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Letter from Aradĝu (?) to Šulgi about bandits and Apillaša

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1. /lu2?\-e a dug4-ga id2!-da mi-ni-jar-jar {id2 X [(...)]} {(1 ms. has instead:) i3-dun i3-luh-/luh\}
2. lu2 la-ga lu2-sa-gaz-e edin sig9-si-ig-ga-bi jicnij2-gul-bi bi2-ak
3. nitah-be2-e-ne munus-be2-e-/ne\ {(1 ms. adds:) /har?-ra?-an\ [...] X} nitah-bi ki cag4-ga-na-ce3 i3?-du-/u3?\
4. {munus-bi} {(1 ms. has instead:) /munus\-e} jicbal jickirid-da cu ba-e-si-ig har-ra-an cag4-ga-na {i3-DU} {(1 ms. has instead:) tab-be2-X} {(1 other ms. has instead:) du-u3-de3}
5. edin nij2-dajal-la-ba ja2-rig7 {mu-ni-in-jar} {(1 ms. has insead:) mu-ni-si-ig}
6. {za-lam-jar mac-gana2-bi ki um-mi-jar-jar} {(1 ms. has instead:) /za\-lam-jar mac-gana2-bi-ta u2-sal mu-un-nu2-nu2}
7. lu2 kij2 ak-bi lu2 gud-apin la2 a-cag4-ga ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e
8. a2 aj2-ja2 dcul-gi lugal-ja2-ke4 gu2-ju10 nu-mu-da-cub
9. gu2 bi2-X ji6-ba an-bar7-ba a2-bi X i3-jen-ne-en
10. ma-pi-il-la-ca ud tur-ra-ni-ta {cu UC-ba mu-e-X X [...]} {(1 ms. has instead:) cu X-ba nu-e}
11. lu2 al-me-a-gin7 cag4-ju10 i3-zu igi-zu {um-mi-zu} {(1 ms. has instead:) im-mi-du8}
12. lugal-ju10 igi bar-ra dijir-ra {lu2 hul-la-ce3? i-ni-TU-X} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu2 hul bi2-i-ni!-in-zu}
13. lu2-jarza2 gal kur-kur-ra-ke4 ugu-bi um-mi-dirig
14. lugal-ju10 nij2 gal-gal ba-e-dirig gaba-ri MU X-ni-in-[...]
15. {dug4-ga ab-gi4 BI} {(1 ms. has instead:) dug4-ga-dug4-ga ab-dug4 X [...]} inim-zu inim dugud-da nij2-zu nij2 gal-la-am3
16. inim sag9-ga-ni cag4-za i3-jal2 ud us2-sa i3-X X
17. lu2-u18-lu-am3 igi-zu {an-X} {(1 ms. has instead:) i3-in-/DU\} {(1 other ms. has instead:) he2-i}
18. cag4-ju10 cag4 zu2 kece2 a-gin7 he2-en-ja2-ja2
19. ma-da suhuc bi2-ge-en gu3 tec2-a bi2-sig10-ge5
20. lugal-ju10 lugal nu-mu-e-da-sa2 cag4-zu he2-eb-dug3-ge

Print sources

Edzard 1974, p. 25-26: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 2-7)

Falkenstein 1959b, p. 286, fn. 32: score transliteration, translation, commentary (ll. 2-8)

Huber 1998, p. 5, 21, 37 (l. 13), 43 (l. 3), 52, 60ff. (l. 3-7), 80, 88-89: composite text, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1976, p. 160-166: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 53 (section 3.2): commentary

Michalowski 1984a, p. 125: commentary (comment on ISET 2 118 (source D))

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2191 (ISET 1 122 = BE 31 54); lines in composite: 2-20 (collations by S.N. Kramer, JAOS 60 (1940) 253-254.)

Ni 9711 (ISET 1 121); lines in composite: 1-20

N 1212a + 1218a

Ni 4061 + 4188 (ISET 2 118) i 1'-16'; lines in composite: a-d, 1-12

BM 108869 obv. 1-rev. 7; lines in composite: 1-20 (collated by EFH)

Ni 9866 (ISET 1 191); lines in composite: 6-10


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