coupremine: August 2009

ningal

388. "My powers have been alienated from me."

400. The storm which does not respect .......

402-410. The storm which knows no mother, the storm which knows no father, the storm which knows no wife, the storm which knows no child, the storm which knows no sister, the storm which knows no brother, the storm which knows no neighbour, the storm which knows no female companion, the storm which caused the wife to be abandoned, which caused the child to be abandoned, the storm which caused the light in the Land to disappear

136-143. "On that day, when such a storm had pounded, when in the presence of the queen her city had been destroyed, on that day, when such a storm had been created, when they had pronounced the utter destruction of my city, when they had pronounced the utter destruction ofUrim, when they had directed that its people be killed

1-8. He has abandoned his cow-pen and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold. The wild bull has abandoned his cow-pen and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold. The lord of all the lands has abandoned it and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold. Enlil has abandoned the shrineNibru and has let the breezes haunt his sheepfold. His wife Ninlil has abandoned it and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold. Ninlil has abandoned that house, the Ki-ur, and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold. The queen of Kec has abandoned it and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold. Ninmah has abandoned that house Kec and has let the breezes haunt her sheepfold.

http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.2.2.2&charenc=j#

shuruppak

^{14 -}You should not buy a donkey which brays; it will split (?) your midriff (?).

^15-18You should not locate a field on a road; ....... You should not plough a field at (1 ms. adds: a road or) a path; ....... You should not make a well in your field: people will cause damage on it for you.

^51-52You should not draw up water which you cannot reach (1 ms. has instead: grasp): it will make you weak.
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32 - you should not commit robbery; you should not cut yourself with an axe.

^44-46You should not scatter your sheep into unknown pastures. You should not hire someone's ox for an uncertain ....... A safe ...... means a safe journey.

¹²⁶You should not pass judgment when you drink beer.

148 - Zi-ud-sura, let me speak a word to you: you should pay attention!

^170-171Fate is a wet bank; it can make one slip.

^168-169A name placed on another one ......; you should not pile up a mountain on another one.

²⁶⁴It is inconceivable (?) that something is lost forever.

http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section5/tr561.htm