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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.3.01

Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household

1.	lugal {gud} {(1 ms. has instead:) am} {(1 other ms. has instead:) /alim^?\} igi gun₃ sun₄ ^na₄za-gin₃ la₂-ĝu₁₀-ur₂ (a-na šar-ri ša ki /al-pi\ ši-it-ḫa-/ri qi₂\-bi-/ma\)
2.	u₃-na-a-dug₄
3.	alan kug-sig₁₇ ud dug₃-ga tud-da (ṣa-lam_x(LUM) ḫu-/ra\-ṣi i-nu-mi ṭa-bu «UD.DA»)
4.	ab₂-za-za amaš kug-ga buluĝ₃-ĝa₂ šag₄ {kug ^dinana-ta pad₃-da} {(1 ms. has instead:) kug ^dinana [X] [^d]/suen-na\} (wa-tu)
5.	en nir-ĝal₂ ^dinana-ĝu₁₀-ur₂ u₃-na-de₃-taḫ
6.	za-e dim₂-ma-zu dumu an-na-me-en (wa-X […] X-ra-ni)
7.	dug₄-ga-zu inim diĝir-ra-gin₇ {ḫur nu-gi₄-gi₄-dam} {(1 ms. has instead:) /kur\-kur nu-/gi₄\-[…]} (ḫu-ur la ta-ar)
8.	inim-zu im an-ta šeĝ₃-ĝe₂₆-gin₇ {šid nu-tuku-tuku-dam} {(1 ms. has instead:) /šid\ nu-du₃-du₃-/dam\} {(1 other ms. has instead:) šid nu-da₁₃-da₁₃-/dam^?\} (X /BI\.NA)
9.	^mur-sag₉-ga arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a
10.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ bar-ĝa₂ en₃ {bi₂-in-tar } {(2 mss. have instead:) li-bi₂-in-tar} dumu urim₂^ki-ma-me-en
11.	tukum-bi {lugal-ĝa₂ an-na-kam} {(1 ms. has instead:) /lugal-ĝu₁₀\ u₃-na-an-dug₃}
12.	e₂ ad-da-ĝa₂ lu₂ nam-ba-ab-tum₃
13.	{ki-ur₃ e₂ ad-da-ĝa₂} {(1 ms. has instead:) ki-ur₃ ab-ba-ĝa₂} lu₂ nam-mu-da-an-kar-re
14.	lugal-ĝu₁₀ ḫe₂-en-zu

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 80-84, xxiv-xxv, xxxviii, l, liii: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Cavigneaux 1996, p. 60-61: composite text, handcopy, commentary (no. 115)

Falkenstein 1938, p. 1-25, pls. I-II after p. 2: composite text, translation, photograph, commentary

Hallo 1968, p. 75-76: translation

Kramer 1969f, p. 382: translation, commentary

Krebernik 1992, p. 105-107, pl. 56, fig. fig. 10: score transliteration, translation, commentary, handcopy, photograph (IB 1706)

Langdon 1914, p. 25: score transliteration, translation, commentary (textsource Edin 09-405-32 (Langdon, BL 5))

Michalowski 1976, p. 12-15: composite text, translation, 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

W 16743a (AUWE 23 159, no. 114, photo in ZA 44 after p. 2, pl. I) obv. 1-rev. 5; lines in composite: 1-14

W 16743b (AUWE 23 160 no. 115, photo in ZA 44 after p. 2, pl. II) obv. 1-rev. 2; lines in composite: 1-14 (with Akkadian glosses)

Edin 09-405-32 (Langdon, BL 5) 1-20; lines in composite: 1-14

Crozer 206

U 16849 (UET 6 177) obv. 1-rev. 1; lines in composite: 1-14

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) iii 9'ff.; lines in composite: 1-5, 9-14

N 3116 (Ali, SL pl. l) obv. 1-2; lines in composite: 1-2

UET 6 *149

UM 29-13-20 + UM 29-13-24 (Ali, SL pl. liii) iii' 1'-7'; lines in composite: 6-9

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7849 (+) Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149) b 26'-27'; lines in composite: 1-2

YBC 6711

VAT 867 (VAS 17 36); lines in composite: 1-3

IB 1706 (Krebernik in Isin IV 105, fig. 10, photo in pl. 56) obv. 1-rev. 9; lines in composite: 1-14

3N-T923, 502

Revision history

01.viii.2001-03.viii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
29.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
02.xii.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
07.xii.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
07.xii.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