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Proverbs: collection 24 (Q000816)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 24 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000816 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 24.1, | ||
| 1 | x A MU x | ... year ... |
| proverb 24.2, | ||
| 2 | šah₂ niga ab-šum-de₃ niŋ₂ i₃-gu₇-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-ab-sug₆-e-še | I want to pacify the mood of the fattened goat |
| 3 | šah₂-ze₂-eh-tur-e šu al-gu₄-ud-gu₄-ud-de₃ sag₉-ga-aš-am₃ ŋe₂₆-e nu-gu₇-e-še | The šaḫ-tur priestess, the one who is to make the oxen grow, is beautiful, she does not eat |
| proverb 24.3, | ||
| 4 | e₂ gul-gul-e kug i₃-gul-e | The one who destroys houses, he destroys silver. |
| 5 | e₂ gul-e kug-sig₁₇ i₃-gul-e | He destroys houses, he destroys gold. |
| proverb 24.4, | ||
| 6 | dam u₃-mu-un-si gam-am₃ geme₂ ug₅-ga-am₃ | The spouse of Umunsi is dead, the slave woman is dead. |
| 7 | u₃-mu-un-si gam-am₃ arad ug₅-ga-am₃ | Umunsi is dead, her servant is dead. |
| proverb 24.5, | ||
| 8 | ga-gid₂ mu-un-da-ku₅-ru šu-bi bar edin-na mu-da-an-DU | He cut off the scepter, he ... its hand in the steppe. |
| proverb 24.6, | ||
| 9 | im-ba am₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ x | The tablets ... |
| 10 | ba-ab-ak i₃-x | he made ... |
| proverb 24.7, | ||
| 11 | saŋ bul-e id₂-da bal-e | The canal inspector, the one who flows with the river |
| proverb 24.8, | ||
| 12 | {kuš}ummud zi lu₂-kam {kuš}e-sir₂ igi lu₂-kam | The righteous sandal of a man, the esir sandal before a men |
| 13 | dam dim₄-ma lu₂-kam dumu-nitah ŋissu lu₂-kam | The wise wife of a man, the eldest daughter of <a man> |
| 14 | dumu-munus saŋ šu ŋar lu₂-kam e₂-gi₄-a gal₅-la₂ lu₂-kam | The daughter-in-law, the hand of a “man’s man, the bride, the galla-demon of the man |
| proverb 24.9, | ||
| 15 | {d}utu bar-ra šu he₂-en-ne-šu₂ ni₂-zu šu nu-zu-a kur₉-ni-ib | Šamaš, may your hand be merciful towards the outside, your fearsomeness will be released. |
| proverb 24.10, | ||
| 16 | kaš ga-an-ze₂-eb-ba ušur nu-mu-un-kal-e | I want to drink beer, but I do not know how to hold it. |
Sources & licences
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