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CDLI Literary 000555, ex. 001
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Primary publication	CDLI Literary 000555, ex. 001
Author(s)	CDLI
Publication date	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0183; Michalowski CKU 18
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.	BM —
Accession no.
Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.	U 16885
Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object type	tablet
Remarks
Material	clay
Language	Sumerian
Genre	Literary
Sub-genre	ETCSL 3.01.15 Letter from Sharrum-bani to Shu-Suen (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF source	Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation	Peterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001z6j7b
Composite no.	Q000555
Seal no.
CDLI no.	P346268

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Tablet

obverse
1. [...]-x [...] u3-na-a-du11#
en: When you speak to Šu-Sîn, my king
2. szar-ru-um-ba-ni gal-zu-ukken-na ARAD-zu na-ab-be2-a
en: Thus Šarrum-bani, the “wise one of the assembly” (prefect?), your servant, says:
3. bad3 gal mu-ri-iq-tidnumx(|PIRIG.PIRIG|)-e dim2-me-de3 kin2-gi4-a-asz bi2-gi4
en: You despatched (me) as messenger in order to construct the great fortification Muriq-Tidnim
4. igi-zu ma-an-gar-ma mar-tu ma-da-asz x? mu-un-szub-szub-bu-usz
en: You observed to me(?) “The Mardu nomads have “fallen upon”(?) the territory”
5. bad3 du3-u3-de3 giri3-bi ku5-de3
en: So that a fortification was constructed, so that their paths were cut off
6. {i7}idigna {i7}buranun-na-bi-da#
7. gu2-giri3-bi a-sza3!(BA)-e nam-ba-na-szu2-szu2 a2-sze3 mu-e-da-na-ag2#
en: You ordered me “The breach of the Tigris and Euphrates shall not overwhelm the fields(!?)”
8. zi-zi-da-gu10-ne#?
en: When I mustered/arose(?)
9. gu2 {i7}abgal-ta en#-[...] zi-mu-dar-[...]
en: From the bank of the Abgal canal to the land/province of Zimudar, the workforce was being mustered(?)
10. bad3-bi 2(u) 6(disz) danna-am3# [...]
en: The wall was 26 double hours, when I constructed (it)
11. dal-ba-na hur-sag min-a-bi-x [...]
en: When I reached the corridor between the two mountain ranges
12. dim2-me-gu10-sze3 mar-tu ur2#? [...] i3-ib2-tusz gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)# x-[...]
en: The Mardu nomads who settled at the base of(?) the mountain range became aware of my construction
13. si-mu-ur4{ki} nam-tab-ba-ni#-[...]
en: Simurrum ... on account of its partnership
14. dal-ba#-na# hur-sag ebih#[{ki}-...] mu#?-na#?-ni-[...]
en: In the corridor of the mountain range of Ebih, they advanced towards (me) in order to clash weapons
15. [...] x [...]

reverse
beginning broken
1'. tukumbi#? [...]
en: If my king consents
2'. erin2 kin2#? [...]
en: Then he will add workers to accomplish the task, they will achieve victory/succeed for me
3'. uru4{+ru} ma#-da#? [...]
en: The cultivation/wishes(?) of the territory, which is not attained, ...
4'. ma-da murub6{ki#?} {lu2#?}kin2#?-[...]
en: I dispatched a messenger into the territory of Muru(?)
5'. ma#-da dim2-ma-bi [...]
en: (And ascertained that) the mood of the territory is changed
6'. x-[...] dim2#-me-de3 nu-szub#-[...]-e u3 [...]
en: (I) have not put off constructing a wall(?), (I) build and clash with arms
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