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Proverbs: collection 10 (Q000803)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000803 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| proverb 10.1, | ||
| 1 | nir-ŋal₂-e a-na bi₂-in-dug₄ nu-sag₉ | What did the hero say? It is not good. |
| proverb 10.2, | ||
| 2 | nir-ŋal₂-e a-na bi₂-in-dug₄ nu-zid | What has he done wrong? He has not been released. |
| proverb 10.3-4, | ||
| 3 | nir-ŋal₂ kug-zu-am₃ ukur₃ šu dim₄-am₃ | Your noble one is your silver, the ukur priestess is an eminent one |
| 4 | šu ŋar ŋal₂-la aratta{ki}-ka | Hand of rebellious Aratta |
| proverb 10.5, | ||
| 5 | a₂-tuku lugal ki-in-du-ke₄ | the powerful one, the king of Kindu |
| proverb 10.6, | ||
| 6 | usu ka lu₂-ta-am₃ am₃-ku₄-ku₄ | It enters from the mouth of a man. |
| proverb 10.7, | ||
| 7 | usu igi-ŋal₂-tuku nu-mu-e-da-sa₂ | (Sum) My strength is not equal to my strength (Akk) I do not equal my strength |
| proverb 10.8, | ||
| 8 | usu diŋir-ŋa₂ ni₂-ŋa₂ ba-til | The strength of the intercalary river is finished by itself. |
| proverb 10.9, | ||
| 9 | nam-ŋuruš anše kar-ra-gin₇ haš₂-ŋa₂ ba-e-taka₄ | Like a stray donkey, you have seized its tail. |
| proverb 10.10, | ||
| 10 | hur-saŋ gig₂-ŋu₁₀ im-babbar ba-an-mu₂ | He made the white mountain grow like a lump of wheat. |
| proverb 10.11, | ||
| 11 | ama-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}tir-ta lu₂ mu-ši-in-gi₄ | From the ‘mother-in-law’s grave he returned the man. |
| 12 | šu dab₅-ŋu₁₀ ma-an-šum₂ | Hand seized by Manšum |
| {d}nin-kilim niŋ₂ hab₂-ba gu₇-gu₇-ŋu₁₀ uzu | Ninkilim, whose fearsomeness devours flesh, | |
| proverb 10.12, | ||
| 14 | dug i₃-nun-na-še₃ gu₂ nu-mu-un-ši-la₂-e | He does not raise his neck to the pot of butter |
| proverb 10.13, | ||
| 15 | ur₂ am-mu-uš-e i-bi₂ 7(IMIN)-e | At the base of the ammuš plant, it was seen 7 times |
| 16 | bad₃-si gul-gul-e na-ab-be₂-a | Do not destroy the parapets! |
| proverb 10.14, | ||
| 17 | esaŋ₂ gibil-za in-nu sumun-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-an-si-e-še | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you in your new shrine |
| proverb 10.15, | ||
| 18 | lu₂ mu-e-ši-in-gi₄ ta-am₃ bi₂-ib-dab₅ | (Sum) The man returned, what did he take away? (Akk) What has he taken away? |
| proverb 10.16, | ||
| 19 | ma-la-ga-ni mu-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | he replied to his girlfriend: |
Sources & licences
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