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Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000561 (Letter from Abaindasa to Shulgi) composite
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Black, Jeremy A., et al., ETCSL (1998-2006) 3.01.21 Letter from Abaindasa to Šulgi; Attinger, Pascal (s. PDF version at ‟View commentary”)
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CDLI no.:	P473732
UCLA Library ARK
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Catalogue:	20150124 cdliadmin
Transliteration:	cdlistaff (check)
Translation:	Peterson, Jeremiah
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Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 3.01.21 Letter from Abaindasa to Šulgi (composite)
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Composite no.:	Q000561
Language:	Sumerian

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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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1. lugal-gu10-ra u3-na-du11
#tr.en: After you speak to my king
>>Q000561 001
2. masz2 hur-sag-ga2 a2 sa6-sa6-gu10
#tr.en: To my ram of the mountain range with beautiful horns
>>Q000561 002
3. sisix(|ANSZE.KUR|) hur-sag-ga2 umbin hu-ri2-in{muszen}-na
#tr.en: Horse of the mountain range with claws of an eagle
>>Q000561 003
4. {gesz}geszimmar ki sikil-e mu2-a zu2-lum {na4}za-gin3 la2-gu10-ur2
#tr.en: Date palm grown in a pure place from which shining dates hang down.
>>Q000561 004
5. u3-ne-de3-tah
#tr.en: After you repeat to him
>>Q000561 005
6. {disz}a-ba-in-da-sa2 ugula erin2 zu2 kesz2
#tr.en: For(!?) Abaindasa, the overseer of the arrayed troops,
>>Q000561 006
7. szudux(|KA.SZU|){+u4} lugal-la-na-ta sza3 lugal-la-na du10-du10-ge-ra
#tr.en: he who by delighting his king pleases the heart of his king,
>>Q000561 007
8. ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2-a
#tr.en: Your servant, thus says
>>Q000561 008
9. kal-ga-me-en lugal-gu10 ga-ab-us2
#tr.en: I am powerful, the soldier of my king,
>>Q000561 009
10. inim-ma-zu ra-gaba-zu he2-me-en
#tr.en: (By/of) your word I shall be your rider.
>>Q000561 010
11. {gesz}ma2 gub-ba {gesz}gisal mu-un-se3-ge
#tr.en: (When) the boat is idle, (I) prepare the oars
>>Q000561 011
12. a gub-ba a mu-un-da-ak-e
#tr.en: When the water is standing still, (I) can make it flow;
>>Q000561 012
12a. dumu gub?-ba sze mu-un-se3-ge
#tr.en: (When) the wind is still, (I) prepare(?) the grain
>>Q000561 012a
12b. [...] x x mu-un-zalag-ge
#tr.en: (When) ..., (I) illuminate ...
>>Q000561 012b
13. tu15 gub-ba sze mu-un-da-la2-e
#tr.en: (When) the water is still, I make it flow
>>Q000561 013
14. dub-sar-me-en na-ru2-a ab-sar-re-en
#tr.en: As a scribe, I incise a stele,
>>Q000561 014
14a. inim ugnim-ma mu-[...]
#tr.en: the words of the army I ...,
>>Q000561 014a
15. inim pu-uh2-ru-um-ma szub-ba e11?-de3-bi mu-un-da-se3-ge
>>Q000561 015
#tr.en: I am able to reproduce the dropped and excised(?) words of the assembly
15a. inim sa6-ge gaba-ri x [...]
#tr.en: the sweet words, copies ...,
>>Q000561 015a
16. gesz-gin7 {gesz}tir-ga2 mu-un-du3-nam mu-dur7-re im-gurumx(BUR3)-e
#tr.en: (But now, as if) I was planted like a tree in my forest, (I) bend over as one who is dirty(?)
>>Q000561 016
17. {gesz}gu-za-ga2 lu2 mu-un-da-la2-a szu-gu10 esz2 im-ma-an-la2
#tr.en: The one who is near to(?) the royal throne has bound my hands with rope
>>Q000561 017
18. iri-ga2 tug2 dan6-na-a mu-ni-mur10-ra tug2-mu-dur7-ra ba-an-mur10
#tr.en: In my city, I, the one who wore a clean garment, (now) wears a dirty garment
>>Q000561 018
19. lag-e a mi-ni-in-tu5-a sahar igi gun3? ba-e-gub
#tr.en: As one who has washed with mud clods, I caked(?) dirt to serve as facial makeup(?)
>>Q000561 019
20. ur-e ad6 ib2-gu7 gaba-bi ib2-zi-zi
#tr.en: A dog that has eaten carrion has (also) retreated
>>Q000561 020
21. uszumgal-e sag gesz ib2-ra-ra ka-ta ab-tak4 i3-ib2-tak4
#tr.en: An ušumgal (creature) that kills has (also) left behind scraps(?)
>>Q000561 021
22. gesz-gi izi ib2-gu7 a!-nigin2 i3-da13-da13
#tr.en: After the reedbed is consumed by fire, the ponds remain
>>Q000561 022
23. {d}utu i3 un-gu7 ga un-gu7 {gesz}szakir-ra-sze3 szu-ni ib2-szi-tum3
#tr.en: After Utu has consumed ghee has consumed cheese, he touches(?) the churn (to make it more productive?)
>>Q000561 023
23a. zi-gu10 ba-e-i szu-gu10 ha-za-a-ab
>>Q000561 023a
#tr.en: I have “brought out” my life/breath(?), take hold of my hand;
23b. dumu nu-mu-un-su-me-en lu2 en3 tar-re la-ba-an-tuku
#tr.en: I am the child of a widow, one who has not had anyone to inquire after him;
>>Q000561 023b
24. ga2-a me-na-am3 sza3 {d}szul-gi lugal-ga2 ki-be2 ha-ma-gi4-gi4
#tr.en: as for me, when will the heart of Šulgi, my king, be returned to its place on my behalf?
>>Q000561 024
24a. lugal-gu10 en3-gu10 he2-tar-re ki ama-gu10-sze3 he2-em-mi-ib-gi4-gi4
#tr.en: May my king inquire after me and restore me(!) to the “place of my mother.”
>>Q000561 024a

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