... for you ....... May the farmer in charge of the oxen put out (?) your wages for you.
YBC 9908 (Alster 1997 p. 333)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.25.12, 6.1.26.a3, 5.6.1: ll. 95-96) Property. A king's property -- it enters, but does not go straight (?); it goes out, but never stops.
YBC 9916 (Alster 1997 p. 333)
1-2. (cf. 6.1.12.c4) The man who did not tie up his waterskin made his friend angry.
Homsy Collection no. 21 (Waetzoldt 2001 p. 538)
1. Granting him a name, a dog (?) by the command of Cakkan.
Homsy Collection no. 22 (Waetzoldt 2001 p. 539)
1. The lady found the bull calf of heaven -- but has not yet found it.
NBC 8072 (Alster 1997 p. 329)
1. (cf. 6.1.14.2) May Luma grant prosperity to him who performs good deeds.
P 376 (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1. (cf. 6.1.02.d13) They are present on Enlil's offering table.
TIM 10/1 2 (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1. (cf. 6.1.03.1, 1.8.1.1: l. 28) Who has the breath for that, as they say?
UIOM 1999 (Alster 1997 p. 334)
1. (cf. 6.1.01.66, 6.1.02.119) In the city of the lame, the halt are couriers.
YBC 1993 (Alster 1997 p. 329)
1. Like a grinding stone, it has no sharp edge.
YBC 7282 (Alster 1997 pp. 329-330)
1. "The father is attractive, the father is bound, he is a slave (?)!" said the mother.
YBC 7297 (Alster 1997 p. 330)
1. The voice of the forest kujanun bird is the glory of the tamarisks.
YBC 7300 (Alster 1997 p. 330)
1. The voice of the duck (?) is the glory of the marshes.
YBC 8934 (Alster 1997 p. 332)
1. (cf. 5.6.1: l. 99) Were I to go up to the man who said: "Let me give it to you!"
YBC 8937 (Alster 1997 p. 333)
1. The king is a scribe, the king is a mighty bond blocking the river.
YBC 9906 (Alster 1997 p. 333)
1. (cf. 6.1.12.c5) A millstone will float in the river for a righteous man.
YBC 9912 (Alster 1997 p. 333)
1. (cf. 6.1.03.75, 6.1.07.17) "I am stretching my legs on your behalf," says a man delivering sesame.
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