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Letter from Aba-indasa to Šulgi about his neglect

{
1. lugal-ju10-ra u3-na-dug4
2. mac2 hur-saj-ja2 a2 sag9-sag9-ju10
3. ance-kur hur-saj-ja2 umbin hu-ri2-inmucen-na
4. jicjicnimbar ki sikil-e mu2-a zu2-lum na4za-gin3 la2-ju10-ur2
5. u3-ne-de3-tah
6. ma-ba-in-da-sa2 ugula {erin2} {(2 mss. have instead:) aga-us2} zu2 kece2
7. cudux(KA.CU)ud lugal-la-na-ta cag4 lugal-la-na dug3-dug3-ge-ra
8. arad2-zu na-ab-be2-a
9. kalag-ga-me-en {lugal-ju10 ga-ab-us2} {(1 ms. has instead:) aga-us2-zu he2-me-en}
10. {inim-ma-zu ra-gaba-zu he2-me-en} {(1 ms. has instead:) igi tuku igi-ni-ce3 ga-gub}
11. jicma2 gub-ba jicjisal mu-un-sig10-ge
12. {a gub-ba} {(1 ms. has instead:) a-a gub-ba} a mu-un-da-ak-e
{
(2 mss. add 1 line:)
12A. dumu /gub?\-ba ce mu-un-sig10-ge
}
{
(1 ms. adds instead the line:)
12B. [...] (X) X mu-un-zalag-ge
}
}
13. tum9 gub-ba {ce mu-un-da-la2-e} {(1 ms. has instead:) IM mu-da-ak-e}
14. dub-sar-me-en na-du3-a ab-sar-re-en
{
(2 mss. add 1 line:)
14A. inim ugnim-ma /mu\-[...]
}
15. inim pu-uh2-ru-um-ma cub-ba ed3?-de3!-bi mu-un-da-sig10-ge
{
(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
15A. inim sag9-ge gaba-ri X [...]
}
16. jic-gin7 jictir-ja2 mu-un-du3-nam mu-dur7-re im-gam-e
17. jicgu-za-ja2 lu2 mu-un-da-la2-a cu-ju10 ec2 im-ma-an-la2
18. iri-ja2 tug2! dan6-na-a mu-ni-mur10-ra tug2-mu-dur7-ra ba-an-mur10
19. lag-e a mi-ni-in-tu5-a sahar igi-ja2 ba-e-DU
20. ur-e ad6 ib2-gu7 gaba-bi ib2-zi-zi
21. ucumgal-e saj jic ib2-ra-ra ka-ta ab-taka4 i3-ib2-taka4
22. jic-gi izi ib2-gu7 id2? i3-tuku-tuku
23. dutu i3 un-gu7 ga un-gu7 jicbancur ukur3-ra-ce3 cu-ni ib2-ci-tum3
{
(1 ms. adds 2 lines:)
23A. zi-ju10 ba-e-i! cu-ju10 ha-za-a-ab
23B. dumu nu-mu-un-su-me-en lu2 en3 tar-re la-ba-an-tuku
}
24. ja2-a me-na-am3 cag4 dcul-gi lugal-ja2 ki-bi ha-ma-gi4-gi4
{
(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
24A. lugal-ju10 en3-ju10 he2-tar-re ki ama-ju10-ce3 he2-em-mi-ib-gi4-gi4
}

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 53-62: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary

Cavigneaux 1996, p. 58: score transliteration, handcopy, commentary (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an (= no. 112) obv. 11 (?))

Gurney and Kramer 1976, p. 7: commentary

Huber 1998, p. 16: commentary

Robson 2001, p. 57-59: commentary (archaeological context)

Sjöberg 1975b, p. 166 (ll. 8-14): composite text, translation, commentary

van Dijk 1989, p. 444: score transliteration, commentary, handcopy (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an obv. 11 ?)

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

U 7741 (UET 6/2 173) ii 2'-iii 6; lines in composite: 1-24

3N-T389 = A 30231 (Ali, SL pl. liii); lines in composite: 1-24

U 16857 (UET 6/2 178); lines in composite: 1-5, 16-24

U 16894B (UET 6/2 179); lines in composite: 1-13, 16-24

UM 29-13-20 + UM 29-13-24 (Ali, SL pl. liii) i' 1-6; lines in composite: 1-5, 16

Ni 4592 (ISET 2 21 = UMB 17/2 fg. 5); lines in composite: 1-8, 16-17

CBS 8007 (STVC 110); lines in composite: 2-8, 16-17

HS 1456 (TMH NF 4 43); lines in composite: 12-23 (collations in C. Wilcke, Kollationen zu den sumerischen Texten aus Nippur in der Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena, ASAW 65/4, Berlin (1976) 73 )

3N-T8 = IM 58335 (Ali, SL pl. xxxvii); lines in composite: 17-21

N 3210 + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3301 + N 3303 + N 3308 + Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. xxiv-xxv) i 1'-6'; lines in composite: 19-24

YBC 6458 (W.W. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88)

MDP 27 207; lines in composite: 12-12A

N 1555

Crozer 206


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09.viii.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
12.viii.2001: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
21.ix.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
21.ix.2001: ER, editor: web publication
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