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CDLI Literary 000576 (Ur-Enlila to Governor) composite (P479850)

Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000576 (Ur-Enlila to Governor) composite
ID	P479850
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)
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1	ensi2 sanga-ra u3-na-a-du11	to the governor and the temple administrator he said:
2	mur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 na-ab-be2-a	did Ur-Enlil say,
3	pa5 a-luh-ha a i-ib2-tum3	the canal of Aluḫa brought water.
4	{disz}{d}en-lil2-dingir-gu10 u3 ha-an-za-mu	Enlil-ilī and Hanzamu
5	ib2-sag3-ge-esz mu-da-an-kar-re-esz	They struck him, they struck him.
6	{disz}lugal-an-ne2 na-ab-be2-a	did Lugal-ane say:
7	ge26-e pa5 1(disz)-am3 za-e pa5 1(disz)-am3 ensi2 pa5 1(disz)-am3	I have a canal, you have one canal, the governor has one canal.
8	a he2-mu-e-de6 bi2-du11 nu-mu-un-sze-ge-esz	They did not bring water to drink.
9	erin2 i7-zu nu-ma pa5-bi a i-ib2-tum3	The work-troops of your canal are not watered, their ditches are filled with water.
10	ga2-a sah6-bi a ma-ab-tum3	... brought water to me.
11	a2 ma-tur 5(disz) gurusz 1(u) hu-mu-e-szi-in-gi4-gi4-ma	labor, wages, 5 male laborers, 10 (workdays), may he return to you,
12	a-ma-ru-kam	It is an amaru.

Sources & licences

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