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Letter from Inanaka to the goddess Nintinuga

1. dnin-tin-ug5-ga ajrig zid e2-kur-/ra\
2. a-zu kalam-ma-ra u3-na-a-dug4
3. nin tu6 dug4-ga-ni uj3 car2 til3-le
4. mu7-mu7-ma-ni uj3 sag9-ga
5. nin cag4-ne-ca4 lu2 til3-til3 cudu3-de3 ki aj2-ra
6. cag4 gur-ru cag4-la2 sug4 a-ra-zu jic {tuku-ju10-ur2} {(1 ms. has instead:) tuku}
7. u3-na-de3-tah
8. til3-la ug5-ga en3 tar-bi za-e-me-en
9. lu2-kud-lu2-kud-ba du7-du7 gal-bi-me-en
10. m dinana-ka dumu-munus den-lil2-a2-mah
11. geme2-zu na-ab-be2-a
12. ki-nu2 cub-ba-ju10-da {2-kam-ma-bi} {(1 ms. has instead:) 2-ta-am3}
13. {u2-u8-a-u8-a al-jen-na-ju10 a-ra2-bi} {(1 ms. has instead:) u8?-e-a-e a-ra2-bi} nu-zu
{
(1 ms. adds:)
13A. [...] mu-da-an-TAR [...] RA X [...] X
}
14. nin-ju10 e2 ma-an-du3-ma igi la2-bi ba-tuc-en
15. zu-a kal-la-ju10 jiri3 kur2 {ba-an-dab5-be2-ec} {(1 ms. has instead:) mu-da-an-gub}
16. lu2 en3 tar-re la-ba-an-tuku
17. im-ma-si im-ma-dirig-ga-ta
18. zi al-ir-ir-re-en
19. tukum-bi nin-ja2 an-na-kam
20. a2-sag3 su-ja2 jal2-la su-ja2 {ib2-ta-an-zig3} {(some mss. have instead:) he2-eb-ta-an-zig3}
21. {ki-in-du} {(1 ms. has instead:) ki} nam-til3-la-ka jiri3-ju10 {he2-bi2-ib-gub-be2} {(1 ms. has instead:) he2-bi2-ib-gub-be2-en}
22. u3 je26-e {geme2-zu} {(some mss. have instead:) geme2-ni} he2-me-en
23. {e2-za-a} {(some mss. have instead:) e2-a-ni} kisal-luh-bi he2-me-en {igi-zu-ce3 he2-gub} {(some mss. have instead:) igi-ni-ce3 ga-gub}
24. u3-ba-sag9-ge nin-ju10 lu2-kud-da du7-du7
25. {mu-zu ga-am3-mi-ib2-sa4} {(some mss. have instead:) mu-ce3 ga-sa4}

Print sources

Böck 1996, p. 7-11: composite text, translation, commentary

Römer 2003, p. 237-249: score transliteration, translation, commentary

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 7128

CBS 10405

CBS 14046 (PBS 1/2 134)

CBS 14049+ N 846 (both SL pl. 40)

CBS 14117 (PBS 1/2 94)

IM 11053, 163 (TIM 9 16)

UET 6 173 = U 7741

UET 6 174 e

UET 6 180 = U 16900G

UM 29-16-139 etc. (SL pl. 24f.)

3N-T369 = A 30221 + 3N-T418 = A 30237 (SL pl. 51)

3N-T542 (!) = UM 55-21-343 + 3N-T900, 5 (SL pl. 27)

3N-T905, 213 ?


Revision history

01.iv.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
14.v.2003: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.vi.2005: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
01.vii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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