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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.3.04

Letter from Ur-Enlila to a governor and temple administrator

1.	ensi₂ saĝĝa-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
2.	^mur-^den-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ na-ab-be₂-a
3.	pa₅ {a-luḫ-ḫa} {(1 ms. has instead:) i₃-luḫ-ḫa} a i-ib₂-tum₃
4.	{^m^den-lil₂-diĝir-ĝu₁₀} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^m^den-lil₂-a₂-ĝu₁₀} {(another ms. has instead:) [^m^d]/en\-lil₂-la₂-ĝu₁₀} u₃ ḫa-an-za-mu
5.	{ib₂-sig₃-ge-eš} {(1 ms. has instead:) ib₂-sig₉-ge-eš} mu-da-an-kar-re-eš
6.	^mlugal-an-ne₂ na-ab-be₂-a
7.	ĝe₂₆-e pa₅ 1(DIŠ)-am₃ za-e pa₅ 1(DIŠ)-am₃ ensi₂ pa₅ 1(DIŠ)-am₃
8.	a {ḫe₂-mu-e-de₆} {(1 ms. has instead:) ḫe₂-mu-e-dug₄} bi₂-dug₄ nu-mu-un-še-ge-eš
9.	erin₂ id₂-zu nu-ma pa₅-bi a i-ib₂-tum₃
10.	ĝa₂-a saḫ₆-bi a ma-ab-tum₃
11.	a₂ ma-tur 5(IA₂) ĝuruš {10} {(1 ms. has instead:) 60(DIŠ)} ḫu-mu-e-ši-in-gi₄-gi₄-ma
12.	a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 105-108: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Civil 1994, p. 177-180: composite text, translation

Hallo 1968, p. 88: commentary (new ms., s.v. B10)

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

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7849 (PBS 13 48) + Ni 9705 (ISET 2 123) + Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: CBS 7849 iii 1-13 = 1-12

CBS 13968 (Ali, SL pl. 39) obv. 1'-11'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 2-12

Ni 2796 (SLTN 129) rev. 1'-5'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 9-12

Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3301 + N 3303 + N 3308 + N 3310 + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. 24-25); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: Ni 9701 rev. i 1'-10' = 1-13 (cf. Civil, Farmer's 177)

YBC 7175 (cf. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88, s.v. B10)

3N-T293 = UM 55-21-300 (Ali, SL pl. 52) obv.-rev. 4; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-12

3N-T923, 495 (SLFN 26) rev. 5; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1

unpubl. private coll. (cf. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88, s.v. B10)

Revision history

10.x.2005-21.x.2005: GC, senior editor: standardisation
24.x.2005-28.x.2005: GC, senior editor: lemmatisation
31.x.2005-11.xi.2005: GC, senior editor: XML/TEI conversion
16.i.2006-27.i.2006: ER/GZ, project associate/project associate: proofreading
28.ii.2006: JE, technical developer: XML/TEI validation
01.iii.2006: JE, technical developer: web publication