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Proverbs: collection 21

Segment A

(= Alster 1997 p. 260 Ni 3206)
unknown no. of lines missing
21.a1
1. [...] X-en
2. [...] X [...]
3. [...] X [...]
2 lines missing
21.a4
6. [...]-ta-ed2
7. [...] um-ma-tag
21.a5
8. [...] X X X
21.a6
9. [...] GI
10. [...] X X X
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

21.b1
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 1)
1. nu-X X [...]
21.b2
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 2)
2. [...]
3. NI [...]
4. [X]-/zu?\ nu-mu-da-zu /NE\ [...]
21.b3
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 3)
5. lugal-e en3 nu-tar-ra-/ni\ [...]
21.b4
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 4; cf. 6.1.09.a12, 6.1.19.b1, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 1-2)
6. cah2-niga ab-cum-[u3-de3] u3-bi2-[...]
7. nij2 i3-gu7-a-ju10 /ga\-[ab-su-e-ce]
21.b5
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. B 5; cf. 6.1.09.a13, 6.1.19.b2, 6.1.24.2, 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 3-4)
8. cah2-ze2-eh [tur-e] cu al-gu4-ud-[...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

21.c1
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 1; cf. 6.1.19.c7, 6.1.23.18, 6.1.24.8)
1. [e2]-/gi4-a gal4-la\ [lu2-kam]
21.c2
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 2; cf. 6.1.19.c8)
2. mi2-us2-sa2-/tur UC\ [X X]
3. je26 e2-e X X (X)
4. X /ga-ba\-X [...]
21.c3
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 3; cf. 6.1.01.191)
5. dur2 cah2 /he2-gu7-e\
6. [X] cah2 [...]
21.c4
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 4; cf. 6.1.24.10)
7. kac ga-/ze2-ze2-eb?\ usar nu-kal-/e\
21.c5
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 5; cf. 6.1.24.11; edited separately as 6.3.b The fowler and his wife)
x.
21.c6
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 6)
21. /gi4\-in ud cu2-cu2-/ru\ ji6-sa9-a-gin7 an-na-di-/di\-[(X)]
21.c7
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 7; cf. 6.1.19.d10)
22. gi4-in-na an-ba pa nu-um-ed2 ga-/ca\-[an-a-ni] [...]
21.c8
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 8; cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 5)
23. ud cu2-cu2-ru cag4-hul2-la e2-gi4-a-/kam\
21.c9
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 9; cf. 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B l. 7)
24. nu-mu-un-na-kal geme2 HACHUR [...]
21.c10
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 10; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 325 ll. 1-2, 6.2.5: IM 62823 Seg. B ll. 8-9)
25. gi4-in-gi4-in-e balaj ba-ra-/ed2\
26. ga-ca-an-an-na e-dur2-bi mu-X [X]
21.c11
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 11; cf. 6.1.03.37)
27. geme2 e2-gal-la /za\-ra dug4-[dug4]
21.c12
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 12; cf. 6.1.03.37)
28. /arad\ e2-gal-la ga-til3-bi [gu7-gu7]
21.c13
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 13)
29. KU.KU-a-ju10-ne gal4-la-ju10 na-aj2-gi4-in-e ma-an-ga
30. [gal4]-la2?-ju10 lu2 ba-an-tuku
21.c14
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 14; cf. 6.1.19.d3)
31. UMmucen al-zah2 gu-du-bi? am3-kar
21.c15
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 15; cf. 6.1.09.b2)
32. he2-kud na-ab-/dug4\ ja2-ra in-na-LAGAB-u3
33. egir2 gi4-in-na-ka
21.c16
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. A 16; cf. 6.1.09.b4, b5-8; edited separately as 6.3.c The lazy slave girl)
x.
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment D

21.d1
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 1)
1. sipad X X X X [...]
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 2)
21.d2
2. gala-e gicma2-gur ce gur /nu\-[...]
21.d3
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 3)
3. gala-e a-cag4 lu2-u3-ka ce zuh-zuh-de3 i3-jen
4. lugal a-cag4-ga-ke4 ba-an-dab5
5. saj an-sag9-ga-ju10 bi2-suh bi2-bir-/bir\ [(X)]
6. si ga-ba-ab-sa2 umuc-ju10 ga-ba-da-ab-X [...]
7. ga-ba-jen-e-[ce]
21.d4
(= Alster 1997 21 Sec. D 4)
8. a-cag4 u3-mu-un gu5-li gala-ke4 na-/an\-[...]
9. {[X] /na\-an-kij2-kij2 KA X (X) bi2-ib-X-a?} {(1 ms. has instead:) X ze2-e bulug-/ga\ [...]}

Segment E

(= Alster 1997 p. 260 UM 29-13-264a; unplaced; belongs somewhere after 21.c5)
21.e1
1. [...] /KU\ na-ab-/be2\-a
2. [...] /SI\ UD mu-un-na-ju10
3. [...]-e-ce
21.e2
4. [...]-/ta\-bi-ce3
5. [...] /mu\-na-ni-gi-gi
6. [...] X nu-nu2 X
7. [...] jiri3 X
8. [...]-ce
21.e3
9. [...] /MU\-ni-X
10. [...] /RI\
11. [...] X

Segment F

(= Alster 1997 p. 260 N 7918; unplaced; may not belong in collection 21)
21.f1
1. [...] X X [...]
2. [...] X X [...]
3. [...] X X [...]
4. [...] X [...]

Print/Electronic sources

Alster 1997a, pp. 251-260, 442-444, 82-87: composite text, translation, commentary, photograph, score transliteration
Krecher 1995: composite text, translation
Veldhuis 2000c, p. 394: commentary

Cuneiform sources

CBS 3805Seg. A 16
CBS 8850 (Alster 1997a pl. 84)Seg. B 2-4, Seg. A 2-5
HS 1448 (TMHNF III 49)Seg. A 13-15
N 1237 (Alster 1997a pl. 82-83)Seg. A 5, 6, 10-14
N 3330 (Alster 1997a pl. 87)Seg. A 16, Seg. D 3-4
N 7918 (Alster 1997a pl. 82-83)Seg. A 5
Ni 3023 (SLTNi 131) obv. ii 3-16Seg. A 16
Ni 3206 (ISET 2, 121)Seg. A 4-5, Seg. X 1-6
UM 29-13-264 (Alster 1997a pl. 87)Seg. A 5, Seg. Y 1-3
UM 29-15-667 (Alster 1997a pl. 86)Seg.A 1-5, Seg. B 1-5, SPC 21
UM 55-21-311 (3N-T 348; Alster 1997a pl. 85)Seg. A 6-16, Seg. D 1-4
University of Iowa, JCS 31 (1979) 143, No. 18Seg. A 5
A 30175 (3N-T 168)Seg. A 5

Revision history

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