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Proverbs: collection 15

Segment A

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15.a1
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 1)
1. [...] X X [...]
15.a2
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 2)
2. /a-na\ MUNUS A mu-na-ni-in-[X]
15.a3
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 3A)
3. ud-ba na-ja2-ah-/gin7? gu3\ mu!-un-/na?\-de2-a
4. X-zu ance? dab5 lu2 hu-mu-un-e-e-ce
15.a4
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 3B)
5. X RI in-bi-im
6. /e2\-gal me-te-bi-im
15.a5
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 4)
7. in-ga-hul2-e ama lu2-kar-ra-kam
15.a6
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 5)
8. /in\-ga-hul2-zu uj3-e he2-em-me
9. [he2]-am3-zu dijir-zu he2-em-me
15.a7
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 6)
10. [in]-/ga\-hul2-e sed-da-ka
11. [X X] E? NE ban3?-da
15.a8
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 7)
12. X in-ga-hul2-a-kam [X X] X-am3 al-KU
15.a9
(= Alster 1997 15 Sec. A 8; cf. 6.1.19.f3)
13. [X X X] X ninda cag4-gal-la-ni-ce3
14. [...] in-kud-da?
15. [...] X-da!-cu2
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Segment B

15.b1
(cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.16.c2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10)
1. /igi\ sipad-tur-re mu-e-ci-in-il2-e
2. den-lil2-le iriki nam ku5-ra2-ni ha-ba-ci-in-il2-e
15.b2
(cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.16.c3, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 11-12)
3. igi bahar2-e mu-un-ci-in-il2-e
4. den-lil2 iri nam ku5-ra2-ni ha-ba-ci-in-il2-e
15.b3
(cf. 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 13-14)
5. /igi\ nu-jic(source: /JIC-NU\)kiri6-e mu-un-ci-in-il2-e
6. den-lil2-le iri nam [ku5]-ra2-ni ha-ba-/ci\-in-il2-e
15.b4
(cf. 6.1.16.c4)
7. engar /igi\ [uru3-a a-na]-/am3? ak\-X
15.b5
(cf. 6.1.25.1)
8. pec10-/a\ [im al]-/cej3\-am3
9. bar-rim4-/ma im?\ nu-um-bi-iz
15.b6
(cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 305, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 330)
10. AN ba-za urudcukur na-cum2?-/mu?-un\
11. den-lil2 a2-tah-a-ni-im
15.b7
(cf. 6.1.25.2)
12. en-e ku6 an-gi4 ga-racsar an-gi4
13. u3 za3-hi-/li\-a he2-da-an-gi4
15.b8
(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)
14. e2 den-lil2-/la2?\ i3-du3? nu-un-til
15. bad3 [nibruki] i3-du3 [...]-in-aj2
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Segment C

15.c1
1. X [X X] X X [...]
15.c2
(cf. 6.1.26.b3, 6.1.28.7)
2. kuca2-/si\ unud(UNU3)(source: KU) gud? ha-[ba-cum2-X]
3. sipad /udu?\ ha-ba-cum-[X]
4. ki! saj!-ki nu-jal2-/la\ lu2 na-an-ni-dib2-/be2\
15.c3
(cf. 6.1.01.104, 6.1.11.54, 6.1.26.b4, 6.1.28.8)
5. cag4 jidru-ka i3 he2-en-de2 [lu2] /na\-me nu-zu
15.c4
(cf. 6.1.14.55)
6. [gir5] iri kur2-ra-am3 saj-ja2-am3
15.c5
(cf. 6.1.14.56)
7. [X] lu2-ra nu-si-si-me-en
8. [X] MU mu-da-/jal2\
9. [X] MU mu-da-jal2
15.c6
10. X X X X A X e2 den-lil2-la2 nij2-ni ab-cid-cid-de3
11. nij2-ni cid!-a-/de3\ nam-ba-ab-/tah\-[e]
12. mu-ne-ne he2-ha-/lam\-[e]
15.c7
13. mu-un-il2-la kaskal-la X [...]
15.c8
14. mu-un-il2-il2 nij2 /HAR\ [...]
15.c9
15. a il2-la bi2-ib-i-[...]
15.c10
16. lu2-IM lu2 SU [...]
15.c11
17. nij2 al-sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 X [...]
15.c12
18. [X] X-am3 an-/gu\-[...] X LUL-ni /im\-[...]
19. [X]-/bi\ nu-/gul\ [...]
15.c13
20. /su\-a su-a-bi-ce3 dnin-kilim nij2 ak-ak-bi-ce3
15.c14
21. a zig3-ga 1 1/2 kuc3 im-ma-an-zig3
22. 3 kuc3 a kar-ra jal2-la jiri3-na ba-ni-in-si
15.c15
(cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 10)
23. id2idigna uzmucen-am3 id2buranun-na kur-gi4mucen-am3
24. lugal nam-ba-tej3-je26 cu na4 ba-an-kur9
15.c16
25. X X X [...]
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Segment D

15.d1
1. [...] X
2. [...] X X
15.d2
3. [...] X X
4. [...] BA X
5. [...] X X X
15.d3
6. [...]-da? dajal? X [X (X)]-X-an?-tum3
15.d4
7. u2Xsar u2 nam-tar gig-ga-kam
8. NE ta? am3-ir
15.d5
9. IM X [(X) X]-la-ba
10. e2 X [(X) X]-la-ba
11. JA2? [X X X]-an-ja2-ja2?
12. [...]-/ab?\-DU
15.d6
13. [...] i3-pad3-de3
14. [...] X i3-pad3-de3
15. [...] X [X]
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Segment E

15.e1
1. X [...] RA? X TI?
15.e2
2. id2? [...] X
15.e3
3. [...] X KAxLI-bi
15.e4
4. X [X X X] /mu\-un-de2?
5. X [X] X NE JA2? nu-un-gu7-e
15.e5
6. e2 igi-nim-/ma?\ lugal-bi nu-ub-us2
15.e6
7. KU-e bar e3 [X X]
15.e7
8. ur-mah [X X] X [...]
15.e8
9. AN [...]
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Segment F

15.f1
1. [...]-X-de3-en
2. [...]-du-du-de3-/en?\
15.f2
3. [...] X-un?
4. [...] X
5. [...]-gi4-gi4-in
15.f3
6. [...]-me-en
7. [...] X X
8. [...] sig9-ga
9. [...] X-/in\-X-e-ce
15.f4
10. [...] X im-dar-ra /mu?\-e-DUB
15.f5
11. [X] tur-ra di-de3 /ba?-da?\-dug4
12. [X] GA AL X [(X)]
15.f6
13. [X (X)] X [X (X)]
14. [(X)] X-ab-DU-[X X]
15.f7
(cf. 6.1.03.152)
15. [X] 1(DIC) GAN [X X]
15.f8
16. (traces)

Print sources

Alster 1997a, p. 222-230, 433-434: composite text, translation, score transliteration

Veldhuis 2000c, p. 393: commentary

Cuneiform sources

Ni 3480 (ISET 2, 107)

Ni 4210 + Ni 4444a (ISET 2, 102-103) + Ni 4444c (ISET 2, 103) + Ni 4444e (ISET 2, 103)

Ni 10159 (ISET 1, 67/125)

UM 29-16-192

Revision history

15.i.2002: JT, editor: standardisation
16.ix.2002: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging
20.vi.2003: JE, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published
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