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Proverbs: collection 15

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 Enlil look upon the city he has cursed."


15.b4

7. (cf. 6.1.16.c4) What will the farmer with his vigilant eye do?


15.b5

8-9. (cf. 6.1.25.1) It rained on the river banks but the dry land did not get a drop.


15.b6

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.


15.b7

12-13. (cf. 6.1.25.2) The high priest rejected fish, he rejected leeks, and he should also reject the zaghili plant.


15.b8

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


15.c1

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15.c2

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.


15.c3

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.


15.c4

6. (cf. 6.1.14.55) The stranger is leader in a foreign city.


15.c5

7-9. (cf. 6.1.14.56)
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15.c6

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.


15.c7

13.
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15.c8

14.
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15.c9

15. He who carries water .......


15.c10

16. The dishonest man .......


15.c11

17. That which rises high .......


15.c12

18-19.
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15.c13

20. A cat for its being a cat; a mongoose for doing what it does.


15.c14

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.


15.c15

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, .......


15.c16

25.
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Segment D


15.d1

1-2.
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15.d2

3-5.
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15.d3

6.
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15.d4

7-8. The ...... plant is a plant of ill fate.
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15.d5

9-12.
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15.d6

13-15.
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Segment E


15.e1

1.
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15.e2

2.
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15.e3

3.
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15.e4

4-5.
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15.e5

6. The houses of the highlands: their masters are not near.


15.e6

7.
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15.e7

8. ...... lion .......


15.e8

9.
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Segment F


15.f1

1-2.
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15.f2

3-5.
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15.f3

6-9.
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15.f4

10.
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15.f5

11-12.
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15.f6

13-14.
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15.f7

15.
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15.f8

16.
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Revision history

15.i.2002: JT, editor: adapting translation
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

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