The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.11

Letter from Aradĝu (?) to Šulgi about bandits and Apillaša

	unknown no. of lines missing
1.	/lu₂^?\-e a dug₄-ga id₂^!-da mi-ni-ĝar-ĝar {id₂ X [(…)]} {(1 ms. has instead:) i₃-dun i₃-luḫ-/luḫ\}
2.	lu₂ la-ga lu₂-sa-gaz-e edin sig₉-si-ig-ga-bi ^ĝišniĝ₂-gul-bi bi₂-ak
3.	nitaḫ-be₂-e-ne munus-be₂-e-/ne\ {(1 ms. adds:) /ḫar^?-ra^?-an\ […] X} nitaḫ-bi ki šag₄-ga-na-še₃ i₃^?-du-/u₃^?\
4.	{munus-bi} {(1 ms. has instead:) /munus\-e} ^ĝišbal ^ĝiškirid-da šu ba-e-si-ig ḫar-ra-an šag₄-ga-na {i₃-DU} {(1 ms. has instead:) tab-be₂-X} {(1 other ms. has instead:) du-u₃-de₃}
5.	edin niĝ₂-daĝal-la-ba ĝa₂-rig₇ {mu-ni-in-ĝar} {(1 ms. has insead:) mu-ni-si-ig}
6.	{za-lam-ĝar maš-gana₂-bi ki um-mi-ĝar-ĝar} {(1 ms. has instead:) /za\-lam-ĝar maš-gana₂-bi-ta u₂-sal mu-un-nu₂-nu₂}
7.	lu₂ kiĝ₂ ak-bi lu₂ gud-apin la₂ a-šag₄-ga ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e
8.	a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂ ^dšul-gi lugal-ĝa₂-ke₄ gu₂-ĝu₁₀ nu-mu-da-šub
9.	gu₂ bi₂-X ĝi₆-ba an-bar₇-ba a₂-bi X i₃-ĝen-ne-en
10.	^ma-pi-il-la-ša ud tur-ra-ni-ta {šu UŠ-ba mu-e-X X […]} {(1 ms. has instead:) šu X-ba nu-e}
11.	lu₂ al-me-a-gin₇ šag₄-ĝu₁₀ i₃-zu igi-zu {um-mi-zu} {(1 ms. has instead:) im-mi-du₈}
12.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ igi bar-ra diĝir-ra {lu₂ ḫul-la-še₃^? i-ni-TU-X} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂ ḫul bi₂-i-ni^!-in-zu}
13.	lu₂-ĝarza₂ gal kur-kur-ra-ke₄ ugu-bi um-mi-dirig
14.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ niĝ₂ gal-gal ba-e-dirig gaba-ri MU X-ni-in-[…]
15.	{dug₄-ga ab-gi₄ BI} {(1 ms. has instead:) dug₄-ga-dug₄-ga ab-dug₄ X […]} inim-zu inim dugud-da niĝ₂-zu niĝ₂ gal-la-am₃
16.	inim sag₉-ga-ni šag₄-za i₃-ĝal₂ ud us₂-sa i₃-X X
17.	lu₂-u₁₈-lu-am₃ igi-zu {an-X} {(1 ms. has instead:) i₃-in-/DU\} {(1 other ms. has instead:) ḫe₂-i}
18.	šag₄-ĝu₁₀ šag₄ zu₂ keše₂ a-gin₇ ḫe₂-en-ĝa₂-ĝa₂
19.	ma-da suḫuš bi₂-ge-en gu₃ teš₂-a bi₂-sig₁₀-ge₅
20.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ lugal nu-mu-e-da-sa₂ šag₄-zu ḫe₂-eb-dug₃-ge

Print sources

Edzard 1974, p. 25-26: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 2-7)

Falkenstein 1959b, p. 286, fn. 32: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 2-8)

Huber 1998, p. 5, 21, 37 (l. 13), 43 (l. 3), 52, 60ff. (l. 3-7), 80, 88-89: composite text, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1976, p. 160-166: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

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

Michalowski 1984a, p. 125: commentary (comment on ISET 2 118 (source D))

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2191 (ISET 1 122 = BE 31 54); lines in composite: 2-20 (collations by S.N. Kramer, JAOS 60 (1940) 253-254.)

Ni 9711 (ISET 1 121); lines in composite: 1-20

N 1212a + 1218a

Ni 4061 + 4188 (ISET 2 118) i 1'-16'; lines in composite: a-d, 1-12

BM 108869 obv. 1-rev. 7; lines in composite: 1-20 (collated by EFH)

Ni 9866 (ISET 1 191); lines in composite: 6-10

Revision history

01.v.2001-04.v.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
28.vi.2001: EFH, editor: collation
06.x.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
11.x.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
26.x.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
26.x.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