Proverbs from Susa

The Proverbs from Susa are manuscripts from the city of Susa consisting of various proverbs.

ETCSL translation : t.6.2.2

48
MDP 18 48: As for you, who is equal to your gods? …… who makes it good for him?

82-99
MDP 27 82: A fettered dog is quarrelsome.

MDP 27 89: What is in one's mouth is not in one's hand.

MDP 27 90: The fox placed (?) his incantation like a sceptre in their hands …….

MDP 27 91 and MDP 27 92: The water provided for water libations was drunk.

MDP 27 99: He who stole from the foodstores and the storehouse …… fine grain …… punished by his god.

101-114
MDP 27 101:The married man, having divorced his wife, examined her: "At least I am taking away my dignity!"

MDP 27 102: The dog is restrained yet you do not clean the well.

MDP 27 107: Loving and comforting are vitality.

MDP 27 109: Let me tell you of a decision (?); pay attention to it.

MDP 27 110: Let your eye be your eye, let your knees walk.

MDP 27 111:…… pay attention to the god …… moreover …….

MDP 27 112: May he be made commander over the foreign peoples …… pay attention to the god …… the elders …….

MDP 27 113: May your city, the pleasant place …… your name.

MDP 27 114: May the shepherd Utu, the warrior (?), …… your sceptre.

206-258
MDP 27 206:
 * 1) The voice of the irsaĝ bird is the glory of the garden.
 * 2) The voice of the frog is the glory of the marsh waters.
 * 3) The voice of the francolin is the glory of the fields.

MDP 27 211: His mother is lame and his arms are paralysed.

MDP 27 212:These cities, those deities, those peoples, from the land Ḫamazi, from father (?) Magan …… Ninisina …….

MDP 27 213: The beloved true commander distributes the leadership (?).

MDP 27 215: Not to know beer is not normal.

MDP 27 216: When the authorities are wise, and the poor are loyal, it is the effect of the blessing of Aratta.

MDP 27 217: Let him who has a household go to his household! Let him who has a household and a mother go to his mother!

MDP 27 258: There was an offshoot; may he block any favours being given.