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Letter from Puzur-Culgi to Culgi about the advance of the enemy

1. lugal-ju10-ra u3-na-a-dug4
2. {puzur4-dcul-gi} {(1 ms. has instead:) puzur4-dmarduk} {(1 other ms. has instead:) puzur4-dnu-/muc\-[da]} cagina bad3 igi-hur-saj-ja2
3. arad-zu na-ab-be2-a
4. lugal-ju10 {kug-sig17 kug-babbar} {(1 ms. has instead:) kug-sig17 na4za-gin3} {(1 other ms. has instead:) kug-babbar kug-/sig17\} {dijir-re-e-ne} {(1 ms. has instead:) dijir gal-gal} in-ne-dim2-dim2-ma
5. zi-ni-ce3-am3 in-nu-u3
6. lugal-ju10 {zi} {(1 ms. has instead:) silim-ma} ugnim u3 kalam-ma-ni-ce3
7. bad3 gal igi-hur-saj-ja2 mu lu2-kur2 hul-jal2-ce3
8. uj3 kalam-ma-ni-ce3 mu-un-du3
9. i3-ne-ec ugnim lu2-kur2-ra im-ma-an-zig3
10. {1-am3} {(1 ms. has instead:) [X]-/ni\-am3} lu2 igi-ja2 sah6-bi i-im-tum2-ma dab5-dab5-be2
11. inim ma-an-dug4-ma {igi-ce3! ib-DU} {(1 ms. has instead:) [...]-jen-na-ab ba-jen}
12. jickim lu2-kur2-ra je26-e i3-zu
13. lu2-kur2 me3!-ce3 usu-ni im-ma-til usu-ju10 i3-tur
14. bad3 nu-mu-un-da-kal-la-ge {en-nu nu-mu-da-ak-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) /iri?\ en-<nu> nu-un-da-ja2-ja2}
15. nam {mcu-dnu-muc-da} {(1 ms. has instead:) mcu-dmarduk} {(1 other ms. has instead:) puzur4-dnu-muc-da} ensi2 JIR2-lum-tur-raki
16. 5 nindan he2-ni-dar-dar
17. nam mlugal-me-lem4 cabra {id2ceg5-ceg5?} {(1 ms. has instead:) NI.CIM.Xki}
18. {40} {(1 ms. has instead:) 25} {(1 other ms. has instead:) 30} {(1 further ms. has instead:) /45\} nindan GAM ugu-ba nu-ub-jar
19. nam mKA-kug-ga-ni ensi2 ma-da MURUB4ki
20. 45 nindan gaba dab5-ba-bi ba-gul-gul
21. nam mta-ki-il-i3-li2-cu {gu2!-gal} {(1 ms. has instead:) ensi2} id2ab2-gal u3 id2me-den-lil2-la2
22. 50 nindan saj ba-sud4 murub4-ba im-da-an-ri
23. ud lu2-kur2 im-durunx(KU.KU)-na-a ugu-bi-ce3 {nu-ub-jar} {(1 ms. has instead:) nu-ub-dug4} {(1 other ms. has instead:) u3-nu-ub-zu}
24. {lu2-kur2 i3-durun-na-a usu-ju10 im-til} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2-kur2 me3-ce3 a2-a-ni im-til}
{
(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
24A. [...]-/kal\-la-ge [...]-da-ak-e
}
25. ugnim-bi cag4 hur-saj-ja2-ka i3-tuc
26. tukum-bi lugal-ja2 an-na-kam
27. 7200 erin2 lu2 kij2 ak-ne jicdusu-a ma-ab-il2-e {ul4-la-bi hu-mu-ci-[in]-gi4-gi4} {(1 ms. has instead:) KIJ2-KIJ2-bi X [...] /he2\-em-sug2-ge-ec}
28. 70 aga-us2 {cimacki RI ib2-/SU?\-a} {(1 ms. has instead:) LU2.DA! JIC! nu-um-KU-a} {(1 other ms. has instead:) /LU2\.[...] X ib?-til /ib2\-[...]}
29. {[ul4]-la-bi hu-mu-ci-in-gi4-gi4} {(1 ms. has instead:) ugu-ju10-ce3 he2-em-sub2-be2-ec}
30. {dim2-ma-bi in-dab5 ki-tuc-bi ga-ba-ni-kur2} {(1 ms. has instead:) dim2-ma-ni in-dab5 ki-tuc-bi in-kur2} {(1 other ms. has instead:) dim2-ma-ju10 ib2-dab5! ki-tuc!-bi ga-ba-ni-kur2}
31. he2-zu ji6-ta ud ul-le2-a-ac nam-tag-ni dugud
32. arad dcul-gi lugal-ja2 gen6-na-me-en
{
(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
32A. [...]-a KA-ju10 nij2 gu2 cub-bu-bi in-nu-u3
}
33. nam-ba-da-ug5-en
34. lugal-ju10 he2-en-zu {(1 ms. adds:) a-ma-ru-[kam]}

Print sources

Frayne 1992, p. 18-22: commentary

Huber 1998, p. 6, fn. 23, 9, 11, 18-20 (ll. 26-27), 33 (ll. 4, 9, 26), 37 (ll. 11, 18, 23, 29), 39 (ll. 4, 8, 26), 40 (ll. 18, 23, 25), 44 (ll. 15-22), 45 (ll. 15-22), 46, 50, 56ff., 63ff., 66-67, 70ff. (ll. 2-3), 77-78 (fn. 262), 88-89, 91-92: composite text, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1976, p. 200-213, 84-85: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 53 (section 3.3): commentary

Wilcke 1969b, p. 3-6: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary (transliteration of sources A, B, C and D)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

HS 1438 (TMH NF 4 42); lines in composite: 1-14, 30-34 (collations in C. Wilcke, Kollationen zu den sumerischen Texten aus Nippur in der Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena, ASAW 65/4, Berlin (1976) 73)

AO 10819 (PRAK II D 60); lines in composite: 1-34

Ni 9706 (ISET 2 111-112 = Orientalia 22 pls. 38-39 = UMB 17/2 fg. 4) rev. iv' 1'-23'; lines in composite: 10(?)-28(?)

Ni 3083 (ISET 2 115 = Orientalia 22 pl. 40) iv 1'-9'; lines in composite: 25(?)-34

YBC 4654 (W.W. Hallo, JCS 34 (1982) 91, fn. 48. Civil, Catalogue sub 3.17 and Michalowski, RCU (1976) 200 have YBC 4645.)

YBC 4606

N 3773

A w/n

Ni 9854 (ISET 1 189) iii; lines in composite: ?, 21, 24-25, ?, ?

BM 54894 obv. 1'-11'; lines in composite: 4-16(?) (cf. E. Leichty, Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum Vol. VI: Tablets from Sippar (1986) 159; collated by EFH)


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