The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.6.1.24

Proverbs: collection 24

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	24.1
1.	[…] A /MU^?\ […]
	24.2
	(cf. 6.1.09.a12-13, 6.1.19.b1-2, 6.1.21.b4-5, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 1-4)
2.	/šaḫ₂\ [niga] /ab\-šum-de₃ /niĝ₂^!\ [i₃-gu₇-a-ĝu₁₀ ga-ab-sug₆-e-še]
3.	/^šaḫ₂ze₂\-eḫ tur-e /šu\ [al-gu₄-ud-gu₄-ud-de₃] sag₉-ga-aš-am₃ ĝe₂₆-/e\ [nu-gu₇-e-še]
	24.3
	(cf. 6.1.02.135, 6.1.19.b4)
4.	e₂ gul-gul-e [kug i₃-gul-e]
5.	e₂ gul-e kug-/sig₁₇\ [i₃-gul-e]
	24.4
	(cf. 6.1.09.a14, 6.1.19.b5)
6.	dam /u₃\-mu-/un-si\ gam-[am₃ geme₂ ug₅-ga-am₃]
7.	u₃-mu-un-/si\ gam-[am₃ arad ug₅-ga-am₃]
	24.5
	(cf. 6.1.03.71, 6.1.11.19, 6.1.19.b6)
8.	ga-gid₂ /mu\-un-/da\-[ku₅-ru šu-bi bar edin-na mu-da-an-DU]
	24.6
9.	im-ba am₃-ĝa₂-/ĝa₂\ […]
10.	ba-ab-ak i₃-[…]
	24.7
	(cf. 6.1.03.88, 6.1.18.14)
11.	saĝ bul-e /id₂\-[da bal-e]
	24.8
	(cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.21.c1, 6.1.23.18)
12.	^kušummud /zi\ [lu₂-kam] ^kuše-sir₂ [igi lu₂-kam]
13.	dam dim₄-ma /lu₂\-[kam] /dumu-nitaḫ\ ĝissu /lu₂\-[kam]
14.	dumu-munus saĝ šu ĝar lu₂-kam e₂-gi₄-a gal₅-la₂ /lu₂\-[kam]
	24.9
	(cf. 6.1.03.26, 6.1.19.c2)
15.	^dutu bar-ra šu ḫe₂-/en-ne\-[šu₂] ni₂-zu šu nu-zu-a /kur₉\-ni-[ib]
	24.10
	(cf. 6.1.21.c4)
16.	kaš ga-an-ze₂-eb-ba ušur(source: UKUR₃) [nu]-/mu\-un-kal-[e]
	24.11
	(cf. 6.1.21.c5; edited separately as 5.6.9 The fowler and his wife)
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Print sources

Alster 1980, p. 33-50: score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary

Alster 1997a, p. 273-274, 451: translation, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Krecher 1995: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

KNMA 10068

Revision history

27.i.2002: JT, editor: standardisation
26.iii.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