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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.01

Letter from Aradĝu to Šulgi about Apillaša

1.	lugal-ĝu₁₀-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
2.	^marad₂-ĝu₁₀ arad₂-zu na-ab-be₂-a
3.	kur su-bir₄^ki-še₃ ḫar-ra-an kaskal-la si sa₂-sa₂-e-ra
4.	gun₂ ma-da ge-en-gen₆-ne₂-de₃
5.	a-ra₂ ma-da zu-zu-de₃
6.	ugu a-pi-il-la-ša gal-zu unken-na-še₃
7.	ad gi₄-gi₄-de₃ gu₃ teš₂-a sig₁₀-ge₅-de₃
8.	KA ud-da-ka-ne-ne-a ḫe₂-em-tum₃ a₂-še₃ mu-e-da-a-aĝ₂
9.	kan₄ e₂-gal-la-še₃ ĝen-a-ĝu₁₀-ne
10.	silim-ma lugal-ĝa₂-ke₄ en₃ li-bi₂-in-tar
11.	dur₂ na-ma-ta-an-zig₃ ki-a nu-ub-za {(1 ms. adds:) ba-an-da-mud-de₃-en}
12.	{teĝ₃-ĝe₂₆-e-da-ĝu₁₀-ne} {(1 ms. has instead:) ba-an-tum₂-mu-de₃ IM X […]}
13.	e₂ kaskal-la-zu ga-rig₂-ak ^urudšukur kug-sig₁₇ kug-babbar
14.	^na₄gug ^na₄za-gin₃ ĝar-ra-ta a-ab-du₃-du₃-a 30 sar-am₃ i-ib₂-KU
15.	{kug-sig₁₇ ^na₄za-gin₃-na} {(1 ms. has instead:) [^na₄]/za-gin₃^?\ kug-sig₁₇ kug-babbar /^na₄gug\ […]} mi₂ zid-de₃-eš im-me
16.	^ĝišgu-za barag ^tug₂šutur-e ri-a i-ib₂-tuš
17.	^ĝišĝiri₃-gub kug-sig₁₇-ka ĝiri₃-ni i-ib₂-ĝar
18.	ĝiri₃-ni na-ma-ta-an-kur₂
19.	aga-us₂ saĝ-ĝa₂-na 5 li-mu-um-ta-am₃ zid-da gab₂-bu-na ib₂-ta-an-gub-bu-uš
20.	6 gud niga {60} {(1 ms. has instead:) 20} {udu} {(1 ms. has instead:) udu-nitaḫ₂} niga niĝ₂-zu₂-gub-še₃ in-/ĝar^?\
21.	šu-luḫ lugal-ĝa₂-ke₄ sa₂ bi₂-in-dug₄
22.	kan₄-na en₃ tar-tar-ra-a-ba lu₂ na-ma-ši-in-kur₉-re-en
23.	ku₄-ku₄-da-ĝu₁₀-ne
24.	^ĝišgu-za gar₃^?-ba kug-sig₁₇ ḫuš-a ĝar-ra lu₂ ma-an-de₆ tuš-a ma-an-dug₄
25.	a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂ lugal-ĝa₂-ke₄ i₃-gub-be₂-en nu-tuš-u₃-de₃-en bi₂-dug₄
26.	{2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 1} gud niga {20} {(the same ms. has instead:) 6} udu niga ^ĝišbanšur-ĝu₁₀ lu₂ ma-an-sa₂
27.	nu-kar₂-kar₂-de₃ aga-us₂ lugal-ĝa₂-ke₄ ^ĝišbanšur-ĝu₁₀ in-bal-a-še₃
28.	ni₂ ba-da-te su ba-da-zig₃
	(lines 29-33 are in a different sequence in 2 mss.)
29.	itid ezen-^dnin-a-zu ud {15-kam-/ma-ta\} {(1 ms. has instead:) 5-am₃ zal-la-am₃}
30.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ a₂-še mu-e-da-a-a-aĝ₂
31.	itid u₅-bi₂-gu₇ ud {1-kam-ma-[…]} {(3 mss. have instead:) 1-am₃ zal-la-am₃}
32.	{lu₂-kaš₄-e mu-ši-gi₄-in} {(1 ms. has instead:) lugal-ĝu₁₀ lu₂ […] X X [X (X)]-/un^?\-ši-/in^?-gi₄\-gi₄}
33.	{ud MAŠ-am₃} {(1 ms. has instead:) itid MAŠ-/am₃\} {(1 other ms. has instead:) /ud\ nu-mu-un-X X} X X-e ba-te
34.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ ḫe₂-en-zu

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 27-33, pls. xxii-xxiii, xxvi, xxxvii, xli: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (handcopies in pls.)

Ali 1970, p. 146-151, pls. I, II, IV,V, VII: composite text, translation, commentary, handcopy, photograph (photo of 3N-T311 after p. 178)

Attinger 2000: score transliteration, translation

Cavigneaux 1996, p. 58: commentary, handcopy, score transliteration (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an (= no. 112) obv. 11 (?))

Huber 1998, p. 9, 17-18, 36 (l. 6), 39 (ll. 25, 14), 40 (l. 6), 41 (l. 8), 42 (l. 19), 43 (ll. 3, 6), 44 (ll. 29-34), 50, 52f., 75f., 81ff., 85, 87: commentary, composite text

Kramer 1963a, p. 331-332: translation (no. 2)

Michalowski 1976, p. 135-146, 41-42, 85-86: composite text, translation, commentary, score transliteration

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 53 (§3.2): commentary

Michalowski 1993a, p. 63-64: composite text, translation (no. 96)

Robson 2001, p. 57-59: commentary (archaeological context)

van Dijk 1989, p. 444: score transliteration, handcopy, commentary (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an obv. 11 ?)

Wilcke 1970a, p. 64, fn. 38: composite text, translation (ll. 3-8)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

3N-T311 = IM 58418 (Sumer 26 171-172, pls. I-II, photo after p. 178 = Ali, SL pls. xxii-xxiii) i 1-34; lines in composite: 1-34

Ni 4149 (ISET 2 122) rev.! i'-ii' 1-9, 1-5; lines in composite: 1-9, 30-34

UM 29-15-555 (Sumer 26 177, pl. VII = Ali, SL pl. xxxvii); lines in composite: 1-6, 14-18

Ni 4490 (ISET 2 122); lines in composite: 1-3

Ni 9706 (ISET 2 111-112 = Orientalia 22 pls. 38-39 = UMB 17/2 fg. 4) rev. ii 12'-31'; lines in composite: 1-18

3N-T919, 486 (Sumer 26 174, pl. IV= Ali, SL pl. xli); lines in composite: 8-18

CBS 8875 (Sumer 26 175, pl. V = Ali, SL pl. xxvi); lines in composite: 18-34

3N-T927, 516 (Sumer 26 174, pl. IV = Ali, SL pl. xvi = SLFN 21); lines in composite: 17-24

U 16853b (UET 6/2 174) b 1'-13'; lines in composite: 23-34

YBC 4596

LB 2543 (TLB 3 172, pl. LXVI) 6-8; lines in composite: 16-19

A w/n

BM 54327 iv 1'-9'; lines in composite: 5-13? (collated by EFH)

UCLM 9-1815 (JCS 28 102, no. 102); lines in composite: 15-26

3N-T 918, 440 (SLFN 22); lines in composite: 1-8

3N-T900, 25 (SLFN 21); lines in composite: 21-25, 31-33

BM 16897 + BM 22617 obv. 1-rev. 17; lines in composite: 1-19, 22-34 (Sigrist et al., Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum Vol. II (1996) 54; collated by EFH)

Revision history

20.iii.2001-22.iii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
29.vi.2001: EFH, editor: collation
24.viii.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
25.viii.2001: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
14.ix.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
14.ix.2001: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published