Proverbs: from Unug (Uruk)

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

 

(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in blue mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

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Segment B

2a - Enlil, Anu's son & heir (Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir, Anu‘s Earth Colony Commander)

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He holds up the sky, letting the earth dangle from his hands.

Enlil‘s greatest punishment is hunger.

He bears the responsibility for it.

 

When he …… the man’s assassin, he became his opponent.

As a provisioner, …… upon those who speak proudly (?).

The …… wind …… harmful (?).

The east wind is a rain-bearing wind; the west wind is greater than those who live there.

      6b - Naram-Sin, by Sin Loved, King of Akkad  (Naram-Suen, giant semi-divine mixed-breed descendant-king of Akkad)

The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.

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…… poured it out for him …….

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…… gave birth …… like a nindijir priestess, the young girl …… coming out,

the young girl …… returned it …….

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