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Letter from Lipit-Eštar to Nanna-ki-aĝ about driving away the enemy

1. m dnanna-ki-aĝ2 ra-bi-si2-ka3-tum-ma
2. u3-na-dug4
3. mli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 lugal-zu na-ab-be2-a
4. mu {erin2 lu2-kur2-ra-ke4} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2-kur2-ra-ke4} {lugal u3-na-dug4 šu mu-e-taka4} {(1 ms. has instead:) u3-ne-dug4(source: ZU) šu bi2-taka4}
5. mat-ta2-ma-nu-um {lu2} {(1 ms. has instead:) arad} lugal-a-ni-ir bi2-in-sag9-ge
6. dirig-zu-še3 {arad lugal-a-ni-ir} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2} na-X
7. a-na-aš-am3 {ĝe26-e X nu-zu-ĝu10-ta za-e šu ĝar lugal-zu li-bi2-in-gi4} {(1 ms. has instead:) erin2 šu šag4-še3 i3-ĝal2-a-/ĝa2?\ nam-lu2-ulu3-ba li-bi2-ĝar}
{
(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
7A. ne-eš2 erin2 mu-un-ĝa2-ĝa2-e
}
8. a2-še {2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 4} {(1 other ms. has instead:) 3} li-mu-um erin2 {lu2 ĝiššukur} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2 ĝiššukur giĝ4}
9. {2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 4} li-mu-um erin2 {lu2 ĝišpan} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2 ĝišpan giĝ4}
10. {2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 1} li-mu-um erin2 {lu2 dur10-tab-ba} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2 dur10-tab-ba giĝ4} {im-mu-e-ši-sar} {(1 ms. has instead:) /im\-ma-sar-eš}
11. lu2-kur2 iri-gibil-a al-dur2-ru-ne-eš
12. ki-tuš-bi-ta sar-bi2-ib
13. X X šu? i3-ĝar-re-ne nam bi2-X […]
14. iri dili-dili zag-/ba?\ zag?-za en-nu-uĝ3-bi /ak?\-X-ab
15. iri-bi šu-zu-ta la-ba-ra-e3
16. nam-lu2-ulu3-zu ĝar-bi2-ib
17. a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 76-79, xxiv-xxv, xxxviii: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 55 (section 4.3): commentary

Rowton 1967, p. 273: composite text, translation, commentary (ll. 16-17)

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Michalowski 2001a: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7849 (+) Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149) b 10'-25'; lines in composite: 1-17

Ash 1923-408 (OECT 13 1) obv. 1-rev. 4; lines in composite: 1-17 (collated by EFH)

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) ii 23'ff.; lines in composite: 1-2, 7-17

Revision history

28.vii.2001-01.viii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
28.vii.2001: EFH, editor: collation
19.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
22.xi.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
23.xi.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
23.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
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