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Letter from Kug-Nanna to the god Ninšubur

Segment A

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2. [u3]-/na-a\-[dug4]
3. ad gi4-gi4 en3 tar-tar X [...]
4. dijir me ba-a inim dug3-dug3 u3-luh gi-rin saj-/ja2\ [X (X)]
5. dijir gada la2 abzu sajja gal ba-an-gi4 sag9 dug4-ga-ni saj-ba du
6. igi tarah abzu uru17-bi en jectug2 dajal til-la-ni
7. lagar3 ad-hal an-na zu-a dijir na-me nu-mu-e-da-sa2
8. en dlamma-dlamma igi dug3 gal nir gub-bu
9. nidba cum2 da-nun-na dijir gal-gal-e-ne
10. na de5 /e3\ utah-ha-ke4 kug dinana-ra tum2-ma
11. e-ne-da nu nam-en nam-lugal-la jicjidru mah la-ba-an-cum2
12. dnin-cubur dijir cag4-la2 sug4 cudu3 a-ra-zu jic tuku u3-ne-de3-tah
13. mkug-dnanna cim-mu2 dumu lugal-ka-gen6-na arad-zu na-be2-a
14. [X] X-me-en cu-gi4 nu-silim-me-en jic-cu dab5-/be\ X [(X)] X-/me\-en
15. [...] X X X AN NE X X [...]
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Segment B

1. [...] X X [...]
2. [...] X gul-gin7 JAR X [X] X LAGAB X [...] X-ja2 mu-ni-ib2-gul-gul-e
3. /CEC\ X X MU X nam-uc2 kur2-ra igi tur-ju10 ba-an-du3 A MI BI ak-ju10 in nam-ma-ja2-ja2
4. gu5-li-ju10 e-sir2-ra ka nu-mu-un-ba gu2 ki-ce3 bi2-in-jar
5. tukum-bi dijir-ju10-ra an-na-/kam\
6. cag4 ib2-ba-zu ga-ab-huj-e ur5-zu he2-bur2-e
7. mackim hul ja2-ja2-da he2-eb2-si-il su-ja2 he2-/da\-ab-dal
8. a2-sag3 jic-ge-en-gen6-na-ju10 he2-eb2-zi-zi ud ku10-ku10-ju10 he2-NE-en-zalag
9. nir dugud-da-zu nu-mu-da-il2 ab-gul dug4-ga-ab
10. arad sun5-na-me nam-mu-til-e-/de3? ab\-gul dug4-ga-ab
11. ga-gin7 JA2 LI za-ra-/ta\ [...] X [...] nam-gur4-zu [...]
12. ki-ju10-ce3 ha-ba-X [...]
13. X X X (X) [...]
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Print sources

Walker and Kramer 1982, p. 78-83: score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary

Cuneiform sources

Binning 3


Revision history

03.viii.2001: GZ, editor: typing, standardisation
29.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
03.xii.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
07.xii.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
07.xii.2001: 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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