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Letter from Aradĝu (?) to Šulgi about bandits and Apillaša (Q000549)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Aradĝu (?) to Šulgi about bandits and Apillaša |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000549 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| lu₂-e a dug₄-ga id₂-da mi-ni-ŋar-ŋar id₂ X X i₃-dun i₃-luh-luh | The man wails in the river. He dug the river ..., he drank it. | |
| 2 | lu₂-la-ga lu₂-sa-gaz-e edin sig₉-si-ig-ga-bi {ŋiš}niŋ₂-gul-bi bi₂-ak | The lullaga-demon and the lisag-distress destroyed their brickwork of the plain. |
| nitah-be₂-e-ne munus-be₂-e-ne nitah-bi ki šag₄-ga-na-še₃ i₃-du-u₃ har-ra-an x X | The men and women ... their men to the place of his birth. | |
| munus-bi {ŋiš}bal {ŋiš}kirid-da šu ba-e-si-ig har-ra-an šag₄-ga-na i₃-DU munus-e tab-be₂-X du-u₃-de₃ | Its woman was carried away by a robber or a criminal. She went on her own path. The woman ... to go. | |
| edin niŋ₂-daŋal-la-ba ŋa₂-rig₇ mu-ni-in-ŋar mu-ni-si-ig | He presented it to him in its pure steppe, he silenced him. | |
| za-lam-ŋar maš-gana₂-bi ki um-mi-ŋar-ŋar za-lam-ŋar maš-gana₂-bi-ta u₂-sal mu-un-nu₂-nu₂ | “Zalambar is its field, ummi-barbar and zalam-bar are its field. he lies down in the grass. | |
| 7 | lu₂ kiŋ₂ ak-bi lu₂ gud-apin la₂ a-šag₄-ga ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e | The one who did it, the plowman, spends the day in the field |
| 8 | a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂ {d}šul-gi lugal-ŋa₂-ke₄ gu₂-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-da-šub | The wages of Šulgi, the king, were not to be paid. |
| 9 | gu₂ bi₂-X ŋi₆-ba an-bar₇-ba a₂-bi X i₃-ŋen-ne-en | In those days, at that time, I ... its strength. |
| {m}a-pi-il-la-ša ud tur-ra-ni-ta šu UŠ-ba mu-e-X X x šu X-ba nu-e | Apil-laša, in the distant past, ... on the length ... | |
| lu₂ al-me-a-gin₇ šag₄-ŋu₁₀ i₃-zu igi-zu um-mi-zu im-mi-du₈ | Like a man who is lying down, your eyes have been opened, your mother has been seized | |
| lugal-ŋu₁₀ igi bar-ra diŋir-ra lu₂ hul-la-še₃ i-ni-TU-X lu₂ hul bi₂-i-ni-in-zu | (Sum) The king, the one who sees the outside, the evildoer ... (Akk) Lugal-bu<...> the one of the outer eye, the wicked one ... | |
| 13 | lu₂-ŋarza₂ gal kur-kur-ra-ke₄ ugu-bi um-mi-dirig | The chief libation priest of all the lands made it surpassing. |
| 14 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂ gal-gal ba-e-dirig gaba-ri MU X-ni-in-x | (Sum) Lugal-biŋi ... great fearsomeness ... (Akk) You ... the fearsome fearsome one ... |
| dug₄-ga ab-gi₄ BI inim-zu inim dugud-da niŋ₂-zu niŋ₂ gal-la-am₃ dug₄-ga-dug₄-ga ab-dug₄ X x | “Return, turn back, that is your word, the heavy word, your fear is great, you are the one who keeps returning, ... | |
| 16 | inim sag₉-ga-ni šag₄-za i₃-ŋal₂ ud us₂-sa i₃-X X | He carried off his good word into your heart, he ... the day after |
| lu₂-u₁₈-lu-am₃ igi-zu an-X i₃-in-DU he₂-i | “Lord, your eye ... | |
| 18 | šag₄-ŋu₁₀ šag₄ zu₂ keše₂ a-gin₇ he₂-en-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | How could a hole be smashed like a crevice |
| 19 | ma-da suhuš bi₂-ge-en gu₃ teš₂-a bi₂-sig₁₀-ge₅ | He made the foundation of the land firm, he made it sound like a voice |
| 20 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ lugal nu-mu-e-da-sa₂ šag₄-zu he₂-eb-dug₃-ge | May your heart be glad for Lugal-bu, the king whom no king compares. |
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