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Letter from Aba-taḫ-lugalĝa to his brothers

1. cec-ju10-ne u3-na-dug4
2. m da-ba4-tah-lugal-ja2-ke4 na-ab-be2-a
3. al-su3-ud kaskal i-im-re7-de3-en
4. u3 lugal gen6-na lugal-me /jiri3?\ ba-an-/us2\
5. kaskal-kaskal-e kaskal ba-an-tah
6. ama-me en3 li-bi2-in-tar-re-de3-en
7. dag-gi4-me ud /na\-an-cu2-uc-a lul-ac
8. 1(DIC) sila3 mun 1(DIC) sila3 gazi
{
(1 ms. adds on the lower edge:)
8A. [X] UC cu-ta e-[...]
}
9. 1(DIC) cag4-ga-du3tug2
10. lu2 du hu-mu-/e?\-[X]
11. kaskal-me al-su3-ud
12. a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 117-119: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

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

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Michalowski 2001a: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7849 (PBS 13 48) + Ni 9705 (ISET 2 123) + Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: CBS 7849 iv = 2-5

CBS 9892; provenance: Nippur

Ni 9707 (ISET 1 179); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-3, 10-11

Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3301 + N 3303 + N 3308 + N 3310 + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. 24-25); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: Ni 9701 rev. ii 1'-7' = 3-11 (cf. Civil, Farmer's 177)

3N-T479 = UM 55-21-332 (Ali, SL pl. 30); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-11

3N-T790 = A 30297 (Ali, SL pl. 42); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-11


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