Segment A

1-6.
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7-9.
3 lines fragmentary

10-16.
7 lines fragmentary
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Segment B

1-3.
3 lines fragmentary

4-5. (cf. 6.1.03.10) You should get rid of the shepherd, so his sheep will not come back into his charge.

6-7. (cf. 6.1.03.11) The wise shepherd has become confused, and his sheep will not come back into his charge.

8-9. (cf. 6.1.03.9, 6.1.23.7) A shepherd's sex appeal is his penis; a gardener's sex appeal is his hair.

10. (cf. 6.1.01.153, 6.1.03.9, 6.1.22: ll. 26-27, 6.1.23.7) An unjust heir who does not support a wife, who does not support a child, has no cause for celebration.

11-12.
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13-16. (cf. 6.1.03.6) "Let me go today" is what a herdsman says. "Let me go tomorrow" is what a shepherd boy says. ....... His property ....... "Let me go!'......."

17-18.
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Segment C

1-2. (cf. 6.1.14.3, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 7-8) The farmer lifts his gaze to you (i.e. Enlil) : "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."

3-4. (cf. 6.1.14.4, 6.1.15.b1, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 9-10) The shepherd boy lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."

5-6. (cf. 6.1.14.5, 6.1.15.b2, 6.2.5: UM 29-16-519 Seg. A ll. 11-12) The potter lifts his gaze to you: "May Enlil look upon the city that he cursed."

7. (cf. 6.1.15.b4) What will the farmer with his vigilant eye do?

8-10. (cf. 6.1.03.149, 6.1.14.6, 6.1.22: ll. 172-175, 6.1.25.1) It became cloudy, but it did not rain. It rained, but not enough for people to undo their sandals. The Tigris was not surging at its inlet, so water did not fill the arable lands.
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Segment D

1-2.
2 lines fragmentary

3-4. (cf. 6.1.03.17) "My friend" might last just one day. "My colleague" lasts forever.

5-6.
2 lines fragmentary
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Segment E

1-3. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 1)
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4. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 2)
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5-6. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 3) He enters (?) through the slavegirl's window; he is indeed a merchant!

7-9. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 4 = 21 Sec. C 1) A donkey can carry fifty things. Those who carry the baskets ....... Entering one at a time, they ask: "What did he carry?"

10. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. E 5 = 21 Sec. C 2) They tore out weeds with long roots .......

11-15. (= Alster 1997 21 Sec. C 3)
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It is an abomination (?) to Suen.

16-17. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 1 = 21 Sec. C 4; cf. 6.1.09.g5) Like a mountain mined for precious metals, he is a man whose judgment is unsound (i.e. full of holes) .

18-19. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 2) Don't ...... like a barber. He coiffures (?) hair.

20-21. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 3)
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22. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 3) ...... I part the waters (?) like Nirah.

23. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 4) ...... collecting rushes .......

24. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 obv. 4) ...... opens ...... the mouth.

25. (= Alster 1997 l6 Sec. F 5) ...... you make the boat sail. {...... you will carry yourself away with it} {(1 ms. has instead:) ...... carry ......}.

26. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 6) After becoming a thief, one becomes an outcast.

27-29. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 7)
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30. (= Alster 1997 16 Sec. F 8)
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Segment F

1. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 1')
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2. (= Veldhuis 2000 p. 393 N 1009 (+) N 5187 rev. 2'-3')
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