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ETCSLtransliteration : c.3.2.04

Letter from Lipit-Eštar to Nanna-ki-aĝ about driving away the enemy

1.	^m^dnanna-ki-aj₂ ra-bi-si₂-ka₃-tum-ma
2.	u₃-na-dug₄
3.	^mli-pi₂-it-ec₄-tar₂ lugal-zu na-ab-be₂-a
4.	mu {erin₂ lu₂-kur₂-ra-ke₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂-kur₂-ra-ke₄} {lugal u₃-na-dug₄ cu mu-e-taka₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) u₃-ne-dug₄(source: ZU) cu bi₂-taka₄}
5.	^mat-ta₂-ma-nu-um {lu₂} {(1 ms. has instead:) arad} lugal-a-ni-ir bi₂-in-sag₉-ge
6.	dirig-zu-ce₃ {arad lugal-a-ni-ir} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂} na-X
7.	a-na-ac-am₃ {je₂₆-e X nu-zu-ju₁₀-ta za-e cu jar lugal-zu li-bi₂-in-gi₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) erin₂ cu cag₄-ce₃ i₃-jal₂-a-/ja₂^?\ nam-lu₂-ulu₃-ba li-bi₂-jar}
	{
	(1 ms. adds 1 line:)
7A.	ne-ec₂ erin₂ mu-un-ja₂-ja₂-e
	}
8.	a₂-ce {2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 4} {(1 other ms. has instead:) 3} li-mu-um erin₂ {lu₂ ^jiccukur} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂ ^jiccukur gij₄}
9.	{2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 4} li-mu-um erin₂ {lu₂ ^jicpan} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂ ^jicpan gij₄}
10.	{2} {(1 ms. has instead:) 1} li-mu-um erin₂ {lu₂ dur₁₀-tab-ba} {(1 ms. has instead:) lu₂ dur₁₀-tab-ba gij₄} {im-mu-e-ci-sar} {(1 ms. has instead:) /im\-ma-sar-ec}
11.	lu₂-kur₂ iri-gibil-a al-dur₂-ru-ne-ec
12.	ki-tuc-bi-ta sar-bi₂-ib
13.	X X cu^? i₃-jar-re-ne nam bi₂-X [...]
14.	iri dili-dili zag-/ba^?\ zag^?-za en-nu-uj₃-bi /ak^?\-X-ab
15.	iri-bi cu-zu-ta la-ba-ra-e₃
16.	nam-lu₂-ulu₃-zu jar-bi₂-ib
17.	a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 76-79, xxiv-xxv, xxxviii: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Michalowski 1980-83, p. 55 (section 4.3): commentary

Rowton 1967, p. 273: composite text, translation, commentary (ll. 16-17)

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Michalowski 2001a: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. xxxviii) + CBS 7849 (+) Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149) b 10'-25'; lines in composite: 1-17

Ash 1923-408 (OECT 13 1) obv. 1-rev. 4; lines in composite: 1-17 (collated by EFH)

N 3210 + N 3264 + N 3266 + N 3294 + N 3303 + N 3308 + Ni 9701 (ISET 2 114) + UM 29-16-139 (Ali, SL pls. xxiv-xxv) ii 23'ff.; lines in composite: 1-2, 7-17

Revision history

28.vii.2001-01.viii.2001: EFH, editor: standardisation
28.vii.2001: EFH, editor: collation
19.xi.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
22.xi.2001: GC, editor: SGML tagging
23.xi.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
23.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