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Proverbs: collection 18 (Q000811)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000811 |
| 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 18.1, | ||
| 14 | x-ib-ze₂-e | will give. |
| proverb 18.2, | ||
| 15 | x lum-lum-e | ... of Lumlum |
| 16 | x x x-ta lugal-zu ba-an-gu₇ | ... your king ate. |
| proverb 18.3, | ||
| 17 | x MU RI a-šag₄ dur₂-ru-na še gu₇-gu₇-a | ... the field where he dwells, eating barley |
| 18 | lum-lum a-na ba-e-kal | “Loss, what did you eat? |
| proverb 18.4, | ||
| 19 | da-ra-an-šub a-hur-rum i-bi₂-za | Be present forever, O Ahurrum, before you |
| 20 | gur-da niŋ₂ ud da-ri₂-kam | gurda niŋa-offering of the eternal day |
| proverb 18.5, | ||
| 21 | a-hur-rum keše₂-ra-ab | aḫurrum kešerab |
| 22 | ud MAŠ-a du₈-du₈-a-ab | May the day pass by! |
| proverb 18.6, | ||
| 23 | kug kalag-ga la₂ ka kalag-ga sam₂ | The mighty silver, the mighty mouth, the price |
| proverb 18.7, | ||
| 24 | za-e ŋiš-šub-e ni₂ bi₂-ib-kal | You are the one who carries fear. |
| proverb 18.8, | ||
| 25 | dub₃-tuku bar in-dab₅ | he seized the scepter. |
| 26 | usu-tuku ba-da-an-kar | he took away his strength. |
| 27 | ka tuku e₂-gal-la ba-ni-in-kur₉ | The one who has a mouth entered the palace. |
| proverb 18.9, | ||
| 28 | x-a-kam | of ... |
| 29 | x-na-kam | It is of ... |
| proverb 18.10, | ||
| 30 | x igi-ni a zal-bi | ... before him, wail! |
| proverb 18.11, | ||
| 31 | he₂-em-dirig {urud}ha-zi-in al-su-su | I adorned it with a hazin axe. |
| proverb 18.12, | ||
| 32 | du₆-la₂ dul₂-bi bi₂-ib-sig₉-sig₉ | he decorated it with a reed mat. |
| proverb 18.13, | ||
| 33 | saŋ ki-tum₃ a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂ še-ba-e-da-e-še | “Lead me to the place where the labor and wages are to be paid! |
| proverb 18.14, | ||
| 34 | saŋ bul-e id₂-da bal-e | The canal inspector, the one who flows with the river |
| proverb 18.15, | ||
| 35 | si-si-ig a-ga-de₃{ki}-še₃ i₃-gi₄-in | he returned to Agade. |
| 36 | a-ga-de₃{ki}-a a-na-am₃ mu-e-ni-ak | What did you do in Agade? |
| 37 | maš₂-ŋi₆ lul-la im-ma-an-na-ŋar | He made the false goats tremble |
| 38 | lu₂ bur₂-ru-bi bi₂-in-tuku | he had a man take it as a loan. |
| 39 | a-ga-de₃{ki}-a a-ga-de₃{ki} x x-a-gin₇ | In Agade, Agad ... |
| 40 | x BI X x X | ... . |
| proverb 18.b1, | ||
| 1 | BA X x | ...; |
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