- s84 ##
84 (K-D 63)
Often shall I prove to be a thing of value
to the joys of the hall when I am brought forth,
happy with gold, where men are drinking.
Often in the bower the faithful servant
kisses my mouth where we two are together …
There were eleven more lines, now fragmentary. The answer is probably Beaker, with suggestive undertones. Tupper quotes a modern riddle in which Gill is used punningly for liquid measure and a girl’s name.
- s85 ##
85 (K-D 67)
I have heard of a splendid thing,
of the Lord of peoples, a word of incantation …
Several defective lines and then the conclusion:
I have become
a teacher of peoples, live an eternal life
in many lands, while men inhabit
the bosom of earth. I have often seen it
adorned with gold where men were drinking,
with treasures and silver. Say if you can,
if you are wise enough, what this thing is.
- s86 ##
86 (K-D 71)
I am a strong man’s property clothed in red [gold?].
My place was first the hard steep ground
with fair bright herbs. Now I am the leavings of harsh things,
the fire and the file. I am closely constrained
and honored with wires. He sometimes weeps,
the bearer of gold, because of my grasp
when I shall ravage …
- s87 ##
87 (K-D 78)
Probably eight lines, from which some twenty words remain.
