Segment A

1-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 1)
4 lines fragmentary

5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 2) The master ...... kneading dough ...... does not eat.

7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 3) The master ...... his servant .......

8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 4) The master knows. The steward does not know.

10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 5) May the master sleep at your side, and may the mistress slap your face.

11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 6) The lord of the house, your ......; ......, a restraint.

13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 7) The lord and lady of the house touch the figurine.

14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 8) The granary collects.

15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 9) Outgoings are a matter for both, and now I also am one of them.

17. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 10) {The man who is always losing things loses them for the man who has to look for them} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... doesn't lose things, has lost ...... for him}.

18-19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 11)
2 lines unclear

20-21. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 12) A man despises (?) something that stinks: its ...... increases.

22-23. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 13) A man lost his clothes: "Let me run away ......."

24-26. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 1 = Sec. B 13 B obv. i 11 ll. 3-5)
2 lines fragmentary ...... let me .......

27-28. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. B 14)
2 lines fragmentary

29-30. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 2)
1 line unclear
my well-wisher ...... my malefactor.

31. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 3) ...... seeking ...... the boat reached the city.

32. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 4) {...... seeking ...... sent back (?)} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... revealed ...... lapis lazuli ......}.

33-37. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 5) ...... in order to make an agreement with ...... his fool ...... I will tell him ......
2 lines fragmentary

38-39. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. A 6) ...... not having ......
1 line fragmentary
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Segment B

1. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 1)
1 line fragmentary

2-3. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 2) My master, your joy ...... very great, and your weeping ...... very great.

4-5. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 3) Their masters have changed. They are dressed in mourning (?) clothes.

6-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 4) Thus says the man whose clothes are torn: "Precious things are strong."

8. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 5) A man who can lift the heavens -- and he does not fart.

9-10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 6) A man who behaves like a damp reed towards his fellow men does not tell the truth either.

11-12. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 7) A man ...... humiliated ...... reed. The man puts it in a well.

13-14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 8) A man who stole (?) ...... cattle
1 line unclear

15-16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 9) The man whose knees are paralysed has not prayed devoutly to Nintur.

17-18. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 10)
2 lines fragmentary

19. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. C 11) The wise man ......
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Segment C

1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 1) ...... a witness (?) ....... The slanderer speaks .......

3-7. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2) No-one ...... when he ...... his understanding, ...... the master to the ....... Come! ...... your ...... and I will ...... the oath.

8-9. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 2A) He whose barley sprouts weeps. He who is pouring out water cannot converse.

10. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 3; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9916) A man who didn't tie up his leather sack made his friend angry.

11. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 4; cf. 6.2.5: YBC 9906) Even a millstone will float in the river for a righteous man.

12-13. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 5) Let the wealthy man eat ....... Let the poor man eat milla flour.

14. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 6) The man whose salt is finished .......

15. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 7)
1 line fragmentary

16. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. D 8)
1 line fragmentary
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Segment D

1-2. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 1)
2 lines fragmentary

3-4. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 2) ...... man ...... guard ...... field ...... the lot .......

5-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. E 3; cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 282 and UET 6/2 332) A wild ram ...... a poplar .......
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment E

1-6. (= Alster 1997 12 Sec. F 1)
6 lines fragmentary

Segment F

1. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 1)
1 line fragmentary

2. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 2) ...... powerless .......

3. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 3) ...... released ...... the man who plots .......

4-5. (= Alster 1997 p. 205 CBS 7800 rev. 4) ...... bound to his wife ...... his penis seeks a litre .......