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Proverbs: collection 23

Segment A

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23.1
1. [X] MU id2?-da X [...]
2. [X] DIM2?-bi? SI?
3. [X] HI a-pap lu2 SU BA? A
4. [X] sikil-ra a-pap an-dul3 nu-lu-a
23.2
(cf. 6.1.01.125, 6.1.14.41, 6.1.22: l. 33)
5. [X]-ju10 dijir-ju10 dumu-gir15-ju10 me-ju10
6. [X]-ju10 e2 um-ma e3?-a?
7. [X]-ce3 e2? DU?-de3
8. [mu-ud-na]-ju10 ku6-a jiri3-pad ma-de5-de5
9. [X] X GI GA edin-na nu-me-am3
23.3
10. [X] X hi-li-na
11. [X] X-bi dug3-ga-X
12. [X] X GA in-nu-uc X
13. [X] X dug3-ga
23.4
14. [X] ki?-gub ga-mu-da-[X]
15. [...] DAR? [X]
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Segment B

23.6
1. [X] GI? X DAM? [...]
2. u3 nu-mu-da?-be2 X [...]
23.7
(cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.01.159, 6.1.02.62, 6.1.02.142, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.16.b4-5, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.25.7)
3. hi-li sipad KU cir-[a-ni]
4. nu-jickiri6 suhur-[a-ni]
5. kuca2-ja2-la2-ce3 cu! il2 [X]
6. dam nu-il2 dumu nu-[il2]
7. lu2-lul-la e2-[a-ni nu-mu-un-da-du3]
8. e2 gu5-li-ju10 jical-tar-re [ba-gub]
9. lu2-lul-la gal4-la! [ba-an-us2]
10. lu2 nu-jar-ra jiccu-gur10 2-[am3]
11. e2 lu2 zid-da du3-a
12. lu2-lul-la ba-gul
23.8
13. nu-mu-un-na-du-du jiri3 <nu>-mu-na-ja2-ja2
14. nam-til3-la {a-gin7 i3-dib2-be2} {(1 ms. has instead:) e-ne-gin7 mu-ni-in-dib2-be2}
15. lu2 zid nu-kal!-la {nam-uc2-ta dirig} {(1 ms. has instead:) nam-til3 /li\-bi2-in-/cum2\}
16. nu-kug-gin7 {mu-un-TI JAR-e nu-tar!-[re]} {(1 ms. has instead:) mu-un-ni-cub en3-na nu-/tar\-re }
17. tug2-gin7 i3-mu4-mu4
18. nam-tag dugud un-jar-ra
19. {a-ba mu-ni lu2 dam lu2-kam ba-nu2!} {(1 ms. has instead:) a-ba-am3 e-ne lu2 dam lu2-ka in-da-/nu2\-a}
23.9
(cf. 6.1.01.128, 6.1.22: ll. 146-147, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 210)
20. an u2-gamucen ki dnin-kilim
21. edin-na ur-mah-e ki-tuc-a-bi-X nitalam(source: /MUNUS?.UC?\)-ju10 /me?\-am3 ga-ba-jen
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Segment C

23.14
1. [...] RI
2. [...] ja2-ja2
3. [...] X GA na-am3
4. [X] X /DI\ NU? UM nam-ma-an-/GA?\
23.15
5. [X] MU nij2-ju10 e3-a nij2 LU X-ba e3-a
6. [X] /ku?\-nu-da
23.16
7. [X] NU nam-<mu>-un-da-ku4-ku4
8. [(X)] bappir?-re cu nam-kar2-kar2-de3
9. [X] tum3? am3-ba nu-ub-kur9
10. [X] me cul dijir-zu he2-du8
23.17
11. [X] X GA BA X X
12. [X] X X
23.18
(cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.24.8)
13. [kuc]/ummud\ zi lu2-kam
14. [kuc]e-sir2 igi lu2-kam
15. [dam] ma!-ma lu2-kam
16. [dumu]-/nitah\ jissu lu2-kam
17. [dumu]-/munus?\ saj cum2-ma lu2-kam
18. [e2]-/gi4\-a mu-la lu2-kam
23.19
19. [...] AB? DU
20. [...] X NE
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Print sources

Alster 1988, p. 4-9; 13-15: score transliteration, commentary, handcopy, translation

Alster 1997a, p. 270-272, 449-450, 123: composite text, translation, score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

KNMA 10062

YBC 5828


Revision history

21.xi.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation
07.xii.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
10.xii.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
06.xi.2002: GC, editor: minor corrections
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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