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Proverbs: collection 10

10.1
(cf. 6.1.09.a1, 6.2.5: IM43438 Seg. A l. 1)
1. [nir]-/jal2\-e /a-na\ [bi2-in]-/dug4\ nu-sag9
10.2
(cf. 6.1.09.a2)
2. nir-jal2-e a-na /bi2\-in-dug4 nu-zid
10.3-4
(cf. 6.1.09.a3, 6.2.2: MDP 27 216, 6.2.5: IM 43438 Seg. A l. 2)
3. nir-jal2 kug-zu-am3 ukur3 cu-dim4-am3
4. cu-jar jal2-la arattaki-ka
10.5
(cf. 6.1.09.a4, 6.1.22: l. 190, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 80 l. 18)
5. a2-tuku lugal ki-in-du-ke4
10.6
(cf. 6.1.09.a5)
6. usu ka lu2-ta-am3 am3-kur9-kur9
10.7
(cf. 6.1.09.a6, 6.2.3: UET 6/3 462)
7. usu igi-jal2-tuku nu-mu-e-da-sa2
10.8
(cf. 6.1.09.a7)
8. usu dijir-ja2 ni2-ja2 ba-til
10.9
(cf. 6.1.09.a8, 6.1.17.b3: ll. 12-13, 5.6.7: l. 28)
9. [nam]-/juruc\ ance /kar\-ra-gin7 hac2-ja2 ba-e-taka4
10.10
(cf. 6.1.17.b3: l. 14, 6.1.19.a1: l. 1, 5.6.7: l. 29)
10. [hur-saj] /gig2\-ju10 /im\-babbar ba-an-mu2
10.11
(cf. 6.1.17.b3: l. 15, 6.1.19.a1: ll. 2-3, 5.6.7: l. 30)
11. ama-ju10 gictir-ta lu2 mu-ci-in-gi4
12. cu dab5-ju10 ma-an-cum2
10.12
(cf. 6.1.17.b3: ll. 16-17, 6.1.19.a1: ll. 4-5, 5.6.7: l. 31)
13. dnin-kilim {nij2-hab2-ba} {(1 ms. has instead:) uzu hab2-ba} gu7-gu7-ju10
14. dug i3-nun-na-ce3 gu2 nu-mu-un-ci-la2-e
10.13
15. ur2 am-mu-uc-e i-bi2 imin-e
16. bad3-si gul-gul-e na-ab-be2-a
10.14
17. esag2 gibil-za in-nu sumun-a-ju10 ga-an-si-e-ce
10.15
18. lu2 mu-e-ci-in-gi4 ta-am3 bi2-ib?-dab5
10.16
19. [ma]-/la?\-ga-ni mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4

Print/Electronic sources

Alster 1997a, pp. 188-189, 422: composite text, translation, commentary, score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

CBS 14059 (coll. J. Taylor)10.1-16
UM 55-21-254 (3N-T 108)10.14

Revision history

20.i.2002: JT, editor: standardisation
25.iii.2002: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging