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Letter from Ibbi-Suen to Išbi-Erra about his bad conduct (Q000558)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Ibbi-Suen to Išbi-Erra about his bad conduct |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000558 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}iš-bi-er₃-ra-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄ | did Išbi-Erra agree |
| 2 | {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal-zu na-ab-be₂-a | Ibbi-Suen, your king, should not say: |
| 3 | en-na {d}en-lil₂ lugal-ŋu₁₀ me-še₃ i-im-ŋen-ne-en | How long until Enlil, the king, comes to an end? |
| 4 | za-e ur₅-gin₇ ka i₃-bal-e | You, like a dog, will cross over the mouth. |
| 5 | ud-da {d}en-lil₂-le ŋa₂-a-ra hul ba-an-gig | When Enlil departed, he was sickened. |
| 6 | dumu-ni {d}suen-na-ra hul ba-an-gig | His son Suen was sickened. |
| 7 | urim₂{ki} lu₂-kur₂-ra bi₂-in-šum₂-mu | Urim was given over to a stranger |
| 8 | ki šag₄-ba nu-me-a lu₂-kur₂ im-zig₃-ge kur-kur im-suh₃-suh₃ | The enemy rises, the lands are scattered. |
| 9 | ud {d}en-lil₂-le dumu-ni {d}suen-na-ra im-me-gur | When Enlil returned to his son Suen |
| 10 | za-e inim-zu ŋiškim im-ma-an-tuku | “You are the one who has established your word, |
| 11 | 20 gun₂ kug-babbar še sa₁₀-e-de₃ šu ba-e-ti | 20 talents of silver in order to buy it received |
| 12 | 2 še gur-ta-am₃ kug-babbar 1 giŋ₄-e bi₂-in-sa₁₀-sa₁₀-e | 2 kor of barley per (shekel) he bought for 1 shekel of silver |
| 13 | ŋa₂-a-ra 1 še gur-ta-am₃ za-e mu-un-gen₆ | You have brought in 1 kor of barley |
| 14 | puzur₄-{d}nu-muš-da šagina bad₃ igi-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | Puzur-Numušda general of the wall Igihursa |
| 15 | mar-tu lu₂-kur₂-ra šag₄ kalam-ma-ŋu₁₀-še₃ a-gin₇ im-da-an-kur₉-re-en | Amurru, the enemy, how did I bring you into the heart of the Land? |
| 16 | en-na {ŋiš}tukul sag₃-ge-de₃ nam-mu-e-ši-in-gi | As long as he does not return with weapons, |
| 17 | lu₂ saŋ-du nu-tuku kalam-ma i₃-ŋal₂-la | (Sum) The one who does not have a sadu priest, he will carry it off (Akk) The man who has no samdu priest is carried off in the land |
| 18 | a-gin₇ mar-tu-e an-ta nam-mu-ši-in-gi | How did the Martu return from heaven? |
Sources & licences
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