The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.05

Letter from Aradju to Culgi about Aba-indasa's missing troops

1.	lugal-ju₁₀-ra u₃-na-dug₄
2.	arad₂-ju₁₀ arad₂-zu na-ab-be₂-a
3.	^ma-ba-in-da-sa₂-a ugula erin₂ zu₂ kece₂ lugal nij₂ X mu-da-an-gi₄
4.	lugal-ju₁₀ bar inim-ma ha-ba-zu-zu-de₃
5.	ud zi-mu-dar-ra-ce₃^! igi-ju₁₀ bi₂-ib-jar-ra
6.	kaskal lugal-ju₁₀ erin₂ zig₃-ga-ju₁₀
7.	^ma-ba-in-da-sa₂-a erin₂-bi igi u₃-bi₂-in-kar₂
8.	2 li-mu-um erin₂-bi nu-jal₂
9.	/saj^?-ja₂^?\ nu-un-DU igi^? nu-un-GI
10.	ha-ra-kalag lugal-ju₁₀ mu-un-X [...] mu-un-dab₅
11.	[...] X-bi cer₇-da lugal [...] nu-AC
12.	[...]-ba cu [...]
13.	[...] /ka\ NI X [...] jar
14.	nij₂ lugal-ju₁₀ ab-be₂-na-ju₁₀
15.	lugal-ju₁₀ he₂-en-zu

Print sources

Huber 1998, p. 9, 15, 16-17, 33 (ll. 5, 3), 44 (l. 10), 80 (l. 5): commentary, composite text

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

Wilcke 1969b, p. 6-7: composite text, translation, commentary (Transliteration of sources A and B)

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7849 (+) Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149) a 1'-11'; lines in composite: 5-15

3N-T80 = A 30135 (Ali, SL pl. xxxi) obv. 1'-14'; lines in composite: 1-15

Ni 2786 (ISET 2 120); lines in composite: 3-15

Ni 9702 (ISET 2 122) 11'-13'; lines in composite: 1-3

Revision history

28.iii.2001-30.iii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
28.vii.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
03.viii.2001: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
24.viii.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
24.viii.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