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Proverbs: collection 27

Segment A

unknown no. of lines missing
27.a1
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 1')
1. X [...]
2. /ba\-[...]
3. KA [...]
27.a2
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 2')
4. lu2-/zuh\ [...] lu2 SAL X [...]
5. je26-e nu-X [...]
27.a3
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 3')
6. lu2 ka du3-da DI jic X [X]
7. den-ki X X (X) RI X [X X]
8. X-bi DI A lu2 na-me! he2-X [X X]
9. ne-e [X (X)]
27.a4
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C ii' 4')
10. lu2 AMAR /DA\ DI-gin7 [(X)] /lu2\ [...]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

27.b1
(= Alster 1997 27.1)
1. cag4 nij2-tuku tur5-ra-am3 /an-tur5?\ [...]
2. cag4 dirig tur5-ra-am3 an-/tur5\ [...]
27.b2
(= Alster 1997 27.2)
3. a-na-ac-am3 ur5-ur5-ra di4-di4-/la2\-[X]
27.b3
(= Alster 1997 27.3)
4. gu2-un sig gu2 i3-il2-la i3-gu4-ud-gu4-ud-dam
27.b4
(= Alster 1997 27.4)
5. di-bi-ri inim mu-ni-in-ne-ec
27.b5
(= Alster 1997 27.5)
6. lu2 e2-a-ne-ne u2-gu de2-a erim3-bi an-gur-ru-uc
27.b6
(= Alster 1997 27.6)
7. gu7-u3-de3 al-dug3 gur-ru-da-bi /al-gig\
27.b7
(= Alster 1997 27.7)
8. cag4 dirig-ga cag4 a-ab-gig
27.b8
(= Alster 1997 27.8)
9. ki-jic-jic-la2-a u2 bur12-bur12-re
27.b9
(= Alster 1997 27.9; cf. 6.2.3 UET 6/2 250)
10. iriki iriki silim {nu-ub-dug4 lu2 lu2-a /silim\ ab-be2} {(1 ms. has instead:) nu-tag-ga lu2-ulu3 lu2-ulu3 silim bi2-tag-ga}
27.b10
(= Alster 1997 27.10)
11. [X] /danna\-ce3 {he2-en-cub} {(1 ms. has instead:) ba-an-zah2(source: HA)} sa9 danna-ce3 he2-em-gi
27.b11
(= Alster 1997 27.11)
12. [X (X)]-mi-pad3-da-bi lu2 bur2-ru-bi
27.b12
(= Alster 1997 27.12)
13. {[X (X)]-/mi\-ed2-de3 X X bur2 X ni2 ba-te ba-zah2} {(1 ms. has instead:) [X X] /li\-bi2-X-de2? [...] ba-zah2(source: HA)}
27.b13
(= Alster 1997 27.13)
14. [...] /MU nu-BUR2? X nij2-bi?\ X [X X (X)]
2 lines missing
27.b14
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 1)
17. [X X (X)] X X [...]
27.b15
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 2)
18. [X] X MU lu2-/ra?\ X X /um\-ur4-[ur4]
27.b16
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 A rev. 3)
19. [X] X-am3 nam-tag-ju10-e-[ce]
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

27.c1
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C i' 6')
1. [X X] X-gu7-da-ke4-ec
2. [...]-mi-dab5-be2-ec
27.c2
(= Alster 1997 p. 284 C i' 7')
3. [X X X] X-kij2
4. [...] X

Print/Electronic sources

Alster 1997a, pp. 282-284, 457-458, 94-96: composite text, translation, commentary, score transliteration, photograph

Cuneiform sources

BM 59344 (CT 58, 67 B; coll. J. Taylor)Seg. A 1-4, Seg. B 3, 5, 11, 10, 12, Seg. C 1-2
CBS 8283Seg. B 1-13
N 4974Seg. B 4-6

Revision history

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