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Proverbs: collection 16

Segment A

16.a1
1. [...]-NE
2. [...]-cum2
3. [...]-hul2
4. [...] X KU
5. [...]-gu7-e
6. [...]-bi
16.a2
7. [...] he2-X X
8. [...] /tum2\-ma?
9. [...] DU
16.a3
10. [...]-an-tur
11. [...] X-e
12. [...] 7
13. [...] /gu2-uc?\
14. [...] GA
15. [...] /cum2\
16. [...] X
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

16.b1
1. [...] X [...] X [...]
2. [...] X X X [...] X X [...]
3. X X AN AB X gal X X ab-gu7?
16.b2
(cf. 6.1.03.10)
4. sipad he2-em-ta-ed3-de3-e-en
5. udu-ni cu-a li-bi2-in-gi4
16.b3
(cf. 6.1.03.11)
6. sipad kug-zu /mu-un?-na\-bir-am3
7. udu-ni cu-a li-bi2-in-gi4
16.b4
(cf. 6.1.03.9, 6.1.23.7)
8. sipad(source: TUR3) jic3-a-ni
9. nu-gickiri6 suhur-ni
16.b5
(cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.23.7)
10. ibila nu-gen6-na dam nu-il2 dumu nu-il2 giri17-zal-ce3 nu-il2
16.b6
11. sipad X ha ud dic-a iti na-an-X-[(X)]
12. [X] cu [...]
16.b7
(cf. 6.1.03.6)
13. ud-da ga-jen na-/gada\-[kam]
14. ul-la ga-jen /sipad\-[tur-ra-kam]
15. /nij2-gur11-ni?\ X [...]
16. /ga-jen\-am3 [...]
16.b8
17. KU X [...]
18. X X [...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

16.c1
(cf. 6.1.14.3, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 7-8)
1. [igi engar-e mu-e-ci-in-il2-e]
2. [den-lil2-le iri nam ku5-ra2-ni ha-ba]-ci-[in-il2-e]
16.c2
(cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.15.b1, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10)
3. igi sipad-tur-re [mu-e-ci-in-il2-e]
4. den-lil2-le iri /nam\ [ku5-ra2-ni] ha-ba-ci-in-/il2\-[e]
16.c3
(cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.15.b2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 11-12)
5. igi bahar2-e mu-e-ci-[in-il2-e]
6. den-lil2-le iri nam [ku5-ra2-ni] ha-ba-ci-in-[il2-e]
16.c4
(cf. 6.1.15.b4)
7. engar igi uri3-a a-na-am3 [... ak ...]
16.c5
(cf. 6.1.03.149, 6.1.14.6, 6.1.22: ll. 172-175, 6.1.25.1)
8. ud al-cu2-cu2-/ru\ [im nu-cej3-am3]
9. im al-/cej3\ [kuce-sir2 nu-du8]
10. id2/idigna\ [ka-ba nu-un-zur-re a-gar3-re nu-si-si]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment D

16.d1
1. /ki-sikil?\ [...]
2. cum2 ba-/ab?\-[...]
16.d2
(cf. 6.1.03.17)
3. gu5-li-/ju10\ [nij2 ud dic-kam]
4. gi-me-[a-ac-ju10 nij2 ud da-ri2-kam]
16.d3
5. cec cag4 [...]
6. eme KA [...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment E

16.e1
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 1)
1. /MU\ [...]
2. nij2 na-[me ...]
3. kisal X X [...]
16.e2
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 2)
4. ga me-a X X cag4 [...]
16.e3
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 3)
5. ab geme2-ta na-ab-/ku4?-ku4\-[X]
6. dam-gar3 e-ne
16.e4
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 4 = 21 Sec. C 1)
7. ance-e nij2 ninnu-me-ec
8. gicdusu il2-il2-ne am3-ec
9. dic-am3 kur9-ra-am3 a-na? ba-an-il2-e-ce
16.e5
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 5 = 21 Sec. C 2)
10. u2 /ur2\-bi gid2-da in-/na\-bu-uc X-(X)-e-ce
16.e6
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. C 3)
11. un erin mu-un-ni-/te?\ mu-da-an-BU
12. na4 un ja2 /cec\ e X
13. X mu-da-DAB?-/gin7\
14. X UC nam-ban3-da
15. <nij2-gig> dsuen-na-kam
16.e7
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 1 = 21 Sec. C 4; cf. 6.1.09.g5)
16. kur kug ba-al-[gin7]
17. lu2 dim2-ma nu-sag9
16.e8
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 2)
18. cu-i-gin7 nam-X [...]
19. suhur im-ci-la2-/e\
16.e9
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 3)
20. u2 SAL+NI ak [...]
21. gaba dul-da i3-ak [X X]-e-[ce]
16.e10
(= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 3)
22. X ZI TUG2 X [...] [d]nirah-gin7 dar-ra-/me-en\
16.e11
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 4)
23. [u2]numun2 in-rig5-rig5-ga
16.e12
(= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 4)
24. [...] ka-am3 i3-bar-re
16.e13
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 5)
25. X ma2 bi2-in-dirig-/ge4?\ {ni2-zu ba-da-an-tum3} {(1 ms. has instead:) KA ba-an-ga-bi }
16.e14
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 6)
26. /ejer\ ni2-zuh ti-ri2-da mu-/dehi2\
16.e15
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 7)
27. IM-ni-a {zag-am3} {(1 ms. has instead:) zag-JAR} cu ba-ab-kal
28. {nu-gickiri6-ke4} {(1 ms. has instead:) nu-gickiri6 iri} mu-un-dab5-be2-ne
29. {/jiri3\ gickiri6-ce3 im-tum2-tum2-ma} {(1 ms. has instead:) [X] /gic\kiri6-ke4 mu-un-tum2-me-/en\}
16.e16
(= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 8)
30. [X X]-rin-na IM-ni-a zag-bi [X X] NI NE he2-en-suh
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment F

16.f1
(= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 1')
1. [...] X-e-ce
16.f2
(= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 2'-3')
2. [X (X)] A /CE\ [X (X)]-i gid2-i X-ja2-ja2? (ic-hi-[...]-/ik?\ X el ra-ma-ni-cu IZ NU UR)

Print/Electronic sources

Alster 1997a, pp. 231-236, 435: composite text, translation, score transliteration
Veldhuis 2000c, p. 393: commentary

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7801
N 1009(+) N 5187
N 5213
Ni 9752 (ISET 2, 98-99)
UM 29-15-667

Revision history

14.i.2002: JT, editor: standardisation
17.ix.2002: JAB, editor: proofreading
13.xii.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging