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CDLI Literary 000564 (Letter from Nanna-kiag to Lipit-Ishtar) composite (P473734)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000564 (Letter from Nanna-kiag to Lipit-Ishtar) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P473734 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | lugal-ga2 u3-na-du11 | he said to my king: |
| 2 | {disz}{d}nanna-ki-ag2 ra-bi-si2-ka3-tum-ma | Nanna-kīag, the chief surveyor, |
| 3 | arad-zu na-ab-be2-a | “Do not speak to your servant! |
| 4 | e2-danna{da-na}{ki} lugal-gu10 ba-an-da-bala | My king abandoned the Edanna temple. |
| 5 | sza3 e2-danna{da-na}-sze3 6(disz) me-at ugnim gu-un-gu-nu-um | to the Edanna temple, 600 troops of Gungunum |
| 6 | mat-ta-ma-an-nu-um ba-ni-in-ku4 | Mattamanum entered. |
| 7 | ugnim-bi iri-sag-an-na libir-ra-sze3 ku4-ku4-de3 la-ba-szum2 | Its army has not been given to Irisaŋana, the old city. |
| 8 | iri{ki}-gibil-am3 al-dur2-ru-ne-esz | They were dwelling in a new city. |
| 9 | ugnim-bi gu2 i7-amar-{d}suen-ka-ta | its army from the bank of the Amar-Suen canal |
| 10 | x du3-u3-de3 du-un-nu-um{ki} ak-de3 | To build ..., to build Dunnum, |
| 11 | [...] x x-al-e-de3 ba-gen | ... went to ... |
| 12 | tukum-bi lugal-gu10 NIM {gesz}pan? {gesz}gag-pan | If my king ... a bow |
| 13 | {gesz}ma2 tur-tur szu-ku6 x x x | small boats, fish |
| 14 | {kusz?}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-da-bi {gesz}tukul {gesz}x {gesz}szu?-kar2 | Its agala weapon, ... weapon, and šukar weapon |
| 15 | a2 me3 [...] nu-um-ta-[...] DU | The weapons of battle ... did not ... |
| 16 | ugnim [...] gu2 i7-amar-{d}suen-ka-ta | The army from the bank of the Amar-Suen canal |
| 17 | szeg12 ba-du3-e x [...] x x-e u3 i7 x al-ba-al-e | The brickwork was built ... and the ... canal was dug. |
| 18 | lugal-gu10 nam-ba-e-sze-ba-e-ne | Do not let my king pass by! |
| 19 | a-ma-ru-kam | It is an amaru. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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