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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.3.08

Letter from Šamaš-ṭāb to Ilak-ni’id

1.	^mi-la-ak-ni-id u₃-na-dug₄
2.	^m^dUTU-DUG₃-e na-ab-be₂-a
3.	kaskal itid 1(DIŠ) ud 15-kam ud IM-za ḫe₂-bi₂-DU
4.	šag₄ {ni-qum^ki-ma-še₃} {(1 ms. has instead:) ni-qum^ki-ma-ta} a-na-še-am₃ itid-da ud 3(EŠ₅)-kam-ma-bi
5.	a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂-zu na-ma-tum₃
6.	bar-zu en₃ bi₂-in-tar ĝiri₃-zu si ba-ab-sa₂
7.	2(MIN) anše-ĝiš-am₃ kug-bi 4(LIMMU₅) giĝ₄
8.	1(DIŠ) šag₄-ga-du₃ gada kug-bi MAŠ giĝ₄
9.	a₂ ^ĝišma₂-zu 1(DIŠ) giĝ₄
10.	a₂ {mas-su ^ĝišma₂-zu} {(1 ms. has instead:) ma-zu ma-zum} {(another ms. has instead:) ^ĝišma₂-zu ma₂-zu} 1(DIŠ) 1/3 giĝ₄-am₃
11.	a bi₂-si-ig
12.	zig₃-ga dili-dili-zu šag₄-bi-ta nu-ĝal₂
13.	2(AŠ.AŠ) gun₂ siki {da-gal-tum-ma} {(1 ms. has instead:) da-ga-al-tum-ma} {(another ms. has instead:) da-ga-AN-tum-ma} kug-bi ḫa-ra-da-šid
14.	niĝ₂-sam₂-ma kug {1(DIŠ) 2/3} {(2 mss. have instead:) 2/3} ma-na-kam nagga-a gi₄-ma-ni-ib
15.	^na₄du₈-ši-a ^na₄nir₇-igi {^na₄nir₇-muš-ĝir₂} {(2 mss. have instead:) ^na₄nir₇-muš-su₃-ud}
16.	ĝeštug₂-zu ḫe₂-en-ĝal₂
17.	kug dili-dili-zu saĝ-bi ḫa-ra-ab-dab₅ im-ma {ḫu-mu-ra-ab-tag} {(1 ms. has instead:) ḫu-mu-ra-ab-ak}
18.	ud-da-ta a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂-zu ḫe₂-em-tum₃
19.	a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 124-129: 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 14114 (Ali, SL pl. 47); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 11-19

CBS 14118 (PBS 1/2 95); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 3-11

N 7314; provenance: Nippur

Ni 9533 (ISET 2 123); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 4-9, 14-19

Ni 9703 (ISET 2 120) b 1'-15'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 9-19

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 17'-22' + UM 29-16-139 rev. ii 1'-9' = 1-6, 9-19 (cf. Civil, Farmer's 177)

3N-T522 = IM 58533 (Ali, SL pl. 36); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-19

3N-T918, 417 (SLFN 25) (+) 3N-T919, 465 (Ali, SL pl. 47 = SLFN 25) obv. and edge; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-4, 8-19

Ni 5218 (ISET 1 124) (+) CBS 8739 (STVC 8); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: CBS 8739 rev. 4 = 1

Revision history

10.x.2005-21.x.2005: GC, senior editor: standardisation
24.x.2005-28.x.2005: GC, senior editor: lemmatisation
31.x.2005-11.xi.2005: GC, senior editor: XML/TEI conversion
16.i.2006-27.i.2006: ER/GZ, project associate/project associate: proofreading
28.ii.2006: JE, technical developer: XML/TEI validation
01.iii.2006: JE, technical developer: web publication