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Proverbs: collection 17 (Q000810)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000810 |
| 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 17.a1, | ||
| 1 | x-za | x-za |
| 2 | x ŋal₂ | ... carried; |
| 3 | x ŋal₂ | ... carried; |
| proverb 17.a2, | ||
| 4 | x zu A | ..., |
| 5 | x X-ni | ...; |
| proverb 17.b1, | ||
| 1 | x X še ŠA x | Hand of |
| 2 | X ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂ X x | ... wages ... |
| 3 | x NE-am₃ dug₃ lul x | ... false ... |
| proverb 17.b2, | ||
| 4 | sukud-de₃ an-na šu nu-um-da-la₂ | The scepter of heaven cannot be overturned |
| 5 | daŋal-e ki-a igi nu-um-ma-an-il₂-il₂ | The rebel did not look at the earth. |
| 6 | kalag-ga ki-nu₂ ni₂ nu-mu-un-gid₂-de₃ | The mighty one does not fear the bed. |
| 7 | za-e-me-en ud-gin₇ dug₄-dug₄-ga | You are the one who makes the day as pleasant as the day. |
| 8 | piriŋ-gin₇ ne he₂-gub | May he stand like a piri priestess. |
| 9 | X-zu {ŋiš}kiri₆ a he₂-eb-de₆ | May your ... water the orchard |
| 10 | lu₂ nam-bi₂-ib-til-e | the man should not kill him. |
| proverb 17.b3, | ||
| 11 | šul diŋir-ŋu₁₀ ŋiri₃ {d}lamma-ŋu₁₀ | the one who divides (the land) between the Lamma gods |
| 12 | nam-ŋuruš anše kar-ra-gin₇ | like a stray donkey |
| 13 | haš₂-ŋa₂ ba-an-taka₄ | hašba(-disease) was imposed |
| 14 | hur-saŋ gig₂-ŋu₁₀ im-babbar ba-an-mu₂ | He made the white mountain grow like a lump of wheat. |
| 15 | ama-ŋu₁₀ tir-ta ŋiš dab₅-ba šu dab₅ mu-da-an-šum₂ | The mother seized the captive from the forest, she took the captive. |
| 16 | {d}nin-kilim i₃ niŋ₂ hab₂-ba gu₇-gu₇-ŋu₁₀ | Ninkilim, the one who eats the oil that has been smashed, |
| 17 | dug i₃-nun-na-še₃ gu₂ nu-mu-un-ši-la₂-e | He does not raise his neck to the pot of butter |
| proverb 17.b4, | ||
| 18 | ukur₃-re dumu-na tibir₂ 1(DIŠ)-am₃ šu nu-um-ma-ni-dug₄-ge | The ukur priestess, her child, is a one-tibir-demon, her hand is not good |
| 19 | gi₁₆-sa da-ri₂-še₃ mu-un-na-ni-ak-e | he made her dwell forever in her treasure. |
| proverb 17.b5, | ||
| 20 | ukur₃-re al-ŋal₂-la X X X tu₇ |DAG.KISIM₅×X|-ra bi₂-in-šu₂ | The ukur-demon is carried away ... eats soup. |
| proverb 17.b6, | ||
| 21 | ukur₃ tu₇-a igi bar-ra | a soup made with ukû-flour |
| proverb 17.b7, | ||
| 22 | ŋiš-erin₂ sa ak-am₃ {ŋiš}pu₂ niŋ₂-lul ak-a | “You are the one who binds the twigs, you are one who lies down. |
| 23 | dam-gar₃-ra gu₅-li-ni-še₃ lu₂ ši-in-ga-an-tuku-tuku | The merchant, the one who has no rival |
| proverb 17.b8, | ||
| 24 | dam-gar₃-ra kug-babbar ta ba-an-tur-re-en | What did I change for the merchant? |
| 25 | u₃ še ta ba-an-tur-re-en | And what did I do wrong? |
| proverb 17.b9, | ||
| 26 | e₂-gal | palace |
| 27 | ud 1(DIŠ) ama tud-da-am₃ | 1 day, the birth mother |
| 28 | ud 1(DIŠ) ama a-nir-ra-am₃ | The 1st day: “Mother of Anirra’ |
| proverb 17.b10, | ||
| 29 | x X x | |
| proverb 17.c1, | ||
| 1 | x-ak-am₃ | it is ... |
| 2 | x SU-SU | ...; |
| 3 | x X-an | ...; |
| proverb 17.c2, | ||
| 4 | x geme₂ | [x] female workers, |
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