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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.3.09

Letter from Lugal-nesaje to Enlil-massu

1.	^den-lil₂-mas-su dimma ad gi₄ {sag₉} {(1 ms. has instead:) za} ka lal₃ inim gun₃-gun₃-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
2.	dumu dijir-ra-ni-ir gub-ba a-a ama-ni ni₂ tej₃-je₂₆-e-ra
3.	u₃-na-de₃-tah
4.	^{a-la^!-ad}^dalad ^dlamma dijir kal-la-ju₁₀ (ca^! i-di) ulutim₂ alan zil₂-zil₂-i
5.	me-te nam-dub-sar-ra
6.	{ur-saj cag₄-tam-e-ne he₂-du₇ e₂-gal-la a₂ aj₂ ki-bi} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) ur-saj cag₄-tam-e-ne a₂ aj₂-ja₂ ki-bi-ce₃} {(another ms. has instead:) he₂-du₇ /e₂-gal\-la ur^!-saj cag₄-tam-ne a₂ aj₂-ja₂ ki-bi} {(another ms. has instead:) [he₂-du₇] e₂-gal-la [ur-saj] cag₄-tam-e-ne [a₂ aj₂-ja₂] ki-ba-e} gi₄
7.	cag₄ lugal-la-na dug₃-dug₃-ge-ra {u₃-na-de₃-pec} {(1 ms. has instead:) u₃-na-de₃-tah}
8.	^mlugal-nesaj-e nu-ec₃ ^den-lil₂-la₂ lu₂ zu₂ li₉ lugal-la
9.	dumu {^den-lil₂-al-sag₉} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) zu-zu} um-mi-a nibru^ki-a ad-da-zu na-ab-be₂-a
10.	ud {X uru₁₆-na-zu} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) DA^? NA-ju₁₀} {(the other Urim ms. has instead:) NI KID₂ NA-ju₁₀} ba-hu-hu-bu-uc-en
11.	cag₄-ju₁₀ mu-da-cub (im-ta-qu₂-ut) {enmen₂ cajar-ju₁₀} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) cajar enmen₂-ju₁₀} ba-tur
12.	nam-zu ib₂-gu₇-en i-si-ic-zu (ta-az-me-tu-ka) ib₂-sig₉-ge-en
13.	mah-zu (JIC-KU-ka) ib₂-sur-re-en
14.	{bar saj₅-zu} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) [bar] saj₅ TA LA-zu (tu-pu-ul-ka)} {(the other Urim ms. has instead:) bar cej₃-je₂₆-e-zu} ib₂-til-en
15.	{/lib\ bar ak-ju₁₀-ta} {(1 Urim ms., and probably the other, has instead:) lib bar ki-ju₁₀-ta} {(another ms. has instead:) IM bar ak-ju₁₀-ta} {cu ba-dag} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) cu bi-dag (ab-tu-uq)}
16.	(2 mss. omit line 16) {/jectug₂\ cag₄-ju₁₀-ta} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) jectug₂ cag₄ tuku-tuku} lul ba-jar
	{
17.	ni₂ te-te-ju₁₀-ta cag₄-ju₁₀ uc₂ lugud ba-si
18.	en₃ tar-tar-re-de₃ zi ba-ir
	}
	{
	(1 Urim ms. has instead:)
17A.	[ni₂ te]-te-ju₁₀-ne cag₄-ju₁₀ uc₂ lugud₂-lugud₂ X [X]
18A.	[en₃ tar]-tar-de₃ zi ba-ir (a-ca-[X-X])
	}
	{
	(the other Urim ms. has instead:)
17B.	en₃ tar-tar-re-de₃ zi ba-ir
18B.	ni₂ tej₃-tej₃-je₂₆-de₃ cag₄-ju₁₀ uc₂ lugud ab-si
	}
19.	ki nam tar-ra-ce₃ {nu-ub-da-jen-na-ac} {(1 Urim ms. has instead:) nu-ub-da-JA₂ (la ac-X-[X])}
20.	dug₄-ga ^den-lil₂-la₂-ta muc₃-me-zu {(the 2 Urim mss. add:) igi} he₂-bi₂-ib₂-du₈

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 130-136: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Hallo 1968, p. 88: commentary (new ms., s.v. B16)

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

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Wilcke 1976a, p. 73: commentary (collations)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Michalowski 2001a: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 13307; provenance: Nippur

HS 1495 (TMH NF 4 44); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 12-20

N 1793 (Ali, SL pl. 33); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-5, 11-12

Ni 2271 (BE 31 47); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-12

Ni 9703 (ISET 2 120) b 16'-18'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-3

U 16272 (UET 6/2 175); provenance: Ur; lines in composite: 1-20 (with Akkadian glosses)

U 16894A (UET 6/2 176); provenance: Ur; lines in composite: 1-20

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: UM 29-16-139 rev. ii 10'-20' + Ni 9701 rev. iii 1-11 = 1-8, 11-20 (cf. Civil, Farmer's 177)

3N-T530 = A 30263 (Ali, SL pl. 46); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-7, 13-20

3N-T907, 266 (Ali, SL pl. 46 = SLFN 24); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-5, 17-20

YBC 7170 (cf. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88, s.v. B16)

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