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| Enki and Ninḫursaĝa: c.1.1.1 Ninḫursaĝa cursed the name Enki: "Until his dying day, I will never look upon him with life-giving eye." The Anuna sat down in the dust. But a fox was able to speak to Enlil: "If I bring Ninḫursaĝa to you, what will be my reward?" Enlil answered the fox: "If you bring Ninḫursaĝa to me, I shall erect two birch (?) trees for you in my city and you will be renowned." |
| Enki and Ninḫursaĝa: c.1.1.1 The fox first anointed his body, first shook out his fur (?), first put kohl on his eyes. (4 lines fragmentary) |
| Enki and Ninḫursaĝa: c.1.1.1 (The fox said to Ninḫursaĝa:) "I have been to Nibru, but Enlil ……. I have been to Urim, but Nanna ……. I have been to Larsam, but Utu ……. I have been to Unug, but Inana ……. I am seeking refuge with one who is ……." (7 lines fragmentary) |
| Enlil and Sud: c.1.2.2 …… made …… feel good, brought great rejoicing in Enlil's heart. He raised his head ……, and animals came running. …… herds of four-legged animals that graze together in the desert. He caught …… living in the mountains, he made wild bulls, red deer, elephants, fallow deer, gazelles, bears, wild sheep and rams, lynxes, foxes, wild cats, tigers, mountain sheep, water buffaloes, monkeys, and thick-horned fat cattle jostle together noisily. Cows and their calves, wild cattle with wide-spread horns, …… rope, { ewes and lambs, goats and kids, romping …… } { (1 later ms. from Susa has instead:) …… and fighting }, large kids with long beards, scratching with their hooves, lambs, ……, and majestic sheep were despatched by Enlil toward Ereš. |
| The cursing of Agade: c.2.1.5 "May foxes that frequent ruin mounds brush with their tails your uzga precinct, established for purification ceremonies! May the ukuku, the bird of depression, make its nest in your gateways, established for the Land! In your city that could not sleep because of the tigi drums, that could not rest from its joy, may the bulls of Nanna that fill the pens bellow like those who wander in the desert, the silent place! May the grass grow long on your canal-bank tow-paths, may the grass of mourning grow on your highways laid for waggons! Moreover, may …… wild rams (?) and alert snakes of the mountains allow no one to pass on your tow-paths built up with canal sediment! In your plains where fine grass grows, may the reed of lamentation grow! { Agade, may brackish water flow } { (1 ms. has instead:) May brackish water flow in the river, } where fresh water flowed for you! If someone decides," I will dwell in this city!", may he not enjoy the pleasures of a dwelling place! If someone decides," I will rest in Agade!", may he not enjoy the pleasures of a resting place!" |
| The lament for Urim: c.2.2.2 "My city no longer multiplies for me like good ewes, its good shepherd is gone. Urim no longer multiplies for me like good ewes, its shepherd boy is gone. My bull no longer crouches in its cow-pen, its herdsman is gone. My sheep no longer crouch in their fold, their herdsman is gone. In the river of my city dust has gathered, and the holes of foxes have been dug there. In its midst no flowing water is carried, its tax-collector is gone. In the fields of my city there is no grain, their farmer is gone. My fields, like fields from which the hoe has been kept away (?), have grown tangled (?) weeds. My orchards and gardens that produced abundant syrup and wine have grown mountain thornbushes. My plain that used to be covered in its luxurious verdure has become cracked (?) like a kiln." |
| A hymn to Ḫendursaĝa (Ḫendursaĝa A): c.4.06.1 On this very day, as evening approaches, the first of the seven is a fox with a sweeping tail. The second snuffles around like a dog. The third pecks greedily at caterpillars like a raven. The fourth overpowers everything like an enormous carrion-eating eagle. The fifth, although not a wolf, will fall upon a black lamb. The sixth screeches like a hawk, when he sits ……. The seventh ……, a shark in the waves. These seven are neither female deities nor male. They hinder a man and hamper a woman; they put aside (?) the woman's weapon. They spread { a stench } { (1 ms. has instead:) lamentation } in the Land, precisely implementing the divine powers of the gods. Ḫendursaĝa, you have great divine powers, more than anyone could require. |
| He is a good seed of a dog (Diatribe C): c.5.4.12 He is a good seed of a dog, the offspring of a wolf! He is the stench of a mongoose, an unruly (?) hyena cub, a fox with a covering like a crab's, a monkey not pleasing to its homeland, its judgment confused. His face is disfigured, his judgment is muddled, his intelligence is ……. I would …… with the dog (?), a smitten man who makes himself important. He is negligent, a cripple, the son of a hound. A madman, crazy, a man who …… -- he is a pitfall, …… evil words, denouncing …… with an evil mouth and a forked tongue. |
| Proverbs: collection 1: c.6.1.01 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 The fox lies (?) even to Enlil. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 The fox watered (?) the barley with rush (?) water: "Nature has changed its mind." |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 A fox trod on the hoof of a wild bull: "It didn't hurt (?)!" |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 The fox had a stick: "Whom shall I hit?" He carried a seal: "What can I challenge?" |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 The fox said to his wife: "Come! Let us crush Unug between our teeth like a leek; let us strap Kulaba on our feet like sandals!" Before they had yet come within a distance of 600 uš from the city, the dogs began to howl from the city. -- "Geme-Tummal! Geme-Tummal! Come with me to your place! Wicked things are howling at us from the city!" |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 How clever the fox is! He hoots (?) like the šulu bird. |
| Proverbs: collection 2 + 6: c.6.1.02 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 5: c.6.1.05 A lion having fallen into a trap, a fox came up to him and said: "I'll take your sandals home to the other side for you!" |
| Proverbs: collection 5: c.6.1.05 (= Alster 1997 5 Vers. A 71 = 5 Vers. B 74)Nine wolves having caught 10 sheep, there was one too many and they did not know how to share out the portions. A fox came along and said: "Let me allocate the portions for you! The nine of you take one sheep. I by myself shall take nine -- this shall be my share!" |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox stamped on the crotch of an elephant: "It's enough, it's too much!" |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox demanded of Enlil the horns of a wild bull. While it was wearing the wild bull's horns, it started to rain. But the horns rose high above him, so he could not enter his burrow. Until midnight the wind kept blowing, and the clouds brought rain. Afterwards, when it had stopped raining on him, and he had dried off, he said: "I shall return this feature to its rightful owner!" |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox was pursuing the testicles of a wild bull, as though about to die of hunger. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox was scrabbling in a dyke: "Nobody has ever seen my bent-over behind." |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 The fox ……. He is more full of lies than anyone. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 Like an aroused (?) fox, your cry echoes (?) over the fields. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 What will the dog do about what the fox is doing? |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (cf. |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox walked around a throw-stick: "Who is going to give a party as good as that?" |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 A fox had been caught by a partially-sighted (?) man: "Is this why you are crying?" The fox replied: "Set me free!" |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 Someone cooking (?) meat at the den (?) of a fox said: "One doesn't mention this in front of the mongoose." (unknown no. of lines missing) |
| Proverbs: collection 8: c.6.1.08 (= Alster 1997 8 Sec. C 2)A raven had (?) a porous jar. A fox asked: "Where do you sprinkle the water?" "I sprinkle in the Tigris and the Euphrates," it replied," Why do you ask?" |
| Proverbs: from Nibru: c.6.2.1 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Nibru: c.6.2.1 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Nibru: c.6.2.1 The fox gnashed its teeth and shook its head. |
| Proverbs: from Susa: c.6.2.2 The fox placed (?) his incantation like a sceptre in their hands ……. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: from Urim: c.6.2.3 (cf. |
| Proverbs: of unknown provenance: c.6.2.5 To the wolf vegetable, to the fox-grape (?) vegetable, to the lion plant, to the …… plant, to the dog's-tongue plant, to the property plant, to the shouting plant, the lion roars out: "These have no names." The fool's lot was created by Utu. |
| Proverbs: of unknown provenance: c.6.2.5 (cf. |
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