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Letter from Šulgi to Aradĝu about Aba-indasa's letter (Q000545)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Šulgi to Aradĝu about Aba-indasa's letter |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000545 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Ver.1, | ||
| 1 | {m}arad-ŋu₁₀-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄ | did Baradbu agree, |
| 2 | {m}{d}šul-gi lugal-zu na-ab-be₂-a | Šulgi, your king, should not say: |
| 3 | ud {m}a-ba-an-da-sa₂ ugula erin₂ zu₂ keše₂ | when Abandasa, the foreman of the troops, he bound |
| 4 | x x u₃-na-a-dug₄-bi šu-ni mu-un-taka₄-a | ... he opened his hand to speak to him |
| 5 | x šu dugud ri-de₃ šer₇-da il₂-la-zu hu-mu-un-ši-in-gen₆ | May he bring your heavy hand that raises its horns in joy |
| 6 | a-na-aš-am₃ erin₂-bi-ta mu-un-zi-zi | Why do you raise your troops from it? |
| 7 | x en-nu-uŋ₃-ŋa₂ mu-ni-in-kur₉ | ... brought in the watch. |
| 8 | a-ba-e-tum₃-tum₃-ma šer₇-da šag₄-zu a-ba-e-ši-il₂-la | When you bring it to me, when you raise your hand, |
| 9 | x x kur₂-ra ba-ra-e₃-a erin₂-bi-ta gi₄-gi₄-mu-un-na-ab | ... has left ..., return it to its troops! |
| 10 | x X X x ugu-ŋu₁₀-ta | ... from above |
| 11 | x ha-ra-an-kalag x-nam | May he be strong for you ... |
| 14 | x-ŋar-re-en HA x | ... you ... |
| 15 | x X ha-ra-an-kalag x-nam ha-ba-zu-x X | May he be strong, may he ... |
| 16 | x u₃-na-a-dug₄-ŋu₁₀ šu-ni šu tak₄ | ... he will praise, his hand was seized |
| 17 | x erin₂-bi-še₃ gi₄-gi₄-mu-un-na-ab | ... return it to its troops! |
| 18 | x-bi sag₉-ga-zu pad₃-de₃ | to find your good ... |
| 19 | x X X-pe-el-le-en | ... I want to ... |
| 20 | x-ab-ŋar mu-ra-ab-kuš₂ | ... he bound for you. |
| 21 | X ki-saŋ-ŋal₂-x igi-zu-še₃ {ŋiš}gu-za ha-ra-ab-tuš-de₃-en | Let us sit before you in the ... of the courtyard. |
| 22 | a-ma-ru-kam | It is an amaru. |
| Ver.2, | ||
| 1 | x x mu-un-x | ... . |
| 2 | {m}ur-{d}namma a-a ugu-ŋu₁₀ x | Ur-Namma, my father who begot me |
| 3 | x x X RA ha-ra-kalag X x | ... may it be long ... |
| 4 | x-bi-še₃ ab-ŋar-re-x | ... to its ... |
| 5 | X TA X ha-ra-kalag x ha-ba-x | May ... be strong, may ... |
| 6 | ud u₃-na-dug₄-ŋu₁₀ ab-x | The storm that ... |
| 7 | erin₂-bi-še₃ gi₄-gi₄ x | to return its troops |
| 8 | iri{ki}-bi nam-ba-an-pe-el-x | Do not defile that city! |
| 9 | nam-gur₄-bi erin₂-bi-še₃ X x | Its wages, its workers ... |
| 10 | ki saŋ ki-ŋal₂-la igi-zu-x {ŋiš}gu-za-am₃ he₂-x | Look at the place of the reed screen, may it be a chair! |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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