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Proverbs: collection 18

Segment A

approx. 13 lines missing
18.1

14. 1 line fragmentary

18.2

15-16. ...... flourish ...... your lord ate.

18.3

17-18. ...... grain all been eaten in the ...... field ....... How did you value the flourishing?

18.4

19-20. The idleness of a low-life causes losses; his shying away (?) from work is perpetual.

18.5

21-22. Employ a low-life -- fire him after half a day!

18.6

23. (cf. 6.1.26.c2) He who pays with high-valued silver negotiates a favourable position.

18.7

24. Your worthiness is the result of chance.

18.8

25-27. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 281) The quick one hid, the strong one fled; the talker got into the palace.

18.9

28-29. 2 lines fragmentary

18.10

30. 1 line fragmentary

18.11

31. Whenever there is excess, an axe remedies it!

18.12

32. The pits on the mounds will be levelled.

18.13

33. A slave entrusted with a burial will be negligent.

18.14

34. (cf. 6.1.03.88, 6.1.24.7) He who tosses his head will cross the river.

18.15

35-40. (cf. 6.1.11.57) Oh whirlwind (?), I dispatched you toward Agade. What did you accomplish in Agade? -- A misleading omen was given to him (i.e. Naram-Suen) . He was provided with an interpreter. Agade ...... like ...... Agade ...... 1 line fragmentary

Segment B

(unplaced)
18.b1

1. (= Alster 1997 p. 242 B rev. 1) 1 line fragmentary



Revision history

21.i.2002: JT, editor: adapting translation
26.ix.2002: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging