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(This file includes all manuscripts from Nibru which it has not been possible to assign to the proverb collections numbered in modern editions. The manuscripts are presented in decreasing order of size. Some of the proverbs are duplicated in numbered collections. A further two fragments from Nibru have been published, N 3500 (Alster 1997 pl. 112) and N 3936 (Alster 1997 pl. 113), but it has not been possible to extract any meaningful text from the photos.)

Proverbs: from Nibru

Ni 4166 (Alster 1997 pp. 293-294)

Segment A

1. TUR X []
2. kur KU X []
3. šu-ni []
4. ki sug6?-ga []
5. MUNUS+X MU X []
6. ĝiri3? niĝ2-/ĝiri3?\ []
7. ur-maḫ []
8. X IGI X []
9. nu-um-mi-[…]
10. dam []
11. X /IM?\ []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. X X X X X []
2. al-tar-zu gub-[X]
3. e2 dirig-ga a-šag4-ga KA [X]
4. ušumgal-e gaba gi4 nu-BAD aḫ6 X
5. e2?-a du3-du3-u3
6. MAŠ+X AMAŠ-e?
7. banšur GI kalag-ga-ka
8. za-pa-aĝ2-bi-e
9. ur-maḫ nu-til ši-im-mu2-e
10. gu2? kaš4 TAR-TAR SIKIL? GI
11. X IR-ra du3-a
12. e3 KU GI /GAR3?\ X X (X) /DU?\ X X
13. KIĜ2 DA dam?-/gara3?\ im-us2
14. a e2?-gal-la am3-e3? X X
15. [] GAR3 X X UM
16. [] X GA-ar
17. [] X
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

1. e2-še3? nu-DI-X X
2. /iri\ki nu-ĝa2-ĝa2
3. KUŠ ḪI u2sas ga ḫi-izsar-kam
4. IM ḫi-a-da? ḪI X MU [X X] X
5. ad-KID gaba? ud? X šar2
6. X [X X] X šar2-šar2
7. […]-še3 a2 du7-du7
8. [] X [X] niĝ2-/u2?\-[rum]
9. [] X
10. [] DU [X X] GIM
11. [] NE?
12. [] X X /bi2?\-in-[…] X
13. [] X

N 4248 (Alster 1997 pp. 290-291)

Segment A

1. [] X
2. […]-/ib?-KAL?\
3. [] /MUG\ TUG2-la-ke4
4. […]-da bi2-ib-BAD-e
5. […]-da mu-ni-ḫal-na
6. [] /la2?\-am3
7. [] X /ib\-pad3-de3
(cf. Ni 9824 Seg. B ll. 3-5, 6.1.09.d4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 10-13)
8. […]-mu-ub
9. [kug-ĝa2]-/ke4\-eš
10. [kug-sig17]-/ĝa2\-ke4-eš
11. [dub-šen]-ĝa2-ke4-eš
12. [dub-šen-dilim2]-ĝa2-ke4-eš
13. [ĝe26-e] ba-til-de3-en-e-še
14. […]-/na\-dug3-ga
15. […]-/an\-gu7-[e]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. [] /TE\
2. [] X
3. […]-/kam\
4. [] X X
5. [] /ḫur?\-ḫur-re
6. […]-/ke4?\ an-ta
7. [] /nin?\-a-ne
8. […]-/en\
9. […]-/ke4?\

N 3395 (Alster 1997 pp. 288-290)

Segment A

1. ḪI /IM KAR\ [X]-/RI\-RI-/ne\ ([…])
2. ZI2 du8-bi-ib šukur2 nu-ĝar-re (gi-im-[…])
3. NA ZI2 X BAD e-ri-in-nam (a-na ša-ḫi-i-im X […])
4. di-bi-da an-ša4-anki-na (i-me-er an-ša-ni-[im])
5. dim3-šaḫ2 mar-ḫa-šiki (ma-ar-gi4 pa-ra-aḫ-[ši])
6. gul-lum me-luḫ-ḫaki (šu-ra-an me-luḫ-[ḫa])
7. til-lu-ug sa12-ti-umki (pi-i-ir ša-ad-di-[im])
8. ĝišasal2 ḪI ga-rašsar-gin7 šab-šab-e (ša ṣa-ar-ba-tam ki-ma /ka\-[…] i-ḫa-ra-[ṣu])
9. ĝišal im-NI-saḫar?-a ĝar-ra dnin-kilim-ma iri-na (al-lum ša i-na ṭi-dim na-[du-u2] ši-ku-tu a-[li-ša])
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. inim ĝar-ra MAŠ gur šag4 edin?-a (im ṣa a? pa šum22 sa? ša ṣe-[ri])
2. [X] X UL en-gin7 dab5?-ba (ki-ma ka-aš-da?-an-[X])
3. [(X)] X šu nu-us2 (kam-ma-am u2-ul <i>-ṣa-ab-ba-[at])
4. [X] X ki nu-ši-la2 (a-na i-nim u2-ul i-qa2-[al])
5. [ki]-/in\-du-a al-ḫur (qa2-aq-qa2-ra-am u2-up?-[X X])
6. [fkar]-ke4 gi?-dub? ḪI IR BU sila šub (ḫa-ri-im-tum ša i-na su2-qi3-/im\ u4 mu WA tu X)
7. [X (X)] lu2 šub-ba na-an-ĝar
8. [anše edin]-/na\-gin7 lul? X ĝar-ra (ša ki-ma i-me-er ṣe-ri X X pi ša-kan [(X)])
9. [X X] BU? KUN? KA?-na KA-KA ba?-NIM-ma (ša-ri-u2-um ša ka-ak-ka-šu wa-ṣi-a ša X [X])
10. [X] /laḫtan\-na KA×X ud šu2-a (ša i-na la-aḫ-ta-nim u3 ḫu-bu-[ri-im])
11. [X X] X ki-umun2 giri17 šu du8-a (ap-pa ib-bir-ru [X])
12. [X X] /e?\-gi-ru-ne (ša? i?-na ab? pi-lum ša i-na ir-[X (X)])
13. [] X E NE (šu ni X gu ši X mu X X X)

Ni 4469 (Alster 1997 pp. 295-296)

Segment A

(cf. 6.1.01.40, 6.1.19.f4)
1. [] /ḫe2\-e-a
2. [ninda-ni niĝ2]-ussu(source: imin)
3. [ ḫe2]-am3
4. [lu2 nu-mu-un-šu2]-šu2!
5. [] /dub\-ba-kam
6. [] X X DI
7. […]-bi
8. [] /DI?\
(cf. 6.1.03.31, 6.1.09.b1, 6.1.11.18, 6.1.15.b8, 6.1.25.4)
9. si-mu-/ur?\-[ru-um] [i3-dab5] bad3-bi [nu-un-gul]
10. e2-an-na [i3-du3] u3-mu-/un\-[šub]
11. nam-lugal! [kalag-ga] igi nu-mu-ni-[du8]
12. ur5 na-an-/na\ [šag4 sig-ga] kur-ra ba-/ra\-[an-de6]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. X X []
2. [X] /GIM\ []
3. [X X] GAN []
4. A X KA []
5. gabu2-ba im-[…]
6. ar2-ar2-e lu2 []
7. a-na-aš-am3 saĝ X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

1. [] SU
2. [] X-SU-SU
3. [] X

Ni 13186 (Alster 1997 p. 297)

Segment A

1. [] X []
2. [] X ĜA2? []
3. […]-kam? NA []
4. [] X IG []
5. [] maš2 šu []
6. [] X GA! AM3 []
(cf. 6.1.13.27)
7. [] X šu gid2! []
8. [] 1/3 X []
9. [] X X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. [] /lu2\ nu-[…]
(cf. 6.1.01.95)
2. [] /lu2\ nu-me-en
3. [] TUR? X X []
4. [] X DU []
5. [] X X []
6. [] X []

Ni 9697 (Alster 1997 p. 297)

Segment A

1. [] DA SA? [X]
2. [] GA NAM? nu-[X]
3. [] /mu\-na-ab-kiĝ2?
4. [] X gi4-gi4-da-ni
5. […]-gin7 e2-a-na! ba-ra-an-gi
6. [] /lu2?\ gaba-ĝal2
7. [] X šu im-ma-ab-gur
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. [] im-ma-an-kud [X X]
2. […]-an-tur5-tur5-de3-en
3. [] im-/sam2?\
4. [] X ug5?
5. [] X ba-an-du8
6. [] X

Ni 9824 (Alster 1997 p. 297)

Segment A

(cf. 6.1.02.1, 6.1.07.1, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 356 ll. 3-8)
1. [me-bi na-ab-ta-ab-ḫa-lam]-me-en-/ze2?\-[en]
2. [gud-de3] ki-gub-bi na-/ab\-[ta-ab-kur2-ru]-de3-en-/ze2\-[en]
(cf. 6.1.02.83)
3. [gud] /DU\-a /ĝiš\tukul a-ab-/am3\
(cf. 6.1.02.4)
4. [a-a] /igi\ i-ni-bar nam-tar-ĝu10 ba-[dib-ba]
5. [X X] X X A X X [X X]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. [] X-še3
2. […]-/e\-a
(cf. N 4248 Seg. A ll. 8-13, 6.1.09.d4, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 315 ll. 10-13)
3. […]-/ke4\-eš
4. […]-X-ke4-eš
5. [ĝe26-e] /ba?\-am3-til3-la?
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

(cf. 6.1.03.42, 6.1.22: ll. 278-279, 6.2.5: YBC 8713 l. 7)
1. e2-[na4kinkin(ḪAR)-na du14 ḫe2-en-ĝal2]
2. geme2 [niĝ2 zuḫ-a]
3. /ḫe2\-[em-ma-ab-ed3-de3]

Ni 9832 (Alster 1997 p. 297)

Segment A

1. […]-ba-ĝu10
2. [] /ḫe2\-a
3. [] šag4-ĝu10
4. [] X BU
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. X []
2. ĝiri3 []
3. pad3! IM []
4. LUM TE X []
(cf. 6.1.03.45, 6.1.07.43)
5. šu-si? /bi2\-[…]
6. na4kinkin(ḪAR) /bur12\-[ra-gin7]
7. /al?\-[du7-du7-du7-de3-en]

N 6119 (Alster 1997 p. 292) and N 4047 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 8)

1. [] /al\-gu7 X X
2. [X] X A saĝ a-tar-zu nam-ĝu10
3. [(X)] niĝ2-kas7-ĝu10
4. [X X]-/ab?\-ak-e-še
5. ud-da-/tuš-a\ ga-na 1(DIŠ)-am3
6. dug4-ga-ab šu {tu-tu-ba} {(N 4047 has instead:) a2-ba} ib2-ĝu10
7. 50 ma-na-am3 ab-gu-ul-e-še
8. ud-da-tuš-a ugu iri-ke4 a-tar i3-ak-e
9. ugu-ni a-tar mu-ni-ib-ak-e-eš
10. er2 i3-še8-še8

Ni 3318 (Alster 1997 p. 293)

Segment A

1. [] X X [X (X)]
(cf. 6.1.02.59-60)
2. [ka5-a šag4] ba-ab-/su?\ [X]
3. [ubur] ama-bi /ba-an-ḫad2\
4. [ka5-a ama]-bi X [(X)]
5. […]-dirig
(cf. 6.1.02.61, 6.2.5: P 374)
6. [ka5-a] /ĝeštug2\-bi X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. [] X X []
2. [] LA2 ZU? []
3. [] /šag4?-ta\ []
4. [] X X []

Ni 4338 + 4340 (Alster 1997 pp. 294-295)

1. [] /mu?-un?\-[…]
2. […]-ni igi u3-bi2-in-/du8\
3. […]-na genna a-ba i3-in-X [(X)]
4. [] /MU\ A nu-me-[a]
5. [] mu-un-il2-en-e-[še]
6. [] IR? dur2-ru šu-ni ma-an-[X (X)]
7. [] X-mu-de3-en a-na-gin7-nam ga?-/ab?\-[…]
8. [] /mu\-ra-ab-kal-[la-ge X]
9. [ mu-ra]-ab-kal-la-ge [X X]
10. [] X MU NE-NE X []

Ni 4122 (Alster 1997 p. 293)

1. KU? NE []
(cf. 6.1.03.8)
2. aḫ 7 saḫar nu-[gi4-a]
3. eme! ak an-/bar7\ [an-dul3 nu-ĝa2-ĝa2]
4. gu2 urin gal-la []
5. [(X)] niĝ2-gig d[…]
6. [] X MA2 PAD X []
7. [] ĜAR X []
8. [] X NI []
9. [] X MI []

Ni 4300 (Alster 1997 p. 294)

Segment A

1. [] /AB?\ X IN X []
2. [] /MU?\ X-e []
3. [] X X UD NE X []
(cf. 6.1.02.6)
4. [nam-tar-ĝu10 gu3-nam] ama-ĝu10 mu-da-[kur2]
5. [] X X X X []
6. [] X ba-an-X []
7. [] X ZA GA DU ma-/an?\-[…]
8. [] X X X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

1. […]-/me?\-en? []

Ni 5327 (Alster 1997 pp. 296-297)

(cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 247)
1. u5-munu4mušen []
2. tilla2 []
3. u5-munu4mušen GI []
4. X-ĝu10 ḫe2?-X []
5. /KA UN?\ du3 []
6. /e?-ne? ZI2? DUG\ X []
7. [(X)] u5-munu4mušen []
8. ki? lu2? am3-[…]
9. [X X] X []

Ni 4099 (Alster 1997 p. 293)

1. [] X TUG2 /TAR-TAR\ X X X []
2. [] 2 erin2-bi ĝuruš X []
3. [] X ĜA2 ME MA2 X []
4. [] X-bi X-/e\ []
5. [] KA GAM X X []
6. [] X-bi ZUM KAL? []
7. [] za-e X []
8. [] za-a-[…]

N 3059 (Alster 1997 p. 430)

1. [] /A?\ X ZU? lu2 na-me nu?-ub-tuku?
2. [] X ab-dab5-be2
3. [] /dam\ teš2-tuku lugal? zu-a
4. [ ga]-/ba?\-al ba-an-du3-e
5. [] ab-kud-/de3\
6. [] i-ni-in-[X (X)]
7. [] X IN [X X]

N 5225 (Alster 1997 pp. 291-292)

1. X al-ur11-ru gur nu-um-da-X-X-e
2. lu2-tur-re ga-ba-al mu-ni-in-du3-uš-a
3. lu2 gu-la du14 ḫa-ra-ni-ib-mu2-mu2
4. lu2-tur-re ama-ni ki an-aĝ2
5. šeš-gal šeš-/gal\ […]-/da?\
6. lu2 nesaĝ?-ke4 nesaĝ ĝen-na-ke4? [X X]
7. /LUL KU\ [X X X X] X []

Ni 9829 (Alster 1997 p. 297)

1. [] X X []
2. [] X X []
3. [] /nam\ am3-mi-ni-[…]
4. [] X kur2-ra []
5. [] X AN NI X []
6. [] X mu-/ra?\-[…]
7. [] X []

Ni 5271 (Alster 1997 p. 296)

1. [] X /ME?\ X [] X tum3-tum3
2. [] X-ni am3-zur-re
3. [] /ur5\ in-da-ur5
4. [] ur5? kisim gu-du-ka
5. [] /TU?\ ur5-ra tud-da
6. [] izi-ka nu2

N 7577 + N 7578 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 10)

1. [] X X X []
2. [] X šu nu-u2-X []
3. [] /šag4?\ diĝir-ĝa2 ba-X []
4. [] DIM-DIM /DA?\ []
5. [] X X NE šu ZI []

Ni 3981 (Alster 1997 p. 293)

1. /sizkur2?\-re nam-til3-ni [(X) i3]-/u3?\-tud
2. /me-a\ [X X] X-ze2-en
3. me-a igi X X X-en
4. dumu lu2 niĝ2-si-sa2 u2-šim-e ba-nu2
5. ZA X X [X] /KA?\ [] X

CBS 12666 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 3)

1. [] X []
2. [] X EN X []
3. [] /UG\ X []
4. [] ba-an-ug5 []

N 1905 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)

1. […]-/en?-ze2?\-[…]
2. [] TU?-e gul-lu? X
3. [] X-e ba-an-de6
4. [] šag4 ba-an-de6

N 3884 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 7)

1. [] kar2
2. […]-/GA\-GA
3. [] lil2-la2
4. […]-/sa4\-a-me-en

CBS 14213 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. a2 2-ĝa2 1(DIŠ)-am3 mu-e-[X]
2. šag4-zu ga-bi2-ib-dug3
3. nam-a2-ĝal2-ĝu10 ga-/e\-[X]

IM 58660 = 3N-T 731 (Alster 1997 p. 305)

1. nu-mu-un-su dam-eĝer-ra-ni na-ab-be2-a
2. a-na nu-mu-un-su-a-me-eš
3. /dam\ nitalam in-nu

N 4909 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 9)

1. [(X)] X X []
2. /lu2\ niĝ2 gur-ra-/ka\ []
3. KA-na am3-[…]

N 5569 (Veldhuis 2000c p. 395)

1. sig9-ga-ar nam-ba-an?-na-kur2 []
2. kalag-ga-ar nam-ba-an-/še8-še8\
3. gašam-še3 a2-ni X

CBS 3811 (Alster 1997 p. 303)

1. gud sa ab-kud-kud
2. ĝiššudul-a nu2-nu2

CBS 5971 (Alster 1997 pl. 114)

1. [] X X-e
2. [] X in-naĝ?

CBS 7968 (Alster 1997 p. 303)

1. mu dgu-la nin-ĝa2-še3! šub-ba
2. ĝe26-e igi-ĝa2 ki-gub-ba nu-tuku-a

IM 58400 = 3N-T 242 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. e2 lu2-ka imšu-rin-na na-an-sar-re
2. ninda-bi i3-bi2 /TAR\

N 6194 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. ĝen za-e dumu-me-e-ke4
2. za-e nu-me-en-na-ta

UM 55-21-38 = 2N-T 172 (Alster 1997 p. 305)

1. an-na ba-an-DU
2. an-na ba-an-zig3

UM 55-21-278 = 3N-T 179 (Alster 1997 p. 305)

1. ka5-a zu2 bi2-in-sud2-sud2
2. saĝ nam-mi-bul-bul

3N-T 232 + 244 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. pa5 ĝiškiri6-ke4 a na-an-tum3
2. niĝ2-ki i3-ĝal2

CBS 6551 (Alster 1997 p. 303)

1. gud-ĝu10 ga mu-ra-ab-tum2-tum2-e

CBS 7867 (Alster 1997 p. 303)

1. /lu2\ še-ĝiš-i3 gu7-a-gin7 [bid3]-/da\-ni an-dur2

CBS 11372 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. /dug4\-ga-dug4-ga šag4 lu2-ulu3-kam ĝal2-la

N 2182 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 5)

1. [X]-bi RI saĝ MU NI X []

N 5925 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. ninda-ni šaḫ2-ta šu ur3 am3-me

UM 29-16-394 (Alster 1997 p. 305)

1. lugal iri šag4-ge /pad3-da\ ḫe2-til3

3N-T 161 (Alster 1997 p. 304)

1. me-zu nu-mu-zu

3N-T 772 = TIM 10/1 132 (Alster 1997 p. 305)

1. gud si gal-gal-zu ma-ra-an-gi4-gi4-de3

Print sources

Alster 1997a

Alster 1999a: commentary (N 3395)

Veldhuis 2000c, p. 394-399: commentary, score transliteration, translation

Cuneiform sources

N 3395

N 4248

Ni 3318

Ni 4099

Ni 9832

Ni 4166

Ni 4469

Ni 9697

Ni 13186

N 5225

N 6119

N 3059

Ni 4300

Ni 4338+4340

N 7577+7578

CBS 12666

N 3884

N 1905

Ni 3981

Ni 4122

Ni 5271

Ni 5327

Ni 9824

Ni 9829

CBS 14213

3 N-T 731 = IM 58660

N 4909

N 5569

CBS 5971

CBS 3811

CBS 7968

N 6194

3 N-T 232+244

IM 58400 (3 N-T 242)

UM 55-21-38

UM 55-21-278

CBS 6551

CBS 11372

CBS 7867

3 N-T 772 = TIM 10/1 132

UM 29-16-394

3 N-T 161

N 5925

N 2182

N 4047 (Veldhuis 2000c fig. 8)


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