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Proverbs: collection 27 (Q000819)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: collection 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000819 |
| 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 27.a1, | ||
| 1 | X x | |
| 2 | ba-x | ...; |
| 3 | KA x | ... |
| proverb 27.a2, | ||
| 4 | lu₂-zuh x lu₂ MUNUS X x | A fugitive ... |
| 5 | ŋe₂₆-e nu-X x | “The one who does not |
| proverb 27.a3, | ||
| 6 | lu₂ ka du₃-da DI ŋiš X x | The one who opens the mouth ... |
| 7 | {d}en-ki X X X RI X x x | Enki |
| 8 | X-bi DI A lu₂ na-me he₂-X x x | ... no one ... |
| 9 | ne-e x X | This ... |
| proverb 27.a4, | ||
| 10 | lu₂ AMAR DA DI-gin₇ X lu₂ x | A man ... like ... |
| proverb 27.b1, | ||
| 1 | šag₄ niŋ₂-tuku tur₅-ra-am₃ an-tur₅ x | The one who has no fear, it is an enraged one |
| 2 | šag₄ dirig tur₅-ra-am₃ an-tur₅ x | (Sum) It is a cloud that covers the sky (Akk) It covers the entire sky |
| proverb 27.b2, | ||
| 3 | a-na-aš-am₃ ur₅-ur₅-ra di₄-di₄-la₂-x | Why do the little ones ... |
| proverb 27.b3, | ||
| 4 | gu₂-un sig gu₂ i₃-il₂-la i₃-gu₄-ud-gu₄-ud-dam | If he raises the tail of a low-quality ox, if he keeps on raising it, |
| proverb 27.b4, | ||
| 5 | di-bi-ri inim mu-ni-in-ne-eš | They spoke to the Ibiri gods |
| proverb 27.b5, | ||
| 6 | lu₂ e₂-a-ne-ne u₂-gu de₂-a erim₃-bi an-gur-ru-uš | The men of the temple ... their storeroom is turned upside down |
| proverb 27.b6, | ||
| 7 | gu₇-u₃-de₃ al-dug₃ gur-ru-da-bi al-gig | The one who eats is satisfied, whose return is sick. |
| proverb 27.b7, | ||
| 8 | šag₄ dirig-ga šag₄ a-ab-gig | (Sum) It is a distant place, it is an afflicted place (Akk) The distant place (is) the place of the apprehension |
| proverb 27.b8, | ||
| 9 | ki-ŋiš-ŋiš-la₂-a u₂ bur₁₂-bur₁₂-re | In a place where food is poured out, |
| iri{ki} iri{ki} silim nu-ub-dug₄ lu₂ lu₂-a silim ab-be₂ nu-tag-ga lu₂-ulu₃ lu₂-ulu₃ silim bi₂-tag-ga | The city, the city that was not sated with peace, the one who was pleasing to a man was not touched. The man, the man, was treated well. | |
| x danna-še₃ he₂-en-šub MAŠ danna-še₃ he₂-em-gi ba-an-sah₆ | May he enter the league, may he return to the league. | |
| proverb 27.b11, | ||
| 12 | x X-mi-pad₃-da-bi lu₂ bur₂-ru-bi | Its ..., its burru-demon. |
| x X-mi-ed₂-de₃ X X BUR₂ X ni₂ ba-te ba-sah₆ x x li-bi₂-X-de₂ x ba-sah₆ | ... is torn out. ... approached. It was swept away. | |
| proverb 27.b13, | ||
| 14 | x MU nu-BUR₂ X niŋ₂-bi X x x X | ... will not be released ... |
| proverb 27.b14, | ||
| 17 | x x X X X x | |
| proverb 27.b15, | ||
| 18 | x X MU lu₂-ra X X um-ur₄-ur₄ | ... the man ... |
| proverb 27.b16, | ||
| 19 | x X-am₃ nam-tag-ŋu₁₀-e-še | ... because of his sin |
| proverb 27.c1, | ||
| 1 | x x X-gu₇-da-ke₄-eš | ... eating |
| 2 | x-mi-dab₅-be₂-eš | x-midabes |
| proverb 27.c2, | ||
| 3 | x x x X KIŊ₂ | [......] below |
| 4 | x X | |
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