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CDLI Literary 000549 (Letter from Aradmu(?) to Shulgi about Bandits and Apilla a) composite (P478836)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000549 (Letter from Aradmu(?) to Shulgi about Bandits and Apilla a) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478836 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | lu2?-e a du11-ga i7!-da mi-ni-gar-gar i7 x [(...)] | The man poured water into the river, the river ... |
| 2' | lu2 la-ga lu2-sa-gaz-e edin si-si-ig-ga-bi {gesz}nig2-gul-bi bi2-ak | The one who screams, the one who kills (him) in the steppe, he smote it with his arrow. |
| 3' | nita-be2-e-ne munus-be2-e-ne nita-bi ki sza3-ga-na-sze3 i3?-du-u3? | The men and women ... their men to the place of his heart. |
| 4' | munus-bi {gesz}bala {gesz}kiri7-da szu ba-e-si-ig har-ra-an sza3-ga-na i3-DU | Its woman ... the bala instrument and the orchard and went on her way to her heart. |
| 5' | edin nig2-dagal-la-ba ga2-rig7 mu-ni-in-gar | In the wide steppe he set up a gift. |
| 6' | za-lam-gar masz-GAN2-bi ki um-mi-gar-gar | Zalamgar placed its field-grants there. |
| 7' | lu2 kin2 ak-bi lu2 gu4-apin la2 a-sza3-ga u4 mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e | The one doing the work, the plowman, spends the day in the field. |
| 8' | a2 ag2-ga2 {d}szul-gi lugal-ga2-ke4 gu2-gu10 nu-mu-da-szub | The command of Šulgi, my king, will not abandon me. |
| 9' | gu2 bi2-x ge6-ba an-bar7-ba a2-bi x i3-gen-ne-en | In those nights, at noon, I ... its strength. |
| 10' | ma-pi-il-la-sza u4 tur-ra-ni-ta szu USZ-ba mu-e-x x [...] | (Sum) The one who ... her temple, in his small days ... (Akk) In his small temples, in its small ones, ... |
| 11' | lu2 al-me-a-gin7 sza3-gu10 i3-zu igi-zu um-mi-zu | Like a man who is lying down, my heart knows it, your eyes know it. |
| 12' | lugal-gu10 igi bar-ra dingir-ra lu2 hul-la-sze3? i-ni-TU-x | My king, before the god ... to the evildoer(?) |
| 13' | lu2-garza2 gal kur-kur-ra-ke4 ugu-bi um-mi-diri | The chief administrator of all the lands has reduced its weight. |
| 14' | lugal-gu10 nig2 gal-gal ba-e-diri gaba-ri MU x-ni-in-[...] | My king, you have multiplied the great things. |
| 15' | du11-ga ab-gi4 BI inim-zu inim du11-ga-da nig2-zu nig2 gal-la-am3 | “Your word, the word that you spoke, is something great. |
| 16' | inim sa6-ga-ni sza3-za i3-gal2 u4 us2-sa i3-x x | His good word is in your heart, the storm ... |
| 17' | lu2-u18-lu-am3 igi-zu an-x | You are a man, your eye ... |
| 18' | sza3-gu10 sza3 zu2 kesz2 a-gin7 he2-en-ga2-ga2 | My heart, like a bound heart, may it be placed there. |
| 19' | ma-da suhusz bi2-ge-en gu3 tesz2-a bi2-se3-ge5 | He made the foundations of the land firm, he sounded the horns together. |
| 20' | lugal-gu10 lugal nu-mu-e-da-sa2 sza3-zu he2-eb-du10-ge | My king, no king compares with you, may your heart be glad. |
Sources & licences
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