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Proverbs: collection 12

Segment A


12.a1

1-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 1)
4 lines fragmentary


12.a2

5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 2) The master …… kneading dough …… does not eat.


12.a3

7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 3) The master …… his servant …….


12.a4

8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 4) The master knows. The steward does not know.


12.a5

10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 5) May the master sleep at your side, and may the mistress slap your face.


12.a6

11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 6) The lord of the house, your ……; ……, a restraint.


12.a7

13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 7) The lord and lady of the house touch the figurine.


12.a8

14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 8) The granary collects.


12.a9

15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 9) Outgoings are a matter for both, and now I also am one of them.


12.a10

17. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 10) {The man who is always losing things loses them for the man who has to look for them} {(1 ms. has instead:) …… doesn't lose things, has lost …… for him}.


12.a11

18-19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 11)
2 lines unclear


12.a12

20-21. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 12) A man despises (?) something that stinks: its …… increases.


12.a13

22-23. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 13) A man lost his clothes: "Let me run away ……."


12.a14

24-26. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 1 = Sec. B 13 B obv. i 11 ll. 3-5)
2 lines fragmentary …… let me …….


12.a15

27-28. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 14)
2 lines fragmentary


12.a16

29-30. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 2)
1 line unclear
my well-wisher …… my malefactor.


12.a17

31. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 3) …… seeking …… the boat reached the city.


12.a18

32. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 4) {…… seeking …… sent back (?)} {(1 ms. has instead:) …… revealed …… lapis lazuli ……}.


12.a19

33-37. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 5) …… in order to make an agreement with …… his fool …… I will tell him ……
2 lines fragmentary


12.a20

38-39. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 6) …… not having ……
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B


12.b1

1. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 1)
1 line fragmentary


12.b2

2-3. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 2) My master, your joy …… very great, and your weeping …… very great.


12.b3

4-5. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 3) Their masters have changed. They are dressed in mourning (?) clothes.


12.b4

6-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 4) Thus says the man whose clothes are torn: "Precious things are strong."


12.b5

8. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 5) A man who can lift the heavens -- and he does not fart.


12.b6

9-10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 6) A man who behaves like a damp reed towards his fellow men does not tell the truth either.


12.b7

11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 7) A man …… humiliated …… reed. The man puts it in a well.


12.b8

13-14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 8) A man who stole (?) …… cattle
1 line unclear


12.b9

15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 9) The man whose knees are paralysed has not prayed devoutly to Nintur.


12.b10

17-18. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 10)
2 lines fragmentary


12.b11

19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 11) The wise man ……
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C


12.c1

1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 1) …… a witness (?) ……. The slanderer speaks …….


12.c2

3-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2) No-one …… when he …… his understanding, …… the master to the ……. Come! …… your …… and I will …… the oath.


12.c3

8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2A) He whose barley sprouts weeps. He who is pouring out water cannot converse.


12.c4

10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 3; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9916) A man who didn't tie up his leather sack made his friend angry.


12.c5

11. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 4; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9906) Even a millstone will float in the river for a righteous man.


12.c6

12-13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 5) Let the wealthy man eat ……. Let the poor man eat milla flour.


12.c7

14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 6) The man whose salt is finished …….


12.c8

15. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 7)
1 line fragmentary


12.c9

16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 8)
1 line fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment D


12.d1

1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 1)
2 lines fragmentary


12.d2

3-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 2) …… man …… guard …… field …… the lot …….


12.d3

5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 3; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 282 and UET 6/2 332) A wild ram …… a poplar …….
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment E


12.e1

1-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. F 1)
6 lines fragmentary

Segment F

(unplaced)
12.f1

1. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 1)
1 line fragmentary


12.f2

2. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 2) …… powerless …….


12.f3

3. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 3) …… released …… the man who plots …….


12.f4

4-5. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 4) …… bound to his wife …… his penis seeks a litre …….



Revision history

15.iv.2002: JT, editor: adapting translation
27.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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