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Letter from Aradĝu to Šulgi about the fortress Igi-ḫursaĝa (Q000544)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Aradĝu to Šulgi about the fortress Igi-ḫursaĝa |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000544 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | lugal-ŋu₁₀-ra u₃-ne-dug₄ | did Lugal-bum say: |
| 2 | arad-ŋu₁₀ arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a | Do not speak to your servant, your servant! |
| 3 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ inim-zu inim an-na niŋ₂ x a-wa-at-ka a-wa-at a-nim ša la x | Your king, your word is a word of heaven, ... the word of An |
| 4 | nam tar-ra-zu diŋir-gin₇ šu-zu ŋar-ra ši-ma-tu-ka ki-ma DIŊIR šu-ut-lu-ma-x x | (Sum) Your fate, like a rainbow, your hand ... (Akk) The fate of your fate, as if it were an eagle, your hands ... |
| 5 | bad₃ lugal-ŋu₁₀ šu mu-un-gi₄ kiŋ₂-bi sa₂ bi₂-dug₄ ša be-li₂ u₂-ta-ši-ir ši-pi₂-ir-šu x | He restored the wall of Lugal-bu, and made it perfect for him. The word of my lord has been released, his message ... |
| 6 | ŋiri₃ lu₂-kur₂-e {ka}kalam-še₃ ba-bad-x ši-ip na-ak-ri a-na ma-tim pa-ar-sa-at | The enemy conquered the land. The enemy's booty was scattered to the country. |
| 7 | mu mah lugal-ŋu₁₀ sig igi-nim-ma šu-ma-am ṣi-rum ša be-li₂-ia iš-tu ma-tim e-li-tim a-na ma-tim šap-li-tim | The exalted name of Lugal-būšu is “He is the shining one of my lord’s land. From the upper land to the lower land |
| 8 | {d}utu e₃-ta ud šu₂-uš zag-še₃ kalam til-la-a mi-ni-in-tum₂-tum₂-mu iš-tu X X a-na pa-TE gi-mi-ir-ti ma-tim i-DAM-mi-ra | When Utu came out he brought about the end of the land. From ... to the entrance of the sanctuaries of the country he made it abundant. |
| 9 | mar-tu gu₂-erim₂ bi₂-in-gi-gi X x ki-ša-tum X u₂-X-lam šu-X x | The Martu returned the enemy ... the world ... |
| 10 | {m}kur-gam-ma-bi {d}šul-gi-ra DU X x ku-un-ši-ma-tum a-na x | Kurgammābi (and) Šulgi ... Kunšimatum to |
| 11 | har-ra-an-kalag igi-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ x a-na hal-ṣi₂ x x X X x | The road to Igiḫursa ... |
| 12 | u₃ a-ba-a an-da-sa₂ x | and who equals you? |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | x X lugal-ŋu₁₀ x ṭup-pi₂ be-li₂-ia x | the tablet of my lord |
| 2 | niŋ₂ lugal-ŋu₁₀ ab-x ša be-li₂ x | The fear of Lugal-... of my lord |
| 3 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ x | Lugal- |
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