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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.2.01

Letter from Sîn-illat to Iddin-Dagan about confronting the Martu

1.	lugal-ĝa₂ u₃-na-dug₄
2.	^m^dsuen-illat ra-bi-si₂-ka₃-tum-ma
3.	arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a
4.	ka-ku-la-tum/^ki^?\ gaba-ri gid₂-da-ĝu₁₀-ne
5.	mar^?-tu ^ĝiš/tukul^?\-ta šubtum₆-ta im-zig₃
6.	ĝe₂₆-e X […]-ga-ĝu₁₀-ne […] X 70^? i₃-dab₅
7.	ka-ku-la-tum/^ki\-še₃ ba-ni-in-kur₉
8.	tukum-bi lugal-ĝu₁₀ ugnim-ma tuš-u₃-bi ab-be₂
9.	^kuša-ĝa₂-la₂ keše₂-da-bi šu ḫe₂-mi-ib-da₁₃-da₁₃
10.	tukum-bi lugal-ĝu₁₀ ugnim-ma nu-tuš-u₃-bi ab-be₂
11.	{ḫe₂-em-ma-sug₂-ge-eš} {(2 mss. have instead:) ḫe₂-em-ma-sub₂-be₂-eš} {lugal-ĝu₁₀ ḫe₂-en-zu} {(1 ms. has instead:) a-ma-[ru]-kam}

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 63-66, pls. xxiv-xxv, xxxi, xxxviii, liii: commentary, handcopy, translation, score transliteration, composite text (handcopies in pls.)

Huber 1998, p. 15: commentary

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 55 (section 4.1): commentary

Römer 1996, p. 527-528: commentary

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

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Michalowski 2001a: composite text

Cuneiform sources

N 3210 + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3303 + N 3308 + Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. xxiv-xxv) i 7'-18'; lines in composite: 1-11

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7849 (+) Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149) a; lines in composite: 1-11

3N-T80 = A 30135 (Ali, SL pl. xxxi) rev. 1'-6'; lines in composite: 5-11

CBS 2231 (PBS 5 65) i 1'-8'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 7-11

UM 29-13-20 + UM 29-13-24 (Ali, SL pl. liii) ii' 1'-4'; lines in composite: 10?-11

3N-T309 (Ali, SL liii) rev. last line; lines in composite: 1

3N-T516 (Ali, SL pl. xxviii) a 1'; lines in composite: 11

Crozer 206

N 1203

NBC 11452

Revision history

25.vi.2001-27.vi.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
13.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
15.xi.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
16.xi.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
16.xi.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