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Publication
Primary publication: CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite
Author: CDLI
Publication date: 2014ff.
Secondary publication(s): Black, Jeremy A., et al., ETCSL (1998-2006) 3.3.13 Letter from an administrator to the generals; Kleinerman, Alexandra, Diss 2011
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CDLI no.: P448239
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz002fz0fr
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20130106 cdliadmin
Transliteration: Kleinerman, Alexandra
Translation: Kleinerman, Alexandra
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Genre: Literary
Sub-genre: ETCSL 3.03.13 Letter from Administrator to Generals (composite)
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Composite no.: Q000585
Language: Sumerian
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Object type: other (see object remarks)
Material: composite
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) ?
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Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Composite text

surface a
1. szagina-e-ne
#tr.en: (To the) generals
>>QQ000585 001
2. u3-na-a-du11
#tr.en: speak
>>QQ000585 002
3. {disz}du-du nu-banda3-gu4
#tr.en: what Dudu, the overseer of oxen,
>>QQ000585 003
4. na-ab-be2-a
#tr.en: says:
>>QQ000585 004
5. gu2 i7 buranun
#tr.en: “As to the bank of the Euphrates
>>QQ000585 005
6. i7 tum-ma-al-sze3
#tr.en: toward the Tummal canal—
>>QQ000585 006
7. durux(U3) kab2-ku5-mah-e
#tr.en: the bridge Kabkumaḫe
>>QQ000585 007
8. ba-ni-ib-dun-dun?
#tr.en: has been washed away.
>>QQ000585 008
9. a zi-da
#tr.en: The true water
>>QQ000585 009
10. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 im-ma-zi
#tr.en: has risen 1 1/2 cubits.
>>QQ000585 010
11. tukum-bi
#tr.en: If
>>QQ000585 011
12. utu x nu-ub-ta-e3-a
#tr.en: the sun has not come out,
>>QQ000585 012
13. [x x]-ni-gub-be2-e
#tr.en: ... will be stationed.
>>QQ000585 013
14. [...]-be2-en
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 014
15. x [x] x-da-BAD
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 015
16. ub-la 1(iku) GAN2-a mu-na-DU
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 016
17. sza3 1(bur3) GAN2 1(gesz2) 3(u) gur i3-gub?
#tr.en: in 1 bur3 field, 90 gur stand(?).
>>QQ000585 017
18. 3(u) guru7 he#?-ni-dub-e
#tr.en: 30 silos may pour out,
>>QQ000585 018
19. a? la-ba-ab-de2-e
#tr.en: but not water(?).”
>>QQ000585 019