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(44) Sumerian Proverbs, Collection [6.1.01], no. 25
(Alster 1997, 11; Civil 1985, 78; sources A and B only, elsewhere e.gar)
da.ga nam.ku 3.zu d lamma a 2 bi 2.ib.œar
Organization and wisdom overcome good fortune
(45) Lugalbanda in the Wilderness [1.8.2.1], ll. 42-46 (Karahashi 2000, 80; Vanstiphout
2003, 106-107)
42. zi.du ßa 3 kuß 2.u 3 d en.lil 2.la 2.ke 4
When the righteous one who takes counsel
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with Enlil (i.e. Enmerkar),
ki
43. kul.aba4 niœin2.na.bi took away the whole of Kulaba (on
im.ma.an.kar.eß.ba expedition),
?
44. [x] ≠kur±.ra.ke4 u8 .gin7 They wended their way through the . . . of
ba.an.gur.ru.uß (√gur-eß) the mountains like ewes,
45. [x x] ≠zi.ga?± gaba They (-eß) ran over the high . . . of the
˙ur.saœ.œa 2.ke 4 am.gin 7
du 10 bi 2.in.œal 2.≠le± (√œal-eß)
foothills like wild bulls,
46. [x x] za 3.ße 3 i 3.kiœ 2.e ˙ar.ra.an Each (?) . . . was looking for a passage,
i 3.zu.ne and they found a road,
In (45), note that the plural suffix, *-eß, occurs in both lines 44 and 45, although the
orthographic form is quite different in each case: ba.an.gur.ru.uß as opposed to du 10
bi 2.in.œal 2.le. The alternative would be to analyze bi 2.in.œal 2.le as a verb with the marû