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Proverbs: from Unug (Q000824)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Proverbs: from Unug |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000824 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Ver.1, Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | x mu-un-na-de₂-e | ... he poured out for him. |
| 2 | x X X | |
| 3 | x X X | |
| 4 | x X | |
| Ver.1, Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | x X X x | |
| 2 | an an-guru₃ ki šu-ni-še₃ an-la₂ | Heaven, heaven, earth, his hand, heaven |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂-le šer₇-da gu-la-ni šag₄-ŋar-ra-am₃ | Enlil, whose great strength is surpassing, |
| 4 | šul-a-lum-bi al-il₂-il₂ | Its šulalum tree is raised |
| 5 | lu₂ ga-šum lu₂ BA X X x X | (If) a man is pregnant: that man . |
| 6 | al-me-a lu₂ du₁₄-de₃-ka-na ba-an-kur₉ | Wherever he goes, the one of his argument has turned away. |
| 7 | u₂-a-gin₇ saŋ-gu₂-ni-ka-ra x | Like grass in the saguni plant |
| 8 | tum₉ x x X x X | wind [......] |
| 9 | x X x sig₁₀-ga-am₃ | ... is yellow. |
| 10 | {tum₉}sa₁₂-ti-um tum₉ šeŋ₁₄-ŋa₂-kam | It is a sa-tīum-vessel that is to be brought. |
| 11 | {tum₉}mar-tu lu₂ til₃-ba dirig-ga | Amurru, the one who is elevated in life, |
| 12 | {tum₉}sa₁₂-ti-um tum₉ he₂-ŋal₂-la | may he carry the satû-offerings. |
| 13 | gu₅-li {d}na-ra-am-{d}suen | herdsman: Naram-Sin |
| Ver.2, | ||
| 1 | x X X NU X x x x | [......] not |
| 2 | x x x MU DI NA MA X X X | ... ... |
| 3 | mu-un-na-de₂ A ŠEŠ na-an-e₃ | he poured out for him. May he not come out from the water |
| 4 | x x AN šar₂-ra LU HU NI hul x x | ... the king ... evil ... |
| 5 | x x-ni-in-tu-ud-x-ud | ...-nintud-... |
| 6 | x x PA HI nin-diŋir-gin₇ ki-sikil X X-a-ni | ... like a ... young woman ... her ... |
| 7 | x RI GAG ed₂-da-ni ki-sikil TUR-ŋa₂ | ... her sheepfold, the young woman ... |
| 8 | x X ba-ši-in-gi₄ | ... returned |
| 9 | x x X A X DUB PAD X GA uŋ₃-e | ... tablet ... |
| Ver.3, | ||
| 1 | x X ZA X x | ...; |
| 2 | x X X x | |
| 3 | x X X x | |
| 4 | x GAR SAR x | ... ... |
| 5 | x DU X x | ... . |
| Ver.4, | ||
| 1 | x X X X x | |
| 2 | x X-e ŋar-ŋar MA x | ... ... |
| 3 | x X RA X | ...; |
| 4 | x SAR X x | [x] sar |
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