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CDLI Literary 000578 (Aba-tah-lugalga to Brothers) composite (P479848)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000578 (Aba-tah-lugalga to Brothers) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P479848 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | szesz-gu10-ne u3-na-du11 | When I speak to my brother, |
| 2 | {disz}da-ba4-tah-lugal-ga2-ke4 na-ab-be2-a | did Dabātaḫ-lugalga say: |
| 3 | al-su3-u4 kaskal i-im-re7-de3-en | (Sum) We go on a road that is too far away for you (Akk) The road is too distant for you, we go on the road |
| 4 | u3 lugal gi-na lugal-me giri3? ba-an-us2 | and the king, the faithful one, our king took the road. |
| 5 | kaskal-kaskal-e kaskal ba-an-tah | On the road he goes on the road. |
| 6 | ama-me en3 li-bi2-in-tar-re-de3-en | Our mother inquires after us. |
| 7 | dag-gi4-me u4 na-an-szu2-usz-a lul-asz | (Sum) We are angry, the storm is a false storm (Akk) Our angry storm is false |
| 8 | 1(disz) sila3 mun 1(disz) sila3 gazi | 1 sila3 of malt, [1 sila₃ of ghee], |
| 8a | x USZ szu-ta e-[...] | ... from that ... |
| 9 | 1(disz) sza3-ga-du3{tug2} | 1 Šagadu |
| 10 | lu2 du hu-mu-e?-x | May the one who ... |
| 11 | kaskal-me al-su3-u4 | Our journey is exhausting. |
| 12 | 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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