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Letter from Ur-Enlila to a governor and temple administrator

1. ensi2 saĝĝa-ra u3-na-a-dug4
2. mur-den-lil2-la2-ke4 na-ab-be2-a
3. pa5 {a-luḫ-ḫa} {(1 ms. has instead:) i3-luḫ-ḫa} a i-ib2-tum3
4. {m den-lil2-diĝir-ĝu10} {(1 ms. has instead:) m den-lil2-a2-ĝu10} {(another ms. has instead:) [m d]/en\-lil2-la2-ĝu10} u3 ḫa-an-za-mu
5. {ib2-sig3-ge-eš} {(1 ms. has instead:) ib2-sig9-ge-eš} mu-da-an-kar-re-eš
6. mlugal-an-ne2 na-ab-be2-a
7. ĝe26-e pa5 1(DIŠ)-am3 za-e pa5 1(DIŠ)-am3 ensi2 pa5 1(DIŠ)-am3
8. a {ḫe2-mu-e-de6} {(1 ms. has instead:) ḫe2-mu-e-dug4} bi2-dug4 nu-mu-un-še-ge-eš
9. erin2 id2-zu nu-ma pa5-bi a i-ib2-tum3
10. ĝa2-a saḫ6-bi a ma-ab-tum3
11. a2 ma-tur 5(IA2) ĝuruš {10} {(1 ms. has instead:) 60(DIŠ)} ḫu-mu-e-ši-in-gi4-gi4-ma
12. a-ma-ru-kam

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 105-108: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, commentary (hand copies in pls.)

Civil 1994, p. 177-180: composite text, translation

Hallo 1968, p. 88: commentary (new ms., s.v. B10)

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 7848 (PBS 13 46, Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7856 (Ali, SL pl. 38) + CBS 7849 (PBS 13 48) + Ni 9705 (ISET 2 123) + Ni 4574 (ISET 1 149); provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: CBS 7849 iii 1-13 = 1-12

CBS 13968 (Ali, SL pl. 39) obv. 1'-11'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 2-12

Ni 2796 (SLTN 129) rev. 1'-5'; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 9-12

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. i 1'-10' = 1-13 (cf. Civil, Farmer's 177)

YBC 7175 (cf. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88, s.v. B10)

3N-T293 = UM 55-21-300 (Ali, SL pl. 52) obv.-rev. 4; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1-12

3N-T923, 495 (SLFN 26) rev. 5; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 1

unpubl. private coll. (cf. Hallo, JAOS 88 (1968) 88, s.v. B10)


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10.x.2005-21.x.2005: GC, senior editor: standardisation
24.x.2005-28.x.2005: GC, senior editor: lemmatisation
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