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Proverbs: collection 21 (Q000813)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000813 |
| 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 21.a1, | ||
| 1 | x X-en | ..., |
| 2 | x X x | |
| 3 | x X x | |
| proverb 21.a4, | ||
| 6 | x-ta-e₃ | he left. |
| 7 | x um-ma-tag | ... he smote |
| proverb 21.a5, | ||
| 8 | x X X X | |
| proverb 21.a6, | ||
| 9 | x GI | [x] reeds |
| 10 | x X X X | |
| proverb 21.b1, | ||
| 1 | nu-X X x | we [......] |
| proverb 21.b2, | ||
| 2 | x | |
| 3 | NI x | ... ; |
| 4 | x-zu nu-mu-da-zu NE x | Your ... does not know ... |
| proverb 21.b3, | ||
| 5 | lugal-e en₃ nu-tar-ra-ni x | The king, who does not inquire after ... |
| proverb 21.b4, | ||
| 6 | šah₂ niga ab-šum-u₃-de₃ u₃-bi₂-x | To make the fattened pigs ... |
| 7 | niŋ₂ i₃-gu₇-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-ab-sug₆-e-še | I want to pacify the one who eats himself |
| proverb 21.b5, | ||
| 8 | šah₂-ze₂-eh-tur-e šu al-gu₄-ud-x | Hand of an ox ... |
| proverb 21.c1, | ||
| 1 | e₂-gi₄-a gal₄-la lu₂-kam | The bride, the vagina of a man |
| proverb 21.c2, | ||
| 2 | mussa-tur UŠ x x | Mustatur, the length |
| 3 | ŋe₂₆ e₂-e X X X | The house ... |
| 4 | X ga-ba-X x | I want to ... |
| proverb 21.c3, | ||
| 5 | dur₂ šah₂ he₂-gu₇-e | may he eat a pig's thigh |
| 6 | x šah₂ x | x pigs |
| proverb 21.c4, | ||
| 7 | kaš ga-ze₂-ze₂-eb ušur nu-kal-e | I want to brew beer, but I do not know how to carry it |
| gi₄-in ud šu₂-šu₂-ru ŋi₆ MAŠ-a-gin₇ an-na-di-di-X | The maidservant, the storm, like a flood-wave ... | |
| proverb 21.c7, | ||
| 22 | gi₄-in-na an-ba pa nu-um-e₃ ga-ša-an-a-ni x | The maidservant does not appear in heaven, her lady ... |
| proverb 21.c8, | ||
| 23 | ud šu₂-šu₂-ru šag₄ hul₂-la e₂-gi₄-a-kam | It is the storm that makes the heart rejoice, it is the bride |
| proverb 21.c9, | ||
| 24 | nu-mu-un-na-kal geme₂ HAŠHUR x | she does not eat female laborers |
| proverb 21.c10, | ||
| 25 | gi₄-in-gi₄-in-e balaŋ ba-ra-e₃ | The maidservant left the reign. |
| 26 | ga-ša-an-an-na e-duru₂-bi mu-X x | Gašanana ... its dwelling |
| proverb 21.c11, | ||
| 27 | geme₂ e₂-gal-la za-ra dug₄-dug₄ | The female slaves of the palace, who are pleasing to you, |
| proverb 21.c12, | ||
| 28 | arad e₂-gal-la ga-til₃-bi gu₇-gu₇ | I want to live with the servant of the palace. |
| proverb 21.c13, | ||
| 29 | KU-KU-a-ŋu₁₀-ne gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ na-aŋ₂-gi₄-in-e ma-an-ga | When they ..., the vagina does not return to me. |
| 30 | gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ ba-an-tuku | The vagina has acquired a man. |
| proverb 21.c14, | ||
| 31 | um{mušen} al-sah₆ gu-du-bi am₃-kar | The herdsman is enraged, its cattlepen is destroyed. |
| proverb 21.c15, | ||
| 32 | he₂-kud na-ab-dug₄ ŋa₂-ra in-na-LAGAB-u₃ | He should eat, he should not eat bread. |
| 33 | egir₂ gi₄-in-na-ka | the princess of the maidservant |
| sipad X X X X x | shepherd , | |
| proverb 21.d2, | ||
| 2 | gala-e {ŋiš}ma₂-gur še gur nu-x | The gala-priest does not ... the barley gur barley |
| proverb 21.d3, | ||
| 3 | gala-e a-šag₄ lu₂-u₃-ka še zuh-zuh-de₃ i₃-ŋen | The gala-priest ... in the field of a man ... |
| 4 | lugal a-šag₄-ga-ke₄ ba-an-dab₅ | the owner of the field was seized |
| 5 | saŋ an-sag₉-ga-ŋu₁₀ bi₂-suh bi₂-bir-bir X | (Sum) He smashed the good sag plant, he scattered it(?) (Akk) It shattered the good soil, it scattered it |
| 6 | si ga-ba-ab-sa₂ umuš-ŋu₁₀ ga-ba-da-ab-X x | I want to make perfect ..., I want [to make perfect] ... |
| 7 | ga-ba-ŋen-e-še | I want to speak to him |
| proverb 21.d4, | ||
| 8 | a-šag₄ u₃-mu-un gu₅-li gala-ke₄ na-an-x | The field of the lord, the bull of the gala-priest ... |
| x na-an-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ KA X X bi₂-ib-X-a X ze₂-e bulug-ga x | ... Nanki ... sweet ... | |
| proverb 21.e1, | ||
| 1 | x KU na-ab-be₂-a | ... should not say. |
| 2 | x SI UD mu-un-na-MU | ... I call out to him. |
| 3 | x-e-še | ..., |
| proverb 21.e2, | ||
| 4 | x-ta-bi-še₃ | to its ... |
| 5 | x mu-na-ni-gi-gi | ... returned for him. |
| 6 | x X nu-nu₂ X | ... lying down. |
| 7 | x ŋiri₃ X | [x] ... |
| 8 | x še | ... barley |
| proverb 21.e3, | ||
| 9 | x MU-ni-X | [x], Šuni-; |
| 10 | x RI | ...; |
| 11 | x X | |
| proverb 21.f1, | ||
| 1 | x X X x | |
| 2 | x X X x | |
| 3 | x X X x | |
| 4 | x X x | |
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