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
unknown no. of lines missing

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 ……
unknown no. of lines missing

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
unknown no. of lines missing

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 …….