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Proverbs: collection 18 -- a composite transliteration
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14 - -ib-zé-e
15 - lum-lum-e
16 - X X X-ta lugal-zu ba-an-gu7
17 - X MU RI a-cag4 dúr-ru-na ce gu7-gu7-a
18 - lum-lum a-na ba-e-kal
19 - da-ra-an-cub a-hur-rum i-bí-za
20 - gur-da níj ud da-rí-kam
21 - a-hur-rum kécé-ra-ab
22 - ud MAC-a du8-du8-a-ab
23 - kug kalag-ga ka kalag-ga sám
24 - za-e jic-cub-e bí-ib-kal
25 - dùb-tuku bar in-dab5
26 - usu-tuku ba-da-an-kar
27 - ka tuku é-gal-la ba-ni-in-kur9
28 - -a-kam
29 - -na-kam
30 - igi-ni a zal-bi
31 - hé-em-dirig ha-zi-in al-su-su
32 - du6-lá dúl-bi bí-ib-sig9-sig9
33 - saj ki-tùm á áj-já ce-ba-e-da-e-ce
34 - saj bul-e íd-da bal-e
35 - si-si-ig a-ga-dè(kì)-cè ì-gi4-in
36 - a-ga-dè(kì)-a a-na-àm mu-e-ni-ak
37 - mác-ji6 lul-la im-ma-an-na-jar
38 - búr-ru-bi bí-in-tuku
39 - a-ga-dè(kì)-a a-ga-dè(kì) X X-a-gin7
40 - X BI X X
1 - BA X
14 - ...
15-16 - flourish your lord ate.
17-18 - grain all been eaten in the field . How did you value the flourishing?
19-20 - The idleness of a low-life causes losses; his shying away (?) from work is perpetual.
21-22 - Employ a low-life -- fire him after half a day!
23 - He who pays with high-valued silver negotiates a favourable position.
24 - Your worthiness is the result of chance.
25-27 - The quick one hid, the strong one fled; the talker got into the palace.
28-29 - ...
30 - ...
31 - Whenever there is excess, an axe remedies it!
32 - The hills and the depths will be levelled.
33 - A slave entrusted with a burial will be negligent.
34 - He who tosses his head will cross the river.
35-40 - Oh whirlwind (?), I despatched you toward Agade. What did you accomplish in Agade? -- A misleading omen was given to him . He was provided with an interpreter. Agade like Agade ...
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