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Letter from X to the god Nanna

1. dnanna dumu-saĝ den-lil2-la2 šudu3-de3 ki 2-ra
2. u3-na-a-dug4
3. en iti6 daĝal bur2 men an uraš-a (a-na be-lim ša ṣi2-it wa-ar-ḫi-šu ra-bi-iš šu-pa-ru-ru a-ge-e ša-me-e u3 er-ṣe-tim)
4. en gal lu2 til3-til3 ki 2-me-en a-a saĝ gig2-ga (be-lum ra-bu-u2 ša a-we-lam bu-lu-ṭu2 i-ra-mu a-bi ṣa-/al\-ma-<at> qa2-<qa2>-di-im)
5. lugal šag4-la2 sug4(source: BU) si-il(source: GI4) u3 du8 mu-un-zu-a! (a-na šar-ri-im re-me-ni-im ša! /ru?-ma?\-am u3 pa-/ṭa-ra-am\ mu-du!-u2)
6. diĝir arḫuš sud šag4 gur-ru a-ra-zu-/e\ ĝiš tuku (a-na i-lim re-me-ni-im ta-a-a-ri-im še-mi te-es3-li-tim)
7. u3-ne-de3-taḫ
8. nam-en-na šu du7 aga zid /gur3-ru\-me-en (be-lu-tam šu-uk-lu-lu a-ga-am ki-nam na-šu-u2)
9. muš3-me ḫuš ulutim2-ta nir-ra alan kug ḫi-li du8-du8 (zi-mu ru-šu-/tum\ bu-na-nu tu-ru-ṣu2-tum la-nu-um el-lum /ša?\ […]-du-u2!)
10. nam-maḫ-zu kur-kur-ra dul-la
11. me-lem4-zu an kug-ga šu2-a (ša-me-e el-lu-tim sa3-/aḫ\-pu)
12. /ni2 gal\-zu su zig3 im-du8-du8 ([…] X X ša-lu-ma-tam ma-lu)
13. [] /kalam\-e zag dib ([…] i-na ma-tim šu-tu-uq)
14. [ud e3-ta ud šu2]-/uš\-e za-/e\ maḫ-me-en ([i-na ṣi2-it ša-am]-/ši\ u3 e-re-eb [ša-am]-ši at-ta-ma ṣi-ra-a-ti)
15. [] /an-šag4-ta! ma-ra\-an-šum2 an /šu-zu-uš\ mu-un-ĝar ([… id]-di-kum ša-me-e i-na qa2-/ti\-[ka (…)])
16. [an ki]-bi-ta lugal-bi za-e-me-en nam-bi i3-/tar-re\ (ša-me-e u3 er-ṣe-tam be-el-šu-nu at-ta-ma ši-ma-ti-šu-nu ta-ši-a-am)

Print sources

Cavigneaux 1996: translation, handcopy, commentary, score transliteration (no. 113)

Falkenstein 1959: handcopy, translation, score transliteration, commentary

Sjöberg 1960, p. 104-107: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Sullivan 1979, p. 134-137: score transliteration, translation (bilingual)

Cuneiform sources

W 17259w (AnBi 12 69ff.) bil.


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12.ii.2002: GZ, editor: typing
28.iii.2002-02.iv.2002: JAB, editor: proofreading
18.vi.2002: GC, editor: SGML tagging
02.xi.2002: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
04.xi.2002: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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