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RA 006, 139 Enz. 1 (P247594)

Letter, ED IIIb, Girsu · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

English translation

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Line	English
obverse col 1 1	What Lu-ena,
obverse col 1 2	administrator of Ninmar,
obverse col 1 3	says,
obverse col 1 4	to Enentarzi
obverse col 1 5	administrator of Ningirsu,
obverse col 1 6	speak!
obverse col 2 1	600 Elamites
obverse col 2 2	from Lagash
obverse col 2 3	property to Elam carried;
obverse col 2 4	Lu-ena,
obverse col 2 5	administrator
obverse col 2 6	of Ninmar,
obverse col 3 1	(with PN) of ...
obverse col 3 2	battle
obverse col 3 3	did;
obverse col 3 4	in Elam defeat was placed.
obverse col 3 5	540 Elamites
obverse col 4 2	Ur-Baba,
obverse col 4 3	ward
obverse col 4 4	Nig-lu-nutum,
obverse col 4 5	foreman of the smiths,
obverse col 4 6	in their midst were
reverse col 1 1	in the house of Ninmar sat;
reverse col 1 2	5 bronzes of cleanned silver,
reverse col 1 3	20 ...
reverse col 2 2	5 lordly garments,
reverse col 2 3	16 wool fleeces from barley eating sheep,
reverse col 2 4	left behind;
reverse col 3 1	Enannatum,
reverse col 3 2	governor of Lagash,
reverse col 3 3	in his living,
reverse col 3 4	Enannatum-sipazi,
reverse col 3 5	the steward,
reverse col 3 6	in his living,
reverse col 4 2	its most suitable thing
reverse col 4 3	for Ninmar
reverse col 4 4	may he bring; 5th (year).

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	lu2-en-na
2	sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-ke4
3	na-e-a
4	[en]-e-tar-zi
5	[sanga] {d}nin-[gir2]-su-[ka]-ra
6	[du11]-ga#-na#
obverse col 2
1	1(gesz'u@c) lu2# elam{ki}
2	lagasz{ki}-ta
3	nig2-gur11 elam{ki}-sze3 i3-il2
4	lu2-en-na
5	sanga
6	[{d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-ke4]
obverse col 3
1	[...]-ka
2	dam-ha-ra
3	e-da-ak
4	elam-ma \|GIN2.KAR2\| be2-se3
5	9(gesz2@c) elam
obverse col 4
1	[...]
2	1(asz@c) ur-[{d}]ba-ba6
3	lu2 dun-a
4	nig2-lu2-nu-tum2
5	ugula simug#-ka#-[ke4]
6	sza3-ba# mu-gal2#
reverse col 1
1	e2 [{d}]nin#-mar#{ki#}-ka-ka# i3-tusz
2	5(asz@c) zabar3 ku3 luh-ha
3	2(u@c)#? [...]
4	[...]
reverse col 2
1	[...] x
2	5(asz@c) tug2 nam-lugal
3	1(u@c) 6(asz@c) siki udu [sze] gu7-a bar udu
4	e#-sze3-tak4#
5	[...]
reverse col 3
1	en#-[an-na-tum2]
2	ensi2 lagasz{ki}
3	ti-la-na
4	en-an-na-tum2-sipa-zi
5	agrig
6	ti-[la]-na#
reverse col 4
1	[...]
2	[nig2]-du7-na-bi
3	{d}nin-mar{ki}-ra
4	ha-mu-na-tum3 5(\|ASZxDISZ@t\|)

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