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Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about irrigation work: composite text

¹lugal-ju₁₀-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
^2marad-ju₁₀ arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a
³lugal-ju₁₀ nij₂-na-me-ce₃ a₂-ce mu-e-da-a-aj₂
⁴a ab-ba kur dilmun^ki-na-ta
⁵a mun₄ gaba kur mar-tu^ki-ta (some mss. have instead: a mun₄ gaba kur mar-tu^ki-ce₃)
⁶/da^?\ (1 ms. has instead: /gaba^?\) si-mu-ur-ru-um ma]-da X^ki-ce₃ (1 ms. has instead: ma-da su-bir₄^ki-ta )
⁷iri^ki didli-bi ma-da-ma-da-bi (1 ms. has instead: ugnim-bi-ne)
⁸id₂ a-cag₄ a-gar₃-bi u₃ eg₂ pa₅-bi
⁹igi X in X (X) DU en cag₄^? X X
¹⁰iri^ki-iri^ki jic tuku lugal-ju₁₀
¹¹ki X X X bi X X (X) ur₂ X X X (X)
¹²bad₃^?-bi en-nu-uj₃ kalag^?-ga bi₂-gub
¹³ugnim-bi gu₂ jic bi₂-jar-jar
¹⁴X sig^? X X X X NE X X
¹⁵a-gar₃ a jar-ra-bi a-ta im-ta-ed₂
¹⁶X eg₂ zal-la-bi X bi₂-ak
¹⁷X X a-cag₄-bi jic-gi X-ra
¹⁸[...] X-ke₄^? saj sig₃-ge X-bi
4 lines fragmentary
unknown no. of lines missing

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26.iii.2001-28.iii.2001 : EFH : standardisation
18.v.2001: JAB : proofreading
03.viii.2001 : GZ : SGML tagging
24.viii.2001 : ER : proofreading SGML
24.viii.2001 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0