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Proverbs: collection 25 (Q000817)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 25 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000817 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 25.1, | ||
| 1 | ud šu₂-uš-ru im nu-šeŋ₃-ŋe₂₆ | The day of the harvest, the clay will not be found |
| 2 | im al-šeŋ₃-ŋe₂₆ {kuš}gur₂₁-ra nu-du₈-e | The clay was heaped up, but it could not be disbursed. |
| 3 | {id₂}idigna a-u₅-ba ŋal₂-la a-gar₃-ra nu-si-sa₂ | The Tigris, in its flood, was not balanced in the meadows |
| 4 | peš₁₀ im al-šeŋ₃-ŋe₂₆ bar-rim₄-ma im nu-ba-e | The clay was heaped up, the clay was not poured out. |
| proverb 25.2, | ||
| 5 | en-e ku₆ an-gu₇ ga-raš{sar} mu-un-gu₇ | The lord ate fish, he ate cheese. |
| 6 | za₃-hi-li-a{sar} mu-un-da-an-gig | he was ill with zaḫilia, |
| proverb 25.3, | ||
| 7 | en-e unug{ki}-ga nam ba-e-kud-de₃ | The lord cursed Uruk. |
| 8 | e-ne-ra nin e₂-an-na-ke₄ nam mu-un-na-kud-de₃ | For him, the lady of the Eanna, he decreed a fate. |
| proverb 25.4, | ||
| 9 | na-an-ni libir-ra mu-un-kal-la | The old woman holds her breath. |
| 10 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ i-du₃ nu-til₃ | He built the temple of Enlil, but it is not finished. |
| 11 | bad₃ nibru{ki} i-du₃ TUG₂ NU MI im-mi-in-DU | He built the wall of Nippur, wore no garment. |
| 12 | e₂-an-na i-du₃ mu-un-šub im-ma-an-DU | He built the Eana and set it up there. |
| 13 | si-mu-ru{ki} i₃-dab₅ gu₂-bi nu-mu-un-da-gid₂-X | Simurrum accepted, but did not accept its debt. |
| 14 | nam-lugal-la kalag-ga nu-mu-un-na-an-šum₂ | He did not give him a mighty kingship |
| 15 | ur₅ na-an-ni šag₄ sig-ga kur-še₃ la-ba-an-de₆ | He did not bring me down to the netherworld. |
| proverb 25.5, | ||
| 16 | ud nu-dug₃-ga šid-bi nu-til₃ | The unfavorable day, its life no longer exists |
| 17 | nam-til₃ nam-uš₂-a dirig X x | ... for the well-being of mankind |
| 18 | x X-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne x | When they ... |
| 19 | x X x | |
| 20 | x X x | |
| proverb 25.6, | ||
| 21 | iri{ki} nam-uš₂ ŋal₂-la-še₃ | To the city that has been plundered |
| 22 | anše-bal-a-gin₇ he₂-ni-ib₂-sar-re-X | Like a donkey, may it ... |
| proverb 25.7, | ||
| 23 | e₂ lu₂ zid-da mu-un-du₃-a | The house that the righteous man built |
| 24 | lu₂-lul-la mu-un-gul | He destroyed the liar. |
| proverb 25.8, | ||
| 25 | e₂-gal ki-ma-an-ze-er ma-an-ze₂-ra | For the one who destroys the palace, |
| 26 | e₂-še₃ ga-ŋen-na ŋiri₃-zu en-nu-uŋ₃ ak-ab | I want to go to the house, watch your city! |
| proverb 25.9, | ||
| 27 | e₂-gal ni₂-bi-ta gam-e-de₃ | to make the palace tremble by itself |
| proverb 25.10, | ||
| 28 | e₂-gal ud 1(DIŠ)-e ama nir-ra ud 1(DIŠ)-e ama u₃-tud-da | The palace, for the 1st time, the nirra-lady of the 1, the mother who gave birth. |
| proverb 25.11, | ||
| 29 | e₂-gal a-ri-a nu-da₁₃-da₁₃ {ŋiš}ma₂-gur₈ in-nu nu-da₁₃-da₁₃ | The palace of Aria was not torn out, the barge was not moored |
| 30 | dumu-gir₁₅ du-lum-ma nu-da₁₃-da₁₃ | The child-bearing son of Dulum is not to be confused. |
| proverb 25.12, | ||
| 31 | an-ku₄-ku₄ nu-si-si | An does not enter, |
| 32 | ib₂-ta-e₃ nu-silig-ge | he has left, he is not strong. |
| 33 | niŋ₂-gur₁₁ lugal-la-ke₄ | the pride of the king |
| 34 | igi-zu na-an-il₂-en | Do not look at me! |
| proverb 25.13, | ||
| 35 | lu₂ ma₂ dirig-ga lu₂ ma₂ gaba in-ru-gu₂ | The one who carries the boat, the one who holds the boat on the chest, |
| 36 | niŋ₂ kab₂ di-de₃ niŋ₂-gig {d}suen-na-kam | It is a niŋ-disease that is to be smeared with fear of Suen. |
Sources & licences
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