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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.07

Letter from Puzur-Culgi to Culgi about the advance of the enemy

1.	lugal-ju₁₀-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
2.	{puzur₄-^dcul-gi} {(1 ms. has instead:) puzur₄-^dmarduk} {(1 other ms. has instead:) puzur₄-^dnu-/muc\-[da]} cagina bad₃ igi-hur-saj-ja₂
3.	arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a
4.	lugal-ju₁₀ {kug-sig₁₇ kug-babbar} {(1 ms. has instead:) kug-sig₁₇ ^na₄za-gin₃} {(1 other ms. has instead:) kug-babbar kug-/sig₁₇\} {dijir-re-e-ne} {(1 ms. has instead:) dijir gal-gal} in-ne-dim₂-dim₂-ma
5.	zi-ni-ce₃-am₃ in-nu-u₃
6.	lugal-ju₁₀ {zi} {(1 ms. has instead:) silim-ma} ugnim u₃ kalam-ma-ni-ce₃
7.	bad₃ gal igi-hur-saj-ja₂ mu lu₂-kur₂ hul-jal₂-ce₃
8.	uj₃ kalam-ma-ni-ce₃ mu-un-du₃
9.	i₃-ne-ec ugnim lu₂-kur₂-ra im-ma-an-zig₃
10.	{1-am₃} {(1 ms. has instead:) [X]-/ni\-am₃} lu₂ igi-ja₂ sah₆-bi i-im-tum₂-ma dab₅-dab₅-be₂
11.	inim ma-an-dug₄-ma {igi-ce₃^! ib-DU} {(1 ms. has instead:) [...]-jen-na-ab ba-jen}
12.	jickim lu₂-kur₂-ra je₂₆-e i₃-zu
13.	lu₂-kur₂ me₃^!-ce₃ usu-ni im-ma-til usu-ju₁₀ i₃-tur
14.	bad₃ nu-mu-un-da-kal-la-ge {en-nu nu-mu-da-ak-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) /iri^?\ en-<nu> nu-un-da-ja₂-ja₂}
15.	nam {^mcu-^dnu-muc-da} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^mcu-^dmarduk} {(1 other ms. has instead:) puzur₄-^dnu-muc-da} ensi₂ JIR₂-lum-tur-ra^ki
16.	5 nindan he₂-ni-dar-dar
17.	nam ^mlugal-me-lem₄ cabra {^id₂ceg₅-ceg₅^?} {(1 ms. has instead:) NI.CIM.X^ki}
18.	{40} {(1 ms. has instead:) 25} {(1 other ms. has instead:) 30} {(1 further ms. has instead:) /45\} nindan GAM ugu-ba nu-ub-jar
19.	nam ^mKA-kug-ga-ni ensi₂ ma-da MURUB₄^ki
20.	45 nindan gaba dab₅-ba-bi ba-gul-gul
21.	nam ^mta-ki-il-i₃-li₂-cu {gu₂^!-gal} {(1 ms. has instead:) ensi₂} ^id₂ab₂-gal u₃ ^id₂me-^den-lil₂-la₂
22.	50 nindan saj ba-sud₄ murub₄-ba im-da-an-ri
23.	ud lu₂-kur₂ im-durun_x(KU.KU)-na-a ugu-bi-ce₃ {nu-ub-jar} {(1 ms. has instead:) nu-ub-dug₄} {(1 other ms. has instead:) u₃-nu-ub-zu}
24.	{lu₂-kur₂ i₃-durun-na-a usu-ju₁₀ im-til} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂-kur₂ me₃-ce₃ a₂-a-ni im-til}
	{
	(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
24A.	[...]-/kal\-la-ge [...]-da-ak-e
	}
25.	ugnim-bi cag₄ hur-saj-ja₂-ka i₃-tuc
26.	tukum-bi lugal-ja₂ an-na-kam
27.	7200 erin₂ lu₂ kij₂ ak-ne ^jicdusu-a ma-ab-il₂-e {ul₄-la-bi hu-mu-ci-[in]-gi₄-gi₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) KIJ₂-KIJ₂-bi X [...] /he₂\-em-sug₂-ge-ec}
28.	70 aga-us₂ {cimacki RI ib₂-/SU^?\-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) LU₂.DA^! JIC^! nu-um-KU-a} {(1 other ms. has instead:) /LU₂\.[...] X ib^?-til /ib₂\-[...]}
29.	{[ul₄]-la-bi hu-mu-ci-in-gi₄-gi₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) ugu-ju₁₀-ce₃ he₂-em-sub₂-be₂-ec}
30.	{dim₂-ma-bi in-dab₅ ki-tuc-bi ga-ba-ni-kur₂} {(1 ms. has instead:) dim₂-ma-ni in-dab₅ ki-tuc-bi in-kur₂} {(1 other ms. has instead:) dim₂-ma-ju₁₀ ib₂-dab₅^! ki-tuc^!-bi ga-ba-ni-kur₂}
31.	he₂-zu ji₆-ta ud ul-le₂-a-ac nam-tag-ni dugud
32.	arad ^dcul-gi lugal-ja₂ gen₆-na-me-en
	{
	(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
32A.	[...]-a KA-ju₁₀ nij₂ gu₂ cub-bu-bi in-nu-u₃
	}
33.	nam-ba-da-ug₅-en
34.	lugal-ju₁₀ he₂-en-zu {(1 ms. adds:) a-ma-ru-[kam]}

Print sources

Frayne 1992, p. 18-22: commentary

Huber 1998, p. 6, fn. 23, 9, 11, 18-20 (ll. 26-27), 33 (ll. 4, 9, 26), 37 (ll. 11, 18, 23, 29), 39 (ll. 4, 8, 26), 40 (ll. 18, 23, 25), 44 (ll. 15-22), 45 (ll. 15-22), 46, 50, 56ff., 63ff., 66-67, 70ff. (ll. 2-3), 77-78 (fn. 262), 88-89, 91-92: composite text, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1976, p. 200-213, 84-85: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 53 (section 3.3): commentary

Wilcke 1969b, p. 3-6: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary (transliteration of sources A, B, C and D)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

HS 1438 (TMH NF 4 42); lines in composite: 1-14, 30-34 (collations in C. Wilcke, Kollationen zu den sumerischen Texten aus Nippur in der Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena, ASAW 65/4, Berlin (1976) 73)

AO 10819 (PRAK II D 60); lines in composite: 1-34

Ni 9706 (ISET 2 111-112 = Orientalia 22 pls. 38-39 = UMB 17/2 fg. 4) rev. iv' 1'-23'; lines in composite: 10(?)-28(?)

Ni 3083 (ISET 2 115 = Orientalia 22 pl. 40) iv 1'-9'; lines in composite: 25(?)-34

YBC 4654 (W.W. Hallo, JCS 34 (1982) 91, fn. 48. Civil, Catalogue sub 3.17 and Michalowski, RCU (1976) 200 have YBC 4645.)

YBC 4606

N 3773

A w/n

Ni 9854 (ISET 1 189) iii; lines in composite: ?, 21, 24-25, ?, ?

BM 54894 obv. 1'-11'; lines in composite: 4-16(?) (cf. E. Leichty, Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum Vol. VI: Tablets from Sippar (1986) 159; collated by EFH)

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09.iv.2001-17.iv.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
13.vi.2001: EFH, editor: collation
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