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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.21

Letter from Aba-indasa to Šulgi about his neglect

{

1.	lugal-ĝu₁₀-ra u₃-na-dug₄
2.	maš₂ ḫur-saĝ-ĝa₂ a₂ sag₉-sag₉-ĝu₁₀
3.	anše-kur ḫur-saĝ-ĝa₂ umbin ḫu-ri₂-in^mušen-na
4.	^ĝišĝišnimbar ki sikil-e mu₂-a zu₂-lum ^na₄za-gin₃ la₂-ĝu₁₀-ur₂
5.	u₃-ne-de₃-taḫ
6.	^ma-ba-in-da-sa₂ ugula {erin₂} {(2 mss. have instead:) aga-us₂} zu₂ keše₂
7.	šudu_x(KA.ŠU)^ud lugal-la-na-ta šag₄ lugal-la-na dug₃-dug₃-ge-ra
8.	arad₂-zu na-ab-be₂-a
9.	kalag-ga-me-en {lugal-ĝu₁₀ ga-ab-us₂} {(1 ms. has instead:) aga-us₂-zu ḫe₂-me-en}
10.	{inim-ma-zu ra-gaba-zu ḫe₂-me-en} {(1 ms. has instead:) igi tuku igi-ni-še₃ ga-gub}
11.	^ĝišma₂ gub-ba ^ĝišĝisal mu-un-sig₁₀-ge
12.	{a gub-ba} {(1 ms. has instead:) a-a gub-ba} a mu-un-da-ak-e
	{
	(2 mss. add 1 line:)
12A.	dumu /gub^?\-ba še mu-un-sig₁₀-ge
	}
	{
	(1 ms. adds instead the line:)
12B.	[…] (X) X mu-un-zalag-ge
	}
	}
13.	tum₉ gub-ba {še mu-un-da-la₂-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) IM mu-da-ak-e}
14.	dub-sar-me-en na-du₃-a ab-sar-re-en
	{
	(2 mss. add 1 line:)
14A.	inim ugnim-ma /mu\-[…]
	}
15.	inim pu-uḫ₂-ru-um-ma šub-ba ed₃^?-de₃^!-bi mu-un-da-sig₁₀-ge
	{
	(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
15A.	inim sag₉-ge gaba-ri X […]
	}
16.	ĝiš-gin₇ ^ĝištir-ĝa₂ mu-un-du₃-nam mu-dur₇-re im-gam-e
17.	^ĝišgu-za-ĝa₂ lu₂ mu-un-da-la₂-a šu-ĝu₁₀ eš₂ im-ma-an-la₂
18.	iri-ĝa₂ tug₂^! dan₆-na-a mu-ni-mur₁₀-ra tug₂-mu-dur₇-ra ba-an-mur₁₀
19.	lag-e a mi-ni-in-tu₅-a saḫar igi-ĝa₂ ba-e-DU
20.	ur-e ad₆ ib₂-gu₇ gaba-bi ib₂-zi-zi
21.	ušumgal-e saĝ ĝiš ib₂-ra-ra ka-ta ab-taka₄ i₃-ib₂-taka₄
22.	ĝiš-gi izi ib₂-gu₇ id₂^? i₃-tuku-tuku
23.	^dutu i₃ un-gu₇ ga un-gu₇ ^ĝišbanšur ukur₃-ra-še₃ šu-ni ib₂-ši-tum₃
	{
	(1 ms. adds 2 lines:)
23A.	zi-ĝu₁₀ ba-e-i^! šu-ĝu₁₀ ḫa-za-a-ab
23B.	dumu nu-mu-un-su-me-en lu₂ en₃ tar-re la-ba-an-tuku
	}
24.	ĝa₂-a me-na-am₃ šag₄ ^dšul-gi lugal-ĝa₂ ki-bi ḫa-ma-gi₄-gi₄
	{
	(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
24A.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ en₃-ĝu₁₀ ḫe₂-tar-re ki ama-ĝu₁₀-še₃ ḫe₂-em-mi-ib-gi₄-gi₄
	}

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 53-62: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary

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

Gurney and Kramer 1976, p. 7: commentary

Huber 1998, p. 16: commentary

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

Sjöberg 1975b, p. 166 (ll. 8-14): composite text, translation, commentary

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

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

U 7741 (UET 6/2 173) ii 2'-iii 6; lines in composite: 1-24

3N-T389 = A 30231 (Ali, SL pl. liii); lines in composite: 1-24

U 16857 (UET 6/2 178); lines in composite: 1-5, 16-24

U 16894B (UET 6/2 179); lines in composite: 1-13, 16-24

UM 29-13-20 + UM 29-13-24 (Ali, SL pl. liii) i' 1-6; lines in composite: 1-5, 16

Ni 4592 (ISET 2 21 = UMB 17/2 fg. 5); lines in composite: 1-8, 16-17

CBS 8007 (STVC 110); lines in composite: 2-8, 16-17

HS 1456 (TMH NF 4 43); lines in composite: 12-23 (collations in C. Wilcke, Kollationen zu den sumerischen Texten aus Nippur in der Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena, ASAW 65/4, Berlin (1976) 73 )

3N-T8 = IM 58335 (Ali, SL pl. xxxvii); lines in composite: 17-21

N 3210 + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3301 + N 3303 + N 3308 + Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. xxiv-xxv) i 1'-6'; lines in composite: 19-24

YBC 6458 (W.W. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88)

MDP 27 207; lines in composite: 12-12A

N 1555

Crozer 206

Revision history

02.iv.2001-05.iv.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
09.viii.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
12.viii.2001: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
21.ix.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
21.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