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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.1.16

Letter from Šu-Suen to Šarrum-bāni about digging a trench

1.	^mšar-ru-um-ba-ni u₃-na-a-/dug₄\
2.	^dšu-<^dsuen> lugal-zu na-ab-be₂-a
3.	lu₂-kiĝ₂-gi₄-a mu-e-ši-gi-a-ĝu₁₀ dirig šag₄-še₃ X […]
4.	ud e₃ a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂-ĝu₁₀ ĝa₂-a-gin₇-nam ma-[…] li-bi₂-ib-dirig-/ge\
5.	ud ed₂-da-zu-ne igi nu-/ub^?\-X-[…]
6.	ĝe₂₆-e a-na ma-ab-<be₂>-en-na-X […]
7.	šag₄ ma-da-ka ĝen-a-zu-[ne]
8.	ma-da a-ba^? e-te ĝi₆ sa₂ na-[…]
9.	lu₂ gal-gal-be₂-e-ne inim u₃-[…]
10.	tukum-bi {niĝ₂ te-na-ĝa₂} {(1 ms. has instead:) nam-ba-[…]}
11.	KU-ne-ne KUŠ-a-ni^? […]
12.	lu₂ gal-gal-be₂-e-ne šubtum₆ ḫe₂-mu-e-da-sug₂-[…]
13.	{TUR-TUR-ne-ne} {(1 ms. has instead:) TUR-ne-ne} ub-ta-ri
14.	e-ne-ne-gin₇-nam ma-da […]
15.	tukum-bi u₃ lu₂-ĝarza₂-be₂-e-ne
16.	dib₂-be₂-de₃-aš-am₃
17.	buru₃-da-ne-ne nu-e-da-sig₁₀-ge₅
18.	lu₂-kur₂-ra ĝar-ĝar-bi X
19.	iri-bi zag-bi u₃-ne-eš₂
20.	en-na {ib₂-ta-ab-ed₃-de₃} {(1 ms. has instead:) bad₃-bi ab-ta-e₃-[…]} na-ab-ta-bal-e-ne
21.	nitaḫ-bi u₃-gaz
22.	{munus-bi} {(1 ms. has instead:) erin₂-bi} iri ma-da-ka-zu dib₂-ba-am₃ la-ab-X (X)
23.	a₂-še₃ mu-e-da-aĝ₂
24.	a-na-aš-am₃ ĝa₂-a-gin₇-nam nu-ak
25.	lu₂ gaz-de₃ igi ḫul-ḫul-le-de₃
26.	/iri gul\-gul-de₃ šu-zu-še₃ nu-ĝar-ra
27.	/nam-nir\-ĝal₂ mu-ra-šum₂
28.	ud bad₃ igi TA DA KAM ^dšul-gi ad-da-<ĝu₁₀> mu-un-du₃-a
29.	za-e-en-ze₂-en in-nu
30.	^ĝišgu-za-ĝa₂ ^ĝišgu-za ^dšul-gi-ra-ka in-nu
31.	^m<lu₂>-^den-ki ensi₂ ma-da zi-mu-dar^!^ki-še₃
32.	ḫe₂-mu-e-ši-du
33.	60 ugnim-ma-ka ḫe₂-tum₂
34.	[…]-/ta\ ḫe₂-mi-ib-gi₄-gi₄
35.	[…]-ti /pisaĝ\-[dub]-ba bi₂-tur-e a₂ aĝ₂-ta
36.	/mu\-na-an-šum₂-ma-ta bad₃-bi ḫe₂-du₃-a
37.	u₃ za-e erin₂ šu-zu-ta i₃-ĝal₂-la
38.	[ḫi]-ri-tum₂«^ki» ba-al-la₂
39.	ma-da dim₂-ma-bi nu-kur₂-ru-de₃
40.	nam-ba-šum₂-mu-[un]-ze₂-en
41.	en-na ma-da nu-um-gen₇-na-ta
42.	erin₂ nam-mu-un-du₈-re-ze₂-en
43.	lu₂-kiĝ₂-gi₄-a-e-ne a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂ ma-da
44.	^dutu ed₂-da-bi ḫa-ma-tum₃
45.	a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Cavigneaux 1996, p. 58: score transliteration, handcopy, commentary (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an (= no. 112) obv. 5)

Huber 1998, p. 11, 17, 18, 21, 24, 30, 31-32, 33, 38 (l. 22), 40 (ll. 22, 26, 33, 35-36), 48, 50, 51, 52, 53ff., 67-68, 81, 82-83, 84, 88, 91, 93: composite text, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1976, p. 234-242, 86-87, 112ff.: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 57-58 (section 7.3): commentary

van Dijk 1989, p. 443, 444: score transliteration, handcopy, commentary (incipit in Catalogue W 17259 an obv. 5)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

BM 54327 ii 1'-13'; lines in composite: 8-25 (collated by EFH)

YBC 4672

Revision history

25.vi.2001-27.vi.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
28.vi.2001: EFH, editor: collation
06.x.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
11.x.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
02.xi.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
02.xi.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